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Glen-class tug (1943)

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|Ship image=Launch of the WW2 tugboat HMCS Glenside.jpg

|Ship caption=Launch of the Second World War tugboat HMCS Glenside.

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|Name=Glen class

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|Built range= 1943–1945

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|In commission range=1943–1979

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|Total ships completed=20

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|Ship type=Tugboat

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|Ship displacement=*Steel-hulled : {{convert|170|LT|t|0|lk=in}}

  • Wooden-hulled : {{convert|155|LT|t|0|lk=in}}

|Ship length=*Steel-hulled : {{convert|80|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

  • Wooden-hulled : {{convert|80|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam=*Steel-hulled : {{convert|20|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}}

  • Wooden-hulled : {{convert|18|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught=*Steel-hulled : {{convert|9|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}

  • Wooden-hulled : {{convert|10|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=*Steel-hulled :

  • Long House-type
  • 1 × {{convert|320|hp|0|abbr=on}} Vivian 8-cylinder diesel engine ({{convert|400|hp|0|abbr=on}} with supercharger)
  • Short House-type
  • 1 × {{convert|400|hp|0|abbr=on}} Enterprise 6-cylinder diesel engine
  • Wooden-hulled :
  • Glendevon & Glendon : 1 × Vivian 6-cylinder diesel engine
  • Glenholme : 1 × Enterprise 6-cylinder diesel engine

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File:WW2 tugboat HMCS Glenside -b.jpg

The Glen-class tugs were a class of tugboats of the Royal Canadian Navy built during the Second World War. There were three designs of the tugboat; two were of steel-hulled construction and the other was wooden-hulled. Of the 20 of the class built, 16 were of the steel-hulled type; 11 built by Russel Bros. of Owen Sound, Ontario and 5 by Canadian Dredge & Dock Co., Kingston, Ontario. Of the four wooden-hulled type; three were built by McKenzie Barge and Derrick, Vancouver, British Columbia, and one by LeBlanc Shipbuilding, Weymouth, Nova Scotia.{{Cite web

|url = http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/navytugsglen.html

|title = WWII Navy Tugs : Glen class

|work = stevebriggs.netfirms.com

|accessdate = 24 July 2010

|archivedate = 25 January 2013

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130125065231/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/navytugsglen.html

|url-status = dead

}} All but one – Glendyne – were sold into commercial service after the war.

Ships

;Steel-hulled Long House type

|url = http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenada.html

|title = Glenada

|work = stevebriggs.netfirms.com

|accessdate = 24 July 2010

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406152735/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenada.html

|archivedate = 6 April 2012

|url-status = dead

}}{{cite news |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/images/farrow/glenadarescue.jpg | title= Tugboat crew rushes to the rescue| publisher = Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal| author = Jonathon Wilson| date= 7 April 2007| place = Thunder Bay| archivedate = 17 May 2012| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120517215930/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/images/farrow/glenadarescue.jpg | url-status = live

| quote= Dawson and his three-man crew scrambled to get their failing pumps ready and took off into the harbour about the tugboat Glenada.}}

  • Glendower, launched 19 May 1943, commissioned 18 June 1943. Sold in 1946. Renamed E. A. Rockett (1946–1976), then Paul E. No. 1 (1976–2007). Owned by LeBrun Constructors, Ltd., Thunder Bay, Ontario, since 1983.{{Cite web

|url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglendower.html |title=Glendower |work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com

|accessdate=24 July 2010 |archivedate=25 January 2013 |url-status= live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125065231/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/navytugsglen.html}}

  • Glenora, launched 18 September 1943. Sold post-war. Renamed Lotbiniere and then Glenshiel. Owned by Glenshiel Towing Co, Ltd., Vancouver to 2004.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenora.html |title=Glenora |work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com |accessdate=24 July 2010 |archivedate=6 April 2012 |url-status= live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406152742/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenora.html

