 HMCS Festubert underway
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Festubert |
| Namesake | Battle of Festubert |
| Builder | Polson Iron Works, Toronto |
| Launched | 2 August 1917 |
| Commissioned | 13 November 1917 |
| Recommissioned | 1 May 1923 |
| Decommissioned | 1934 |
| Recommissioned | 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 17 April 1945 |
| Fate | Sold 1946, scuttled 30 June 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Battle-class naval trawler |
| Displacement | 320 long tons (330 t) |
| Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 5 in (7.14 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion, 480 ihp (360 kW) |
| Speed | 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Armament | 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun |
HMCS Festubert was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers constructed for and used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the First World War. Following the war, Festubert remained in Canadian service as a training ship until 1934. Reactivated for the Second World War, the ship was used as a gate vessel in the defence of Halifax, Nova Scotia and re-designated Gate Vessel 17. Following the war, the trawler was sold for commercial use and renamed Inverleigh. Inverleigh was scuttled off Burgeo, Newfoundland on 30 June 1971.