HMCS Elk (S05)
HMCS Elk
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| Builder: | Newport News SB. Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched: | 3 April 1926 |
| In service: | August 1926 |
| Out of service: | 1940 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy 1940–1945, scrapped 1968 |
 Canada
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| Name: | Elk |
| Namesake: | Elk, a large deer species found in North America |
| Acquired: | 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 10 September 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 August 1945 |
| Identification: | pennant number: S05/Z27 |
| Honours and awards: |
Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, 1944. |
| Fate: | Sold for commercial use |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armed yacht |
| Displacement: | 578 long tons (587 t) |
| Length: | 188 ft (57 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Armament: | 1 × 4-inch gun |
HMCS Elk was an armed yacht serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Prior to Canadian service, the ship was named Arcadia. She was used initially as a patrol vessel, but later saw use as a training and guard ship for submarines on the East Coast of Canada. Following the war, Elk was sold for commercial use and returned to her original name. She was renamed Grand Manan III in 1946 and used as a short-haul passenger ferry before being broken up in 1968.
Constructed as a yacht, the vessel had a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 578, was 174 feet (53.1 m) long between perpendiculars and had a beam of 28 feet (8.4 m). The vessel was powered by two diesel engines, each driving one shaft, giving the yacht a maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h). In Canadian service as an armed yacht, Elk was 188 feet (57.3 m) long overall with a beam of 27 feet (8.2 m) and a draught of 11 feet (3.4 m). The vessel had a displacement of 578 long tons (587 t) and a maximum speed of 11 knots (20 km/h). Elk was armed with one 4-inch (102 mm) gun, placed forward, and had a complement of 5 officers and 35 crew.
The yacht was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company at Newport News, Virginia with the yard number 304 and launched as Arcadia on 3 April 1926.Arcadia was completed in August 1926. Owned by Margaret S. Hardwick, the vessel was registered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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