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|Ship type=[[Naval drifter]]
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The '''CD-class naval drifters''' were armed [[naval drifter]]s constructed in 1917 for the [[Royal Navy]] in Canada. 100 were ordered for use in British waters during [[World War I]] numbered from ''CD 1'' to ''CD 100'', of which 42 were transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] and 18 were transferred to the [[United States Navy]]. In British waters, they were used to patrol areas around [[Gibraltar]] and [[Bermuda]]. In Canadian waters, the [[Maritimes]] and in American waters, along the [[New England]] coast. Following the war, the drifters were either sold into mercantile service or [[Ship breaking|scrapped]]. Some survived in British service to be used during [[World War II]].

==Background and description==
In British waters, [[Drifter (fishing boat)|drifters]] were a type of fishing vessel with hauled [[drift net]]s. This was adapted by the [[Royal Navy]] for [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] defence in approaches to harbours and ports by laying drift nets and snagging enemy submarines.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|p=499}} In January 1917 the Royal Navy ordered 100 drifters from Canadian shipyards as part of a building programme in Canada. However, the Canadian government would manage the programme for the Royal Navy. The [[Royal Canadian Navy]] did not have anyone qualified to run such a programme, so the Canadian government brought in the vice president of [[Canada Steamship Lines]] to manage it.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|p=472}}{{sfn|Gardiner|Gray|1986|p=104}}

The drifters, whose [[Hull (watercraft)|hulls]] were made of wood, were {{convert|84|ft|0|in|m|1}} long with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|19|ft|3|in|m|1}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|10|ft|0|in|m|1}}. The CD class had a [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]] of {{convert|99|LT|t}}.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=26}}{{efn|Gardiner & Gray<sup>p.104</sup> state the displacement as roughly {{convert|175|LT|t}}, while Silverstone<sup>p.124</sup> has the displacement at {{convert|150|LT|t}}.}} The timber used in the drifters came from [[British Columbia]].{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|p=680}} The vessels were propelled by a {{convert|225|ihp|kW|lk=in|adj=on|0}} vertical [[compound steam engine]] fed steam by one single-ended [[boiler]], turning one [[Propeller|screw]].{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}} The drifters had a maximum speed of {{convert|9|kn|kph|lk=in|0}}. The ships were armed with one [[QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss|QF 6-pounder (57 mm) gun]] mounted forward.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|p=472}}{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=26}} The main differences between them and their British-built counterparts were electric lighting instead of [[acetylene]] gas, a steam [[windlass]] instead of a [[Capstan (nautical)|capstan]] and the gun was further forward.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|p=472}} The vessels had a standard ship's company of 23.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}} A complaint against the design was the lack of separate officers quarters. The drift nets provided for use in anti-submarine warfare were {{convert|120|by|20|yd|m|0}} and required large wharf areas to perform repairs and maintenance.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|pp=558, 680}}

