Fairmile ML Q069

Built by A.C. Benson Shipyard, Vancouver, B.C., she was delivered to the RCN on 28 Mar 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). In Jul 1944 she was listed as part of the 75th ML Flotilla. She 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 and 14 men, Armament: 3-20mm. In Jan 1944, Q069 was listed as part of the 76 ML Flotilla. Sold in 1946 to Willard G. Weston, Vancouver, she was renamed Casa Mila and later Harwood. She foundered in a hurricane in 1978.