CD 73

Auxiliary Patrol Drifter

HMCS LANSDOWNE, RCN patrol base facilities, Sydney, NS during the First World War

CD 73 outboard vessel on right of photo.

Source: Sydney Nova Scotia and the U-boat War, 1918 by Brian Tennyson and Roger Sarty

Completed on 05 Nov 1917, CD 73 was was acting as a duty boat in Halifax and was alongside the NIOBE during the Halifax Explosion on 06 Dec 1917.  She was badly damaged and her crew suffered injuries. Paid off in 1918, she was sold and renamed Clixby, later Foi. Her final disposition is unknown.

Commanding Officers

Herbert Whitehead - 1917

Skpr Norman Noel, RCN - 18 Feb 1918 - unk

Lt Hugh Charles Ernest Wynn Owen - 01 May 1918 - unk