==Ships in class==
{| border="1" class="wikitable collapsible"
! colspan=4| CD-class naval drifter
|-
!  Name
!  Builder{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=26}}
!  Completed
!  Notes
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| ''CD 1''
| rowspan=50|[[Davie Shipbuilding]], [[Lauzon, Quebec]]
| 4 September 1917
| Renamed ''Ebbtide'' in November 1924, sold 1946.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106637|shipname=CD-1|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''CD 2''
| 16 October 1917 
| Renamed ''Westby'' in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106638|shipname=CD-2|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''CD 3''
| 29 September 1917
| Renamed ''Corcovado'' in 1921.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106616|shipname=CD-3|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 4''
| 3 October 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106633|shipname=CD-4|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
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|''CD 5''
| 11 October 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106631|shipname=CD-5|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|''CD 6''
| 8 October 1917
| Renamed ''Bay Queen'' in 1921.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106609|shipname=CD-6|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 7''
| 15 October 1917
| Renamed ''Utterby'' in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106610|shipname=CD-7|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 8''
| 16 October 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106611|shipname=CD-8|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|''CD 9''
| 17 October 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106612|shipname=CD-9|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|''CD 10''
| 20 October 1917
| [[Ship breaking|Broken up]] in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106613|shipname=CD-10|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 11''
| 22 October 1917
| In 1922, the vessel was renamed ''Rauceby''. In 1925, the drifter was renamed ''Pointoise''.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106623|shipname=CD-11|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 12''
| 23 October 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106615|shipname=CD-12|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|''CD 13''
| 29 October 1917
| Renamed ''Ewerby'' in 1923 and ''Locqueltas'' in 1925.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106608|shipname=CD-13|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 14''
| 30 October 1917
| Renamed ''Gilby'' in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106617|shipname=CD-14|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 15''
| 31 October 1917
| Renamed ''Bretonia'' in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106618|shipname=CD-15|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 16''
| 31 October 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106619|shipname=CD-16|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|''CD 17''
| 8 November 1917
| Renamed ''Stansgate'' in 1925.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106620|shipname=CD-17|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 18''
| 7 November 1917
| Broken up in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106621|shipname=CD-18|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 19''
| 10 November 1917
| Broken up in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106622|shipname=CD-19|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 20''
| 10 November 1917
| In 1918, the vessel was renamed ''Guelph''. Sold in 1921.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106642|shipname=CD-20|accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}{{efn|College & Warlow<sup>p.127</sup> have the vessel being renamed ''Guelph'' on 10 November 1917.}}
|-
|''CD 21''
| 6 September 1917
| Broken up 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106667|shipname=CD-21|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 22''
| 12 November 1917
| Renamed ''Gunby'' in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106639|shipname=CD-22|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 23''
| 14 November 1917 
| Renamed ''Blairmore I'' in 1924.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106660|shipname=CD-23|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 24''
| 17 November 1917
| Renamed ''Daron'' in 1924 and broken up the same year.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106661|shipname=CD-24|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 25''
| 17 November 1917
| Renamed ''Fenby'' in 1923.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106662|shipname=CD-25|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 26''
| 19 November 1917
| Renamed ''Moon'' in 1924. Foundered in 1927.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106663|shipname=CD-26|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 27''
| 19 November 1917
| Renamed ''Wop'' in 1921.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106664|shipname=CD-27|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 28''
| 21 November 1917
| Renamed ''Graby'' in 1922 and ''Massabielle'' in 1923.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106674|shipname=CD-28|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 29''
| 21 November 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106666|shipname=CD-29|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
| 
|-
|''CD 30''
| 14 July 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 31''
| 14 July 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Araby'' in 1923.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 32''
| 
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|''CD 33''
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|''CD 34''
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|''CD 35''
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|''CD 36''
| 14 July 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Margaret Mac'' in 1920.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 37''
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|''CD 38''
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|''CD 39''
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|''CD 40''
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|''CD 41''
| 14 July 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 42''
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|''CD 43''
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| Sold in 1920 and wrecked in 1921.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}
|-
|''CD 44''
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|''CD 45''
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|''CD 46''
| 14 July 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 47''
