HMCS Rouille (fireboat)
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The Rouille (later HMCS Rouille) was a Canadian fireboat.[1] She was a steam-powered vessel, built in Collingwood, Ontario on October 26, 1929.
She served in Toronto, up until World War 2. During World War 2 the Rouille was transferred to Halifax, Nova Scotia, the port where most Atlantic convoys assembled.[2][3][4]
According to the Maritime History of the Great Lakes she sank off Cape Smoky, Nova Scotia, during bad weather, on March 11, 1954.[5]
| tonnage | 214 |
| length | 100 ft (30.48 m) |
| beam | 25 ft (7.62 m) |
| draft | 13 ft (3.96 m) |
References
- ↑ Mac Mackay (2014-11-26). Preserver returns from Bedford Magazine. Shipfax.
- ↑ The other Halifax Explosion, New Bedford Magazine, 1945-07-18. “The fire ship James Battle was standing by at the Halifax Shipyards along with the smaller Rouille.”
- ↑ Donal Baird (1999). The Robbie Touch : Exploits of an Uncommon Sailor. Lulu.com, 65, 84, 132. ISBN 9780969803119. Retrieved on 2019-07-27.
- ↑ Terence Robertson. The short heroic cruise that saved Halifax, Maclean's magazine, 1962-02-24, pp. 18,36. Retrieved on 2019-07-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rouille (1929), Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved on 2019-07-27.