 Canada | |
|---|---|
| Name | Laymore |
| Ordered | 1944 |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 17 April 1946 |
| Fate | Sold 1977 |
| Notes | Became CNAV in 1946 |
| Name | Chilcotin Princess |
| Acquired | 1977 |
| In service | 1977 |
| Out of service | 1999 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8137005 |
| Status | Laid up at Namu, British Columbia |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Type | Design 381 freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 803 long tons (816 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (9 ft 0 in) |
| Installed power | 1,000 bhp (746 kW) |
| Propulsion | GM diesel engines |
| Speed | 10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph) |
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CNAV Laymore was an auxiliary vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Forces during World War II and the Cold War, converted to an oceanographic research vessel in 1966. The vessel was commissioned in 1945 as HMCS Laymore and served on the east coast of Canada. In 1946, the vessel was paid off and redesignated an naval auxiliary, given the prefix "CNAV" and transferred to the west coast. Laymore was taken out of service in 1977 and sold to private interests. Renamed Chilcotin Princess, the ship was used as a small coastal cargo vessel servicing smaller ports along the British Columbia Coast. In 1998, Chilcotin Princess was sold for use as a helicopter pad by the logging industry in British Columbia. The vessel was then brought to Namu, British Columbia, where Chilcotin Princess was left unattended.