| This extract, from a photo taken in 1952, shows the foot of James
Street North, Hamilton Ontario looking in approximately a north west direction.
The vessel moored in the jetty is the harbour ferry Lady Hamilton. Below
her in the photo are three drydocked Fairmiles. The pendant on the left
most one is 704 which is ex- Q104. The other two are believed to
be ex-Q062 and ex-Q116. Any collaborating info would be appreciated.
(Photo courtesy Special Collections Branch of the Hamilton Public Library
via Darryl Buckle).
Some history on Q-104.
Commissioned into RCN: 4 Aug.1943. Part of the 1943 building programme.
July 1945: Q-104 not classed as surplus for W.A.C
Sold to M.I.L. , Sorel 1945.
Reacquired by W.A.C.15 Sept. 1946. Loaned to School of Arts & Crafts,
Rimouski, Que. Also in hands of J.Severen Langlois. Reacquired by DND for
Naval Reserves, HMCS CATARAQUI, Kingston, Ont. by Aug. 1951. Was
HMCS COUGAR, ex-PTC-704.
Then to HMCS STAR in Hamilton as "tender" by Jan.1956. Paid off 4 Nov.
1956.
Moved by land to Dundas Ont. (at the Desjardins Canal, west side
of Hamilton Harbour) to serve as a "club house" for RCSCC Dundas
Sea Cadets, Dundas Ont. Scrapped in 1959. |
