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HMCS MALLARD
783
Bird
Class Patrol Boat
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HMCS MALLARD 783 - 04 Jun 1960
DND / RCN Photo
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image
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Laid down:
Launched: 30
Apr 1956
Commissioned: 16
Jul 1956
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Paid off: 02
Sep 1965
Fate:
Unknown
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HMCS
MALLARD was built by Grew
Boat Works, Penetanguishene, Ont. Here specifications on completion
were: Displacement: 66 tons, Length: 92 ft, Beam 17 ft, Draught: 5.3
ft, Complement: 2 officers, 19 men, Armament: 1-20mm,
Hedgehog. The Navy turned Loon, MALLARD, and
Cormorant over
to the Crown Assets Disposal Corporation in the 1960s. Last reported
MALLARD was lying alongside a dock in St. Margaret's
Bay, Nova Scotia.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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LCdr
Charles Robin Manifold, RCN - 16 Jul 1956 - unk
C1Q1
CE Giles, RCN - 15 May 1960 - unk
CPO1 W.
Brown, Bos'n - 15 Jan 1962 - unk |
CPO1 Amirault, Bos'n,
RCN - 1962 - unk
Lt
(N) Comeau, Guy - Summer 1966 (and commander of training flotilla of
the Bird Class boats for Summer 1966 training season)
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Photos and Documents
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HMCS MALLARD with HMCS LOON on her starboard side
during summer training in the Maritimes - Aug
1966
Photo taken from HMCS CORMORANT 781
The
last time the "Birds" were used was the summer of 1966. The were
conducting navigation and seamanship training for ROTP cadets in the Gulf of
St Lawrence through July and August. There was a small permanent force crew
and the midshipmen performed most of the other duties (including duty cook).
Over night port visits were conducted in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island. The permanent staff were CO, Cox'n, Engineer, Bos'n
and a couple of others. Rotation of the midshipmen occurred every two weeks
Courtesy of John Gable
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Paying-off of HMCS MALLARD 783 and HMCS CORMORANT
781 at RCNAS Shearwater jetty
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