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Q075
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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ML Q075
Courtesy of Kevin Joynt
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image
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Laid down: 07
Sep
1941
Launched: 12 May 1942
Delivered to the RCN: 22
Jun 1942
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Removed
from service: 17 Jul 1945
Fate:
Sold after the war. Final disposition unknown
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Built by Minett-Shields
Ltd., Bracebridge, Ont., she was delivered to the RCN on 22 Jun
1942. While she flew the White Ensign, she was not
commissioned into the RCN but instead was listed as a tender to HMCS
Sambro, the depot ship for escorts (tenders were not commissioned
vessels). Q075 was a "B" Type ML,
Displacement: 79 tons,
Length: 112 ft, Beam: 17.9 ft, Draught: 4.9 ft, Speed: 20 kts,
Complement: 3 officers, 14 men, Armament: 3-20mm.
In Jan 1944 and
1945, Q075 was listed as part of the 73rd ML Flotilla. After the war
she was sold
to ACME Boat and Salvage Company, New York, USA.
Photos
and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Lt James Gordon Humphrey,
RCNVR - 28 Apr 1942 - 02 May 1943
Lt Lawrence James Wallace,
RCNVR - 03 May 1943 - 27 May 1943
Lt T. Roy Campbell Denny,
RCNVR - 28 May 1943 - 31 May 1943
Lt John Macwell Todd,
RCNVR - 01 Jun 1943 - 04 Jan 1944 |
A/LCdr John Maxwell Todd,
RCNVR - 25 Jan 1944 - 11 Oct 1944
Lt John Donald Lineham,
RCNVR - 12 Oct 1944 - 08 Feb 1945
Lt C.R. Godbehere,
RCNVR - 09 Feb 1945 - 16 Mar 1945
Lt John Donald Lineham,
RCNVR - 17 Mar 1945 - 19 Aug 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
Akin,
John Robert, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jun 1943
MacFarlane,
Hugh Osmond, SLt, RCNVR - 30 Jan 1945
Photos and Documents
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Crew members of Q075 sitting on the depth charge
launchers (Y-thrower). Photo taken through the shield of the stern Oerlikon.
From the collection of John Joynt, RCNVR
Courtesy of Kevin Joynt |
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Crew member on Q075
From the collection of John Joynt, RCNVR
Courtesy of Kevin Joynt |
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Crew member on the bridge of Q075
From the collection of John Joynt, RCNVR
Courtesy of Kevin Joynt |
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