HMCS Cormorant

Last updated September 29, 2021

HMCS Cormorant may refer to two ships that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Forces:

HMCS Cormorant (PCS 781), a Bird-class patrol vessel launched in 1956 and paid off in 1963.
HMCS Cormorant (ASL 20), a diving support vessel launched in 1965 as the trawler Aspa Quarto. Acquired by Canada in 1975, the ship served until 1997.

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HMCS Cormorant was a diving support vessel that served in the Canadian Forces. She was equipped with two SDL-1 submersibles. The ship was the first in the Canadian Forces to have women assigned to their crew. Initially constructed as the trawler Aspa Quarto in 1965, the ship was acquired by the Canadian Forces in 1975 and renamed Cormorant. The vessel remained in service until 1997 when Cormorant was sold to a US buyer. The ship was laid up at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia in 2000 and was removed on 18 November 2020 to be scrapped in Sheet Harbour.

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