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Cape-class maintenance ship

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was installed and shops for multiple trades such as engineering, diesel engine repair, sheet metal welding, coppersmith and electronic repair among others were created within the ship. The vessels were also equipped with an eight-berth hospital, sick bay, X-ray room, medical lab, dental clinic and
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served initially as a school ship on the east coast before transferring to the west coast of Canada in 1959. The maintenance ship remained in service until 1964, when she was laid up at
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was re-designated Fleet Maintenance Group (Atlantic), but was declared surplus in 1975 as the group was moved ashore. The vessel was sold for scrap in 1978 and
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of 8,550 long tons (8,690 t) and 11,270 long tons (11,450 t) fully loaded. They were 441 feet 6 inches (134.57 m)
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served on the east coast until 1972, after which the ship became a stationary repair vessel at
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was refitted in 1958 and commissioned into the RCN in 1959 and was stationed in Halifax until
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was commissioned into the RCN on 31 January 1953. She served at Halifax with the then unnamed
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of 20 feet (6.1 m). The vessels were propelled by one shaft driven by a reciprocating
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class. Both ships continued in service with the Royal Navy after the war until 1947, when
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Upon conversion to a mobile repair ship, the vessels were equipped with landing pads for
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until 1993 as part of Fleet Maintenance Group (Pacific). On 20 October 2001
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remained in this service until 1993. The vessel was then sold for use as an
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was paid off into the reserve, but served as a towed mobile support and
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alongside providing repair services and classroom facilities. In 1958,
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The vessel's stern was kept ashore in 401:Sunk as artificial reef 20 October 2001 347: 344: 16:For other ships with the same name, see 609: 607: 594: 149:8,580 long tons (8,718 t) standard 789:. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. 772:. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. 289:The ships of the class had a standard 22: 862:Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). 802:Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1971). 785:Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1966). 768:Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1958). 162:441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) 7: 889:"Cape class escort maintenance ship" 849:. 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However, 218:Helicopter landing deck 178:20 ft (6.1 m) 650:Blackman (1967), p. 40 613:Blackman (1958), p. 79 601:Blackman (1971), p. 46 475:Royal Netherlands Navy 299:between perpendiculars 285:Design and description 170:57 ft (17 m) 97:Royal Netherlands Navy 334:decompression chamber 568:accommodation vessel 511:West Coast of Canada 425:Scrapped Texas 1978 319:indicated horsepower 263:Halifax, Nova Scotia 746:on 26 February 2018 661:"Beachy Head class" 386:, British Columbia 230:Royal Canadian Navy 215:Aviation facilities 84:Royal Canadian Navy 705:Miramar Ship Index 505:until 1959, after 473:was loaned to the 837:978-1-86176-281-8 509:departed for the 429: 428: 416:27 November 1944 398:10 February 1964 395:16 November 1959 222: 221: 934: 903: 901: 899: 877: 858: 841: 817: 798: 781: 756: 755: 753: 751: 742:. 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Index

Cape class
Burrard Dry Dock
Vancouver
Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
Maintenance ship
triple expansion steam engines
knots
Royal Canadian Navy
Beachy Head-class
Royal Navy
HMCS Cape Breton
HMCS Cape Scott
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Esquimalt, British Columbia
artificial reef
displacement
long overall
between perpendiculars
beam
draught
triple expansion steam engine
Foster Wheeler
indicated horsepower
knots
Sikorsky H04S
decompression chamber
Cape Breton
Burrard Dry Dock

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