HMCS AMBLER (Q11/Z32)

HMCS AMBLER

HMCS AMBLER

The History of HMCS AMBLER

HMCS Ambler (Q11) was an armed yacht that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).

Initially carrying the pennant number Q11 and later Z32, she was launched in 1922 in Brooklyn, New York as the Ambler and was commissioned into the RCN on 6 May 1940. She was paid off on 20 July 1945.

HMCS AMBLER Statistical Data

  • Pendant: Q11/Z32
  • Type: Armed Yacht
  • Class: N/A
  • Displacement: 273 tonnes
  • Length: 130 ft
  • Width: 23 ft
  • Draught: 10 ft
  • Speed: 9 kts
  • Compliment: 4 Officers and 17 Crew
  • Arms: 3-.303 mg.
  • Builder: Tebo Yacht Basin Co.,Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Keel Laid: Unknown
  • Date Launched: 1922
  • Date Commissioned: 06/05/1940
  • Paid off: 20/07/1945

Remarks

Former name, Ambler, retained.

Keywords: HMCS AMBLER, Royal Canadian Navy Ship, Armed Yacht, N/A Class