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HMCS Beaver (S10)
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HMCS Beaver (S10) was an armed yacht
that served in the Royal Canadian Navy
(RCN).
Initially carrying the pennant number
S10 and later Z10, she was launched in 1902 in Elizabeth, New Jersey
and was commissioned into the RCN on 4 April 1941. She was paid off on 17 October 1944.
Armed yacht
An armed yacht was a yacht that was armed with weapons and was typically in the service of a navy. Their speed and maneuverability made them useful as patrol vessels. In the United States Navy armed yachts were typically private yachts expropriated for government use in times of war. Armed yachts...
that served in the Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
(RCN).
Initially carrying the pennant number
Pennant number
In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...
S10 and later Z10, she was launched in 1902 in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,969, retaining its ranking as New Jersey's fourth largest city with an increase of 4,401 residents from its 2000 Census population of 120,568...
and was commissioned into the RCN on 4 April 1941. She was paid off on 17 October 1944.