Glen-class tug (1943)

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Launch of the WW2 tugboat HMCS Glenside.jpg
Launch of the Second World War tugboat HMCS Glenside.
Class overview
NameGlen class
OperatorsNaval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
Built1943–1945
In commission1943–1979
Completed20
General characteristics
Type Tugboat
Displacement
Length
  • Steel-hulled : 80 ft 6 in (24.54 m)
  • Wooden-hulled : 80 ft (24 m)
Beam
  • Steel-hulled : 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)
  • Wooden-hulled : 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
Draught
  • Steel-hulled : 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
  • Wooden-hulled : 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Propulsion
  • Steel-hulled :
  • Long House-type
  • 1 × 320 hp (239 kW) Vivian 8-cylinder diesel engine (400 hp (298 kW) with supercharger)
  • Short House-type
  • 1 × 400 hp (298 kW) Enterprise 6-cylinder diesel engine
  • Wooden-hulled :
  • Glendevon & Glendon : 1 × Vivian 6-cylinder diesel engine
  • Glenholme : 1 × Enterprise 6-cylinder diesel engine
Glenside at sea. WW2 tugboat HMCS Glenside -b.jpg
Glenside at sea.

The Glen-class tugs were a class of tugboats of the Royal Canadian Navy built during the Second World War. There were three designs of the tugboat; two were of steel-hulled construction and the other was wooden-hulled. Of the 20 of the class built, 16 were of the steel-hulled type; 11 built by Russel Bros. of Owen Sound, Ontario and 5 by Canadian Dredge & Dock Co., Kingston, Ontario. Of the four wooden-hulled type; three were built by McKenzie Barge and Derrick, Vancouver, British Columbia, and one by LeBlanc Shipbuilding, Weymouth, Nova Scotia. [1] All but one – Glendyne – were sold into commercial service after the war.

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Ships

Steel-hulled Long House type
Steel-hulled Short House type

Plus five built by Canadian Dredge & Dock Co., types and names unknown.

Wooden-hulled type

References

  1. "WWII Navy Tugs : Glen class". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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  3. Jonathon Wilson (7 April 2007). "Tugboat crew rushes to the rescue". Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Dawson and his three-man crew scrambled to get their failing pumps ready and took off into the harbour about the tugboat Glenada.
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  5. "Glenora". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  6. "Glenmont". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  7. "Glenlea". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  8. "Glenbrook". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  9. "Glencove". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  10. "Glendyne". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  11. "Glenevis". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  12. "Glenlivet". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  13. "Glenside". stevebriggs.netfirms.com. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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