HMCS Baleine explained

HMCS Baleine should not be confused with HMS Baleine.

HMCS Baleine was a minesweeper that saw service with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1915 to 1919, during the First World War.^[1] Converted from an ocean-going tug, the vessel was used as an auxiliary minesweeper under charter and manned by a civilian crew.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NMM, vessel ID 380494. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110802041601/http%3A//www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_xii.pdf. dead. 2 August 2011. Warship Histories, vol xii. National Maritime Museum. 30 July 2011.