HMCS CARIBOU (S12/Z25)
HMCS CARIBOU
The History of HMCS CARIBOU
HMCS Caribou (S12) was an armed yacht that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
Initially carrying the pennant number S12 and later Z25, she was launched in 1928 in Bay City, Michigan and was commissioned into the RCN on 27 May 1940. She was paid off on 20 July 1945.
HMCS CARIBOU Statistical Data
- Pendant: S12/Z25
- Type: Armed Yacht
- Class: N/A
- Displacement: 306 tonnes
- Length: 142 ft
- Width: 23 ft
- Draught: 9 ft
- Speed: 11 kts
- Compliment: 5 Officers and 35 Crew
- Arms: 1-12 pdr
- Builder: Defoe Shipbuilding Co.,Bay City, Mich.
- Keel Laid: Unknown
- Date Launched: 1928
- Date Commissioned: 27/05/1940
- Paid off: 20/07/1945
Remarks
Formerly the Elfrecia.