HMCS Cormorant (ASL 20)

HMCS "Cormorant" (ASL 20) was a diving support vessel that served in the Canadian Forces. Th ship was equipped with either Pisces IV submersible or the SDL-1 submersible.

The vessel was built as the Italian-owned stern trawler "Aspa Quarto". She was purchased in 1975 and commissioned into Maritime Command, becoming the second Canadian naval unit to bear this name.

HMCS Comorant (781) was a Bird-class patrol vessel built by Birdland Boat Works. Midland, Ontario in 1956 and served until 1963.It was sold to a religious mission, but the ship never sailed to the final destination.

She was decommissioned in 1997 and sold to United States owners for diving operations, although she has remained docked in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia alongside warship|HMCS|Fraser|DDH 233.

References

* [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/postwar/cormoran/ HMCS Cormorant (II) - hazegray.org]
* [http://www.jproc.ca/rrp/bird.html HMCS Comorant I]