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Armentieres Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Arleux (RCN)   22 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 6/1918 sold 1938
Armentières (RCN)   21 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   11.8.1917 6/1918 boom gate vessel 1941
Arras (RCN)   23 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   15.9.1917 7/1918 BU 12.1957
Festubert (RCN)   135 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   2.8.1917 11/1917 boom gate vessel 9.1939
Givenchy (RCN)   24 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   15.9.1917 6/1918 sold 9.1952
Loos (RCN)   26 Kingston SB, Canada   27.9.1917 8/1918 BU 1949
Messines (RCN)   137 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920
St. Eloi (RCN)   138 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   2.8.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920
St. Julien (RCN)   139 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920
Thiepval (RCN)   25 Kingston SB, Canada   1918 7/1918 wrecked 27.2.1930
Vimy (RCN)   140 Polson I W, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920
Ypres (RCN)   136 Polson I W, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 boom gate vessel 9.1939


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Arleux (RCN)   22 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 6/1918 sold 1938 Armentières (RCN)   21 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   11.8.1917 6/1918 boom gate vessel 1941 Arras (RCN)   23 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   15.9.1917 7/1918 BU 12.1957 Festubert (RCN)   135 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   2.8.1917 11/1917 boom gate vessel 9.1939 Givenchy (RCN)   24 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   15.9.1917 6/1918 sold 9.1952 Loos (RCN)   26 Kingston SB, Canada   27.9.1917 8/1918 BU 1949 Messines (RCN)   137 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920 St. Eloi (RCN)   138 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   2.8.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920 St. Julien (RCN)   139 Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920 Thiepval (RCN)   25 Kingston SB, Canada   1918 7/1918 wrecked 27.2.1930 Vimy (RCN)   140 Polson I W, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 lightship 1920 Ypres (RCN)   136 Polson I W, Toronto, Canada   6.6.1917 11/1917 boom gate vessel 9.1939

Technical data


Displacement normal, t

Arleux, Armentieres, Arras, Givenchy, Loos, Thiepval: 357

Festubert, Messines, St. Eloi, St. Julien, Vimy, Ypres: 320
Displacement full, t

440
Length, m

39.6 pp
Breadth, m

7.13
Draught, m

4.08
No of shafts

1
Machinery

1 VTE
Power, h. p.

 
Max speed, kts

10.5
Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II
Complement 


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<i>Armentieres</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Armentieres Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Fishery trawlers purchased by Admiralty on the stocks and completed for RCN. Six were ordered in January 1917 for patrol work, others in 1918. Polson's vessels were built of iron, the others of steel.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Thiepval wrecked 27.2.1930 in Barclay Sound, Vancouver.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.