HMCS CAILIFF (T276)
HMCS CAILIFF
The History of HMCS CAILIFF
Originally built for the RN, she was loaned to the RCN, though never commissioned into the RCN; and was manned by RN personnel. Cailiff was returned to the RN the same day she was decommissioned. She was sold in 1946 and re-built as a trawler named S/T Borgenes. She was in service till 1972.
HMCS CAILIFF Statistical Data
- Pendant: T276
- Type: A/S Trawler
- Class: Western Isles Class
- Displacement: 530 tonnes
- Length: 164 ft
- Width: 27.7 ft
- Draught: 8.6 ft
- Speed: 12 kts
- Compliment: 4 Officers and 36 Crew
- Arms: 1-12Pdr, 3-20mm
- Builder: Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood. Ont.
- Keel Laid: 01-Dec-41
- Date Launched: 30-Apr-42
- Date Commissioned: 17-Sep-42
- Paid off: 06-Oct-45