SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | LEASIDE (K492), launched as WALMER CASTLE (K460) |
| Type | Corvette, 'Castle' class |
| Yard Number | 1128 |
| Launched | 10/03/1944 |
| Completed | 21/08/1944 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Shipbuilder |
| Engine type | T. 4cyl. |
| GRT | |
| Length (feet) | 252 |
| Beam (feet) | 36.7 |
| First owner | Royal Canadian Navy |
| History | 1947 COQUITLAM, Union Steamship Co., Vancouver (converted to passenger/cargo) |
| 1958 GLACIER QUEEN, Alaska Cruise Lines (Union Steamship Co.), Vancouver, 1833grt. | |
| 1970 Hulk as floating hotel, Granite Falls, Burrard Inlet, owned by M. J. Stanley, U.S.A. | |
| Fate | 08/11/1978 sank at anchorage off Seldovia Bay, Alaska, later raised and scuttled by the U.S. Coast Guard when 100 miles west of Cape Elias. |
For more information and photo see the Redcar and Cleveland Museums website here.
LEASIDE as COQUITLAM
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