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HMCS Moresby (MSA 112)

History
Name: Lady Joyce
Builder: Allied Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver
Yard number: 180
Launched: 11 November 1972
Completed: 24 April 1973
In service: 1973
Out of service: 1988
Renamed: Joyce Tide (1974)
Identification: IMO: 7301245
Fate: Sold to Canadian Forces in 1988
Canada
Name: Moresby
Namesake: Moresby Island
Acquired: March 1998
Commissioned: 7 May 1989
Decommissioned: 10 March 2000
Homeport: CFB Halifax
Identification: MSA 112
Fate: sold 2002 for commercial use
 
Renamed:
  • Echo Star (2002)
  • Malbun (2002)
  • Echo Star (2002)
  • Silver Star (2004)
  • Echo Star (2005)
  • Silver Star (2005)
  • Ramco I (2007)
  • Ramco Express (2007)
In service: 2002
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Class and type: Anticosti-class minesweeper
Displacement:
  • 1,076 t (1,059 long tons)
  • 2,200 t (2,200 long tons) deep load
Length: 58.3 m (191 ft)
Beam: 13.1 m (43 ft)
Draught: 5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 4 x NOHAB Polar diesels (4,200 bhp (3,100 kW)), 2 shafts, Kort nozzles
  • auxiliary propulsion=1 x 550 bhp (410 kW) azimuth bow thruster
Speed: 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Endurance: 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi)
Complement: 23

HMCS Moresby was an Anticosti-class minesweeper that served in the Canadian Forces from 1989–2000. She was named for Moresby Island, which in turn is named for Fairfax Moresby, former Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Station at Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard.

The vessel was initially constructed for use as an offshore drill-rig supply vessel by International Offshore Services. As a supply vessel, Joyce Tide was 1,076 tonnes (1,059 long tons) with a deadweight tonnage of 1,196 tons. She was 58.3 metres (191 ft 3 in) long overall and 51.7 metres (169 ft 7 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 13.1 metres (43 ft 0 in) and a draught of 5.2 metres (17 ft 1 in).

The vessel was purchased in 1988 by Maritime Command (MARCOM) of the Canadian Forces and converted into a minesweeping auxiliary. Fully loaded, the minesweeper displaced 1,076 tons and 2,200 tons deep load. Anticosti had astern refuelling gear fitted in 1995.

The Anticosti class was powered by four NOHAB Polar diesel engines driving two shafts and one 550 brake horsepower (410 kW) azimuth bow thruster. This created a maximum speed of 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) and an endurance of 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi).

The ship was laid down as Lady Joyce by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. of Vancouver with the yard number 180 and launched on 11 November 1972. The ship was completed on 24 April 1973 and was renamed Joyce Tide in 1974.


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