HMS Walnut, T103 in WW2 Royal Navy configuration
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Walnut |
Builder | Smiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough |
Yard number | 755 |
Laid down | June 15, 1939 |
Launched | August 12, 1939 |
Completed | December 31, 1939 |
Identification | Pennant number T103 |
Fate | Sold to Stem Olson Company Limited 1948 |
Notes | Source: Miramar Ship Information Database, Record No. 5185985 |
Name | SS Walnut |
Owner | Stem Olson Company Limited |
Port of registry | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Acquired | 1948 |
Fate | Sold to Compania Maritima Walnut S/A in 1948 |
Name | SS Walnut |
Owner | Compania Maritima Walnut S/A |
Port of registry | Panama City, Panama |
Acquired | 1948 |
Fate | Court Auction in 1949, Salvaged, Sold to Borromee Verreault Company 1951 |
Notes | Source: "Ship Statistics", SS Walnut 1948 – Voyaged to Freedom |
Name | Keta |
Owner | Borromee Verreault Company |
Port of registry | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Fate | Broken up Les Méchins, Quebec, December 1976 by Nittolo Metal Company |
Notes | Source: Miramar Ship Information Database, Record No. 5185985 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tree-class trawler |
Displacement | 545 tons |
Length | 164 ft (50 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 1 in (3.38 m) (mean) |
Propulsion | One triple expansion reciprocating engine, 1 shaft, 850 ihp (630 kW) |
Speed | 12.25 knots (22.69 km/h; 14.10 mph) |
Complement | 40 (as naval ship) |
Crew | 18 (as civilian ship) |
Armament |
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SS Walnut was a refugee ship converted from a British minesweeping Tree-class trawler which carried Baltic refugees from Sweden to Canada in 1948. The refugees' arrival at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia led to a controversy which played an important role in shaping Canada's postwar refugee policies.[1]
Initially entering service during the Second World War as HMS Walnut, the trawler was sold for commercial purposes following the war. Converted for use as a cargo ship, the vessel retained the name Walnut until 1959 when sold and renamed Keta. The ship was broken up in 1976.