Exploring a WW2 Navy Ship/Ferry and now a Personal Yacht. Explore 134

This ship was built and launched in British Columbia, Canada for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1941 to serve in the Second World War. The cost to build the ship was approx. $350,000. The ship is 112 feet long, 18ft wide and the original weight was 79 Tonnes (174,000 lbs) and the top speed of 20kts.
The hull is made out of mahogany. In 1941 She was then known as HMC ML Q-070. She was assigned during the war as an escort boat to the U.S. Navy. It was armed with 3 20mm guns. Operating the ship was 3 officers and 14 men. In 1945 she was sold and renamed the MV Machigonne and her two original engines were replaced with one 400hp GMC. At this time It was updated and used as a ferry boat from 1945 to 1951. The ship transported up to 140 walk-on passengers to and from the Coast. The ship was unused and anchored for over 20 years until 1993 when it was purchased by a couple and updated and fixed up. Then in the early 2000’s the ship was purchased by another couple. They gave the ship extensive interior upgrades and lived onboard for over 2 decades. It was later purchased and there is plans to resell or restore the ship. There is even plans to offer tours onboard the ship and sail its previous route.
I hope to see this ship fixed up one day.

Thank you for your service.

Former Commanding Officers:
SLt John Oscar Layboune Lake, RCNR - 13 Mar 1942 - unknown
Ch/Skpr George B. McCandless, RCNR - 19 Nov 1942 - 28 Nov 1942
Lt David Frederick G. Fladgate, RCNVR - 18 Jan 1943 - 22 Oct 1944
Lt F.G. Mitchell, RCNVR - 23 Oct 1943 - 21 Nov 1944
Lt R. Muir, RCNVR - 22 Nov 1944 - 08 Aug 1945
Lt J.E.E. Richardson, RCNVR - 10 Aug 1945 - 18 Mar 194

Former Crew:
Baker, Russell Kemp, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944 
Hamilton, John Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1943
Maitland, Robert Reid, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Jun 1943
McCandless, George Bartlett, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 13 Mar 1942
Orr, Thomas Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1944
Shaw, Jack Winfield, Lt, RCNVR - 03 Jul 9 1943
Winser, Frank Cotton, SLt, RCNVR - 13 Mar 1942

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https://www.nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Noble_Lady.php
http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/MLQ070.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Fairmile_B
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1:00 - 3:35 History of the Ship
3:35 - 12:16 Exploring the Ship
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