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|''CD 48''
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|''CD 49''
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|''CD 50''
| 14 July 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919. The drifter became the Canadian [[Department of Marine and Fisheries]] vessel ''No. 21''. {{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 51''
| rowspan=3| Government Shipyards, [[Sorel-Tracy|Sorel, Quebec]]
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|''CD 52''
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|''CD 53''
| 12 November 1917
| Renamed ''Karrier'' in 1922.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106658|shipname=CD-53|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 54''
|rowspan=6 | [[Sorel Shipbuilding]], Sorel, Quebec
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| Sunk in 1920 during passage to the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}
|-
|''CD 55''
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|''CD 56''
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|''CD 57''
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| Sunk in 1920.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}
|-
|''CD 58''
| 14 October 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Mary Currie'' in 1920.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 59''
| 14 October 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Two Roses'' in 1920.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 60''
| rowspan=2 |[[H.H. Sheppard & Sons]], Sorel, Quebec
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|-
|''CD 61''
| 14 October 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 62''
| rowspan=6 | [[LeClaire & Sons]], Sorel, Quebec
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|''CD 63''
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|''CD 64''
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|''CD 65''
|28 August 1918
|Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Metak'' in 1920.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 66''
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|''CD 67''
| 14 October 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 68''
|rowspan=3 |[[H.H. Sheppard & Sons]], Sorel, Quebec
| 12 November 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106668|shipname=CD-68|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|''CD 69''
| 20 October 1917
| Renamed ''Ewerby'' and then ''Aline'' in 1921. Broken up in 1929.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106669|shipname=CD-69|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 70''
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|''CD 71''
| rowspan=26 | [[Canadian Vickers]], [[Montreal]], Quebec
| 22 October 1917
| Renamed ''Eventide'' in 1923. Broken up in 1926.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106670|shipname=CD-71|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 72''
| 23 October 1917
| Renamed ''Floodtide'' in 1923. Broken up in 1926.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106671|shipname=CD-72|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 73''
| 5 November 1917
| Renamed ''Clixby'' in 1923 and ''Foi'' in 1925.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106672|shipname=CD-73|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 74''
| 17 October 1917
| Renamed ''Seagull'' in 1921 and broken up the same year.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106673|shipname=CD-74|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|''CD 75''
| 19 October 1917<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106650|shipname=CD-75|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
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|''CD 76''
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|''CD 77''
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|''CD 78''
| 14 October 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 79''
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|''CD 80''
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|''CD 81''
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|''CD 82''
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| Renamed ''Onyx'' in 1919 and ''Jade'' in August 1943. The vessel foundered in 1947, was raised and [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in 1947.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}
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|''CD 83''
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|''CD 84''
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|''CD 85''
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|''CD 86''
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| Sunk in 1920 while on passage to the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}
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|''CD 87''
| 10 November 1917
| Foundered in the North Atlantic on 12 October 1920 while on passage to United Kingdom.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=6106648|shipname=CD-87|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>
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|''CD 88''
| 
| Sunk in 1920 while on passage to the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}
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|''CD 89''
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|''CD 90''
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|''CD 91''
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|''CD 92''
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|''CD 93''
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| Sunk on passage to the United Kingdom in 1920.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=127}}
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|''CD 94''
|5 August 1918
|Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 95''
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|''CD 96''
|14 October 1918
|Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}{{efn|Silverstone<sup>p.124</sup> has the shipyard that constructed the vessel as the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, Quebec .}}
|-
|''CD 97''
| rowspan=4 | [[Harbour Commissioners]], Montreal, Quebec
| 14 October 1918
| Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Grace Hankinson'' in 1920. On 25 January 1930, the vessel was lost.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 98''
| 14 October 1918
|Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Pearl Cann'' in 1921.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 99''
|14 October 1918
|Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Mary Francis Whalen'' in 1920 and ''Donnelly'' in 1925.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|''CD 100''
|14 October 1918
|Transferred to United States Navy upon completion. Returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold. Renamed ''Arichat'' in 1921.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}
|-
|}