}}

  • Glenmont, launched 27 October 1943. Sold to the Province of Newfoundland's Ministry of Public Works in 1947. Sold mid-1980s. In 1997 owned by Shepherd Boats Ltd. Rexdale, Ontario. Sold, rebuilt as a charter ship and renamed Carolina Borealis in 2002.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenmont.html |title=Glenmont

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}}

  • Glenlea, launched 20 July 1943. Sold to Foundation Maritime Ltd. in 1947 and renamed Bansaga. Sold to Gravel & Lake Services Ltd., Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1964 and renamed George N. Carleton. Still in service in 2008.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xgeorgencarelton.html |title=Glenlea |work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com |accessdate=24 July 2010

| archivedate = 6 April 2012 |url-status= live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406152756/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xgeorgencarelton.html}}

; Steel-hulled Short House type

  • Glenbrook, launched 23 September 1944, sold post-war. Rebuilt in 1980 while owned by McKeil Work Boats Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario. Sold in 2000.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenbrook.html |title=Glenbrook

|work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com |accessdate=24 July 2010 |archivedate = 6 April 2012 |url-status= live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406152800/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenbrook.html}}

  • Glencove, launched 10 June 1944, commissioned 7 July 1944. Sold in 1946 to Anticosti Shipping Company, Montreal, and renamed Consol II. Sold to Canadian Dredge and Dock Co., Midland, Ontario, in 1953 and renamed Glen Rover. Sold 1986. In 2006 was for sale through Newcastle Boat Brokers Ltd., Nanaimo, British Columbia Currently owned and operated by Star Marine in Seattle Washington under the name Glen Cove.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenrover.html |title=Glencove |work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com |accessdate=24 July 2010

|archivedate=6 April 2012 |url-status= live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406152809/http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenrover.html}}

  • Glendyne was launched in 1945 to serve at Halifax. She was sunk in 1957 while berthing the aircraft carrier {{HMCS|Magnificent|CVL 21|6}}, but was re-floated a few days later, returning to serve the navy until retired in 1979.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglendyne.html |title=Glendyne

|work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com |accessdate=24 July 2010}}

  • Glenevis, launched 21 October 1944 and sold post-war. In 1994 she was owned by McKeil Work Boats Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario. Sold in 2007.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenevis.html |title=Glenevis |work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com

|accessdate=24 July 2010}}

  • Glenlivet, launched 11 July 1944, and commissioned 21 July 1944. In 1947 she was loaned to the Canadian Ministry of Public Works, and was renamed Glenlivet II. She was returned to the Navy in December 1973. Sold in 1977 to Francisco Petroleum Enterprises Inc. and renamed Canadian Franco. Reverted to Glenlivet II in 1984, and owned by Nadro Marine, Port Dover, Ontario, since 2001.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xvigilant1.html |title=Glenlivet

|work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com |accessdate=24 July 2010}}

  • Glenside, launched 22 August 1944. Sold post-war, she was acquired from Remorqueurs et Barges Montreal Ltd., Valleyfield, Quebec, by McKeil Marine Ltd. Rebuilt in 1979, she was sold in 1998, and renamed Tycoon was working in Nassau, Bahamas.{{Cite web |url= http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenside.html |title=Glenside |work=stevebriggs.netfirms.com |accessdate=24 July 2010}}

Plus five built by Canadian Dredge & Dock Co., types and names unknown.

;Wooden-hulled type

  • Glendevon, currently under restoration.{{Cite web |url= http://www.glendevon.org/ |title=Glendevon Tugboat Restoration

|work=glendevon.org |accessdate=24 July 2010}}

  • Glendon
  • Glenholme
  • Glenwood

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External links

{{Commons category|WW2 Glen class tugboats|Glen-class tugs}}

Category:Auxiliary tugboat classes

Category:Tugboats of the Royal Canadian Navy

Category:Auxiliary ships of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Category:Ships built in Nova Scotia