Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. The first s hip named HMCS Vancouver, initially named HMS Toreador, this ship was originally commissioned in the Royal Navy in 1919. She was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy that was awaiting the completion of new ships ordered to replenish its aging fleet. Her transfer took place at Portsmouth, England, on March 1, 1928, and the ship was re-named Vancouver in honour of the explorer. In May 1928, Vancouver arrived at Esquimalt, British Columbia, and was utilized to provide reserve training on the west coast. She was paid off on November 25, 1936, and sold for scrap the following year. Reported in “Canadian ships visit: Skeena and Vancouver of Pacific Detail open to public today,” Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 1936: A2. Handwritten on negative: Vancouver Text from negative sleeve: Canada, Navy, Ships, Destroyers
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1452 ark:/21198/zz002dbx6p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Destroyers (Warships) Vancouver (Destroyer)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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