HMCS MORESBY (112)

HMCS MORESBY

HMCS MORESBY

The History of HMCS MORESBY

HMCS MORESBY Badge

HMCS Moresby (MSA 111) was an Anticosti class minesweeper that served in the Canadian Forces from 1989-2000.

Formery Joyce Tide, commercial oil-rig supply vessel. After the Kingston-class was commissioned, Moresby was identified as surplus and decommissioned in 2000.

HMCS MORESBY Statistical Data

  • Pendant: 112
  • Type: Minesweeper Auxiliary
  • Class: Anticosti
  • Displacement: 1076 tonnes
  • Length: 58.27 m / 191 ft
  • Width: 13.14 m / 43 ft
  • Draught: 5.18 m / 17 ft
  • Speed: 13.5 kts
  • Compliment: Officers and Crew
  • Arms: None
  • Builder: Allied Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver
  • Keel Laid:
  • Date Launched: 1973
  • Date Commissioned: May 89
  • Paid off: 2000

Keywords: HMCS MORESBY, Royal Canadian Navy Ship, Minesweeper Auxiliary, Anticosti Class