==Service history==
The drifters, though constructed in Canada, belonged to the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] and were intended for use in British waters during [[World War I]]. However, in February 1917, the Royal Canadian Navy was informed that the drifters were to be transferred to Canada as part of the Admiralty's promise to support Canada's coastal patrol. Canada had not been informed prior to this and had been sending crews to the United Kingdom in preparation for the vessels' arrival.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|pp=485, 488}} Canada did not want the drifters as they could neither catch nor kill a submarine nor did Canada have the manpower to crew the ships.{{sfn|Milner|2010|p=80}} Further difficulties arose when more training would be required as the drifter-type fishing vessel was not used in Canadian waters, and there was a lack of knowledge of the technology in Canada. In response the head of the Canadian naval service, Rear Admiral [[Charles Kingsmill]] ordered the drifter equipment removed on Canadian vessels and the drifters rearmed as patrol boats.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|p=499}}

By October 1917, the Admiralty changed its position, requiring 50 drifters to be sent to British waters, with the remainder set aside for Canada. A further six were transferred from the Canadian allotment to the [[United States Navy]] as part of an exchange where two American [[torpedo boat]]s and six [[submarine chaser]]s patrolled off the Canadian Atlantic coast. Eventually, the British Admiralty settled on 42 drifters for Canadian service. Shortages of steel and marine fittings in Canadian yards led to delays. Further inexperience among Canadian builders in the construction of boilers and engines led to 42 of the former and 47 of the latter being built in the United States. Also affecting the construction was work stoppages and lack of workers after the American entry into the war as American shipbuilders began siphoning the work force with higher wages. After being completed the drifters being assembled in Quebec shipyards were sent to [[Quebec City]] to enter service and finish fitting out. The vessels began to arrive towards the end of 1917 with crews being sent from [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]. 29 drifters entered service at Quebec City before the [[Saint Lawrence River]] froze over. The remaining drifters at Quebec City that had not finished fitting out were laid up through the winter months.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|pp=539, 556, 624, 686}} Three unfinished hulls were destroyed at Sorel on 19 June 1917.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=26}}

Some drifters were equipped with [[hydrophone]]s and [[wireless telegraph]] to improve their anti-submarine detection abilities. However, their 6-pounder guns were deemed inadequate to take on German [[U-boat]]s. Some drifters in Canadian service were manned by detachments from the [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] section of the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].Canadian drifters were employed at the harbours of Halifax and [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]], usually in concert with [[naval trawler]]s either on [[minesweeping]] or patrol missions. They were also used as [[convoy]] escorts for convoys entering and departing the harbours. The drifters were employed as "scarecrows", intending to force U-boats to look for easier targets.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|pp=613, 619, 652, 727}} Though the vessels were poorly finished and the crews inexperienced, the drifters performed their task of deterring U-boats from convoy targets.{{sfn|Milner|2010|pp=80–81}} In Royal Navy service fourteen of them were sent to [[Gibraltar]], six to [[Bermuda]] and five were sent to West Africa in 1918–1919.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=26}} In the end, 18 were transferred to the United States Navy, seeing service in the [[First Naval District]].{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|p=656}} The drifters were returned to Canada in mid-1919 and sold.{{sfn|Silverstone|2006|p=124}}

After the war, the drifters in Canadian service were laid up in [[Reserve fleet|reserve]] at Halifax. On 5 November 1919 a storm struck [[Halifax Harbour]] in which 32 drifters were damaged. By 1920, most of the Canadian drifters had been sold, with the last four sold in 1921.{{sfn|Johnston|Rawling|Gimblett|MacFarlane|2010|pp=851, 889}} Some of the British drifters saw service during [[World War II]].{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=26}}

==See also==
*[[List of Royal Navy ships]]
*[[List of ships of the Royal Canadian Navy]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== Citations ==
{{reflist|30em}}

==References==
* {{cite book |last1=Colledge |first1=J. J. |last2=Warlow |first2=Ben |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |orig-year=1969 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=642j0xXqrYwC |title=Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy |edition=Revised |location=London |publisher=Chatham Publishing |isbn=978-1-86176-281-8 |oclc=67375475}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Gardiner |editor-first=Robert |editor-last2=Gray |editor-first2=Randal |name-list-style=amp |year=1986 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j29zoWpozl8C |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location=London |isbn=0-85177-245-5}}
* {{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=William |last2=Rawling |first2=William G.P. |last3=Gimblett |first3=Richard H. |last4=MacFarlane |first4=John |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=The Seabound Coast: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X4DWFYKzKf4C |volume=1 |publisher=Dundurn Press |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1-55488-908-2}}
* {{cite book |last1=Macpherson |first1=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |name-list-style=amp |year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cyaOAAAACAAJ |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002  |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Milner |first=Marc |year=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=afOEdO8mh1gC |title=Canada's Navy: The First Century |edition=Second |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |isbn=978-0-8020-9604-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Silverstone |first= Paul H. |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCmS2lXx55AC |title=The New Navy 1883–1922 |publisher=Routledge |location= New York City |isbn=0-415-97871-8}}

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