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St Roch
| Type: | Auxiliary Police Schooner |
| Displacement: | 323 long tons (328 t) |
| Length: | 104 ft 3 in (31.78 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails 150 hp (112 kW) diesel engine St. Roch was constructed in 1928 at the Burrard Dry Dock Shipyards in North Vancouver. Between 1929–1939 she supplied and patrolled Canada's Arctic. In 1940–1942 she became first vessel to complete a voyage through the Northwest Passage in a west to east direction, and in 1944 became first vessel to make a return trip through the Northwest Passage, through the more northerly route considered the true Northwest Passage, and was also the first to navigate the passage in a single season. Between 1944–1948 she again patrolled Arctic waters. |
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