HMCS / CFAV RIVERTON W47

Norton Class Tugboat

In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. The RCN employed her as a harbour tug at St. John's Newfoundland. In 1979 she was sold to Techno Maritime Lt., Sillery, QC. In 1982 she was sold to Techno-Navigation Ltd. Sillery, QC.  In 2018, after years of disuse, she was pulled ashore to be broken up.

Photos and Documents          The Ship's Bell

Commanding Officers

Skpr/Lt, Abraham Richard Hallett, RCNR - 15 Apr 1944 - unk

Skpr/Lt Edgar Quinton, RCNR - 10 Jul 1945 - unk

Angus Bowdridge - post war - c1959

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

Jardine, William Stanley, Wt (E), RCNR - 01 Apr 1944

Martin, Jay Archibald, SLt, RCNVR - 23 May 1945

 Photos and Documents

(RVT001) HMC Tug RIVERTON W47 at St. John's, Newfoundland  //  Source/ Credit: Tug Fax by Mac Mackay

(RVT002) HMCS RIVERTON W47 at St. John's, Newfoundland  //  From the collection of AB William Cummings, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Rob Cummings

(RVT003) Chrysler Girls' Club adopts HMCS RIVERTON  //  The Chatham Daily News - Friday, 09 Jun 1944  //  Officers in the photo:  Lt Frank Gallop, RCNVR, Skipper Lt A.R. Hallet, CO of RIVERTON and Chief Lt F.J. Henderson, XO of RIVERTON  //  From the collection of Abraham Hallet, Skpr-Lt, RCNR  //  Courtesy of Sylvia Rose

(RVT004) Techno St Laurent (former tug Riverton) - after 10 Years of languishing dockside at Gamble's in Port Colborne, ON she was pulled ashore on July 6, 2018 to be cut up  //  Photographer Jeff Cameron  //  Courtesy of Leigh Cossey