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BIRCHTON W35
Norton Class Tugboat
Built in 1944 by Montreal Drydock Ltd. as HMCS BIRCHTON for the Royal Canadian Navy - commissioned 04 Nov 1944. In 1947 she was sold to Marine Industries Ltd. of Sorel, Quebec and renamed Capitaine Simard. The tug was transferred to Richelieu Dredging Inc. in 1972. Sceptre Dredging Ltd. purchased the tug in 1977, and she retained her name. Techno Maritime of Quebec, QC purchased the tug in 1981, and by this time she had already been retired from active service. The Capitaine Simard was sold for scrap at Petite-Riviere-St-Francois, Quebec in 1982, and cut up there by 1984.
Commanding Officers
Skpr-Lt John Angus MacLeod, RCNR - 06 Oct 1944 - 01 Jan 1945
Lt Maurice John Lothian MacDonald, RCNR - 02 Jan 1945 - unk
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Cooke, Hugh Allan, Skpr, RCNR - 26 Mar 1945
Dufresne, Jean-Baptiste, Skpr/Lt, RCNR, Jan 1945
Vet, Jan, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 11 Apr 1944
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
