H.M.C.S. Stonetown
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of the H.M.C.S. Stonetown, a vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy that served during World War II.
The ship was named after St. Marys using the nickname the "Stonetown".
After the war, the ship was used as a weather ship, and then eventually sold off as scrap metal.
Diced squares of the 8th Canadian Escort Group are visible on a band around her funnel. Likely taken around 1944. - Notes
- Condition: Copy is excellent.
- Date of Original
- 1944
- Dimensions
-
Width: 25.4 cm
Height: 20.3 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 23.7cm
Image Height: 18.7cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1934ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection.
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- Maritime Command Museum - Halifax, Nova Scotia (1992)
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "H.M.C.S. Stonetown." St. Marys Museum, 1934ph.
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction.
High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:177 Church Street South,
P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
