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HMS Port Quebec
Cargo ship that served as a minelayer and repair ship in WW2 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Quebec.
HMS Port Quebec was a British motor ship that was designed and launched in 1939 to be the refrigerated cargo ship Port Quebec, but completed in 1940 as an auxuiliary minelayer. In 1944 she was converted into an aircraft component repair ship and renamed HMS Deer Sound. In 1947 she was returned to her owner, Port Line, and completed as a cargo ship. She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1968.
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Namesake | 1940, 1947: Port of Quebec |
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Builder | JL Thompson & Sons, North Sands |
Cost | £207,783 |
Yard number | 593 |
Launched | 17 August 1939 |
Completed | November 1939 |
Commissioned | 1940 |
Decommissioned | 1947 |
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Fate | Scrapped, December 1968 |
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Tonnage | 5,936 GRT, 3,452 NRT |
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Beam | 59.7 ft (18.2 m) |
Depth | 25.2 ft (7.7 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 1,076 NHP |
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Speed | 14.5 knots (27 km/h) |
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