Category:Marvita (ship, 1930)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: Rum runner, later government examination ship
- Built by: J. Ernst & Son Ltd., Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
- Yard No:
- Keel laid:
- Launched:
- Completed: 1930
- Length over all: 105.0 ft
- Beam: 20.0 ft
- GT: 122
- DWT:
- Sister ship: Shulamite
- www.forposterityssake.ca
- plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk
- wrecksite.eu
- jproc.ca
History
[edit]- 1930 Named Marvita; Flag: Canada
- Official number: 156691
- Port: LaHave, Nova Scotia
- Owner: Marvite Ltd.
- 1931 Flag: Barbados
- Port: Bridgetown
- Owner: Marvite Ltd.
- 1935 Flag: Canada
- Call sign: VOCB
- Port: St. John's, Newfoundland
- Owner: Government of Newfoundland
- 1941 Renamed HMCS Marvita (Z44); Flag: Canada
- Chartered by Royal Canadian Navy as auxiliary ship (examination vessel)
- Call sign: CYRK
- 1946 Renamed Marvita; Flag: Canada
- Returned to owners
- 1949 Transferred to Department of Revenue
- 1954.07.15 Ran aground during fog on Cape Ballard, Newfoundland, and sank
Media in category "Marvita (ship, 1930)"
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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HMCS Marvita RCN photo.jpg 2,800 × 1,102; 426 KB
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MVMarvita1950s.jpg 2,060 × 1,688; 702 KB
