HMCS Cedarwood

History
Name	J.E. Kinney (1943–44) General Schmidlin (1944–46)
Owner	J.E.Kinney Co Ltd (1943–44) Canadian Army (1944–46)
Port of registry	Halifax (1943–46)
Builder	Smith and Rhuland
Launched	1941
Out of service	1948
Fate	Acquired by Royal Canadian Navy 1948
Canada
Name	Cedarwood
Acquired	1946
Commissioned	22 September 1948
Decommissioned	9 July 1958
Identification	AGSC 539
Fate	Sold for mercantile use 1959
Badge	Or, parted in base wavy azure, a cedar tree eradicated, trunk and branches vert, roots of the first in base[1]
History
Name	Cedarwood
Owner	Coast Cargo Services Ltd (1959–65) McCartney Enterprises Ltd & Berven Enterprises Ltd (1965–66) Offshore Seismic Services Ltd (1966–69)
Port of registry	Vancouver (1959–66) Nassau (1966–69)
In service	1959
Out of service	1969
Fate	Broken up, 1969
General characteristics
Type	Survey ship
Displacement	566 long tons (575 t)
Length	166.0 ft (50.6 m)
Beam	30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Draught	10.0 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	1 × Fairbanks Morse diesel engine
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	23

HMCS Cedarwood was a surveying vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy. She was a wooden sailing ship that was built as MV J.E. Kinney by Smith and Rhuland at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and used in the harbours of the east coast of Canada by the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps as General Schmidlin during the Second World War. Following the war the vessel was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. The ship was sold again for mercantile service in 1959 and remained in service until 1969.