ADVANCE / HC 27

 

Harbour Craft

 


 

 

No photo available

 

 

Built: 1934 

Commissioned: 1939

Renamed: 1942

Paid off: 1945 (approx)

Fate: Sold on 20 Sep 1946. Final disposition unknown

 

Advance was built for the RCMP, she was built using a new material called 'Birma Bright', an aluminum alloy, making her light and fast. She served out of Ste Anne des Monts, Quebec until 1939. She was turned over to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 as Advance and renamed HC 27 in 1942. She was declared surplus on 10 July 1945. Sold 20 Sep 1946. (Ship's history from the research of Bryon Taylor)

 


 

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