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<h2 id="design-and-description">Design and description</h2> <p><i>Acadia</i> is a <a href="/facts/Research_ship/7T7NsS7I">research ship</a> that initially measured 170 feet 9 inches (52.04 m) long with a <a href="/facts/Beam_(nautical)/kG7egDLm">beam</a> of 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m) and a <a href="/facts/Draft_(hull)/MHGIRjC0">draught</a> of 19 ft (5.8 m). The ship was measured at 846 <a href="/facts/Gross_register_tonnage/26nHHmCm">gross register tons</a> (GRT) and 439 <a href="/facts/Net_register_tonnage/3VthwPRy">net register tons</a> (NRT).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The ship had a <a href="/facts/Displacement_(ship)/19jbfNuM">displacement</a> of 1,050 <a href="/facts/Long_ton/5ajqnrGq">long tons</a> (1,070 <a href="/facts/Tonne/gMymLmWv">t</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The ship was powered by steam provided by two coal-fired <a href="/facts/Scotch_boiler/JITMKb6X">Scotch boilers</a> being fed to a <a href="/facts/Triple_expansion_engine/f7hN8vzm">triple expansion engine</a> turning one <a href="/facts/Propeller/0IN0JKXC">screw</a>, creating 1,715 <a href="/facts/Horsepower/jRMwmIxA">shaft horsepower</a> (1,279 <a href="/facts/Kilowatt/VK8oqRrm">kW</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> This gave the ship a maximum speed of 14 <a href="/facts/Knot_(unit)/Sho0TF2y">knots</a> (26 km/h; 16 mph).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> The ship was designed to operate along Canada's northern coast, and had additional 7⁄8-inch (22 mm) steel plating and strengthened framing. After arriving in Canada, the ship underwent further strengthening for use in ice.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> The ship had one <a href="/facts/Funnel_(ship)/qFM2PKIz">funnel</a> and two <a href="/facts/Mast_(sailing)/fA4p9N56">masts</a> and the crew cabins had <a href="/facts/Mahogany/dTrTanrn">mahogany</a> and <a href="/facts/Oak/1NJJzkzB">oak</a> paneling and <a href="/facts/Brass/pe8EHk6x">brasswork</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> The vessel originally had wooden carvings of the <a href="/facts/Coat-of-arms/PcwQ5lH8">coat-of-arms</a> of the provinces of <a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a> and <a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a> situated on the <a href="/facts/Starboard/jCqXG8wA">starboard</a> side of the <a href="/facts/Bow_(ship)/7IMvUGon">bow</a> and those of <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a> and <a href="/facts/New_Brunswick/SLTqCmM2">New Brunswick</a> on the port side.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> The crew numbered 60 with 10 assigned to <a href="/facts/Hydrography/FP9yHxSv">hydrography</a>-related research, but that number fluctuated depending on the planned deployment.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The vessel was equipped with two survey <a href="/facts/Launch_(boat)/6eQ7TEuE">launches</a> and <a href="/facts/Cutter_(boat)/qcc6eXzX">cutters</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>In <a href="/facts/Royal_Canadian_Navy/eSRkBetN">Royal Canadian Navy</a> (RCN) service, the vessel was armed with a 4-inch (102 mm) gun placed forward and a <a href="/facts/QF_12-pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun/Ak350xca">12-pounder gun</a> situated aft.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> The ship had a displacement of 1,050 long tons (1,067 t) and measured 169 feet 11 inches (51.8 m) long with a beam of 33 feet 6 inches (10.2 m) and a draught of 19 feet 0 inches (5.8 m). In naval service, the vessel could only reach speeds of 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> The ship had a complement of 59 officers and <a href="/facts/Naval_rating/YsUSYzyl">ratings</a> in RCN service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p><i>Acadia</i> was the first ship of the Canadian Hydrographic Service to be fitted with <a href="/facts/Wireless_telegraphy/g1p5PaPA">wireless telegraphy</a> in 1913. The ship had a <a href="/facts/Gyrocompass/nS0m2Pod">gyrocompass</a> installed in 1928. The following year in 1929, <i>Acadia</i> had an <a href="/facts/Echo_sounder/El22TcqE">echo sounder</a> system fitted.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> In 1951, the vessel underwent a complete <a href="/facts/Deck_(ship)/mpNxwSAl">decking</a> renewal, a partial renewal in 1985. The masts, originally fitted for sails, were converted for lighting and sensor use and the launches/cutters were modernised.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> In 1955, the ship underwent a refit that added an enlarged <a href="/facts/Bridge_(nautical)/976E5bHV">bridge</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> In 1956, the ship had her first navigational <a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">radar</a> installed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> By 1987, the vessel measured 182 feet 1 inch (55.5 m) <a href="/facts/Length_overall/YMeByubQ">long overall</a> with a beam of 32 feet 10 inches (10 m) and a depth of 9 feet 10 inches (3 m). The ship's displacement had increased to 1,700 long tons (1,700 t). By the 1960s, the ship could only make approximately 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="construction-and-career">Construction and career</h2> <p><i>Acadia</i> was designed in <a href="/facts/Ottawa/x5FkqX7F">Ottawa</a> by Canadian naval architect R. L. Newman for the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and built by <a href="/facts/Swan_Hunter/y0UEn8NL">Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson</a> at <a href="/facts/Newcastle-on-Tyne/vfHwdn5F">Newcastle-on-Tyne</a> in England. Named after <a href="/facts/Acadia/agRYNH1l">Acadia</a>, the early colonial name for <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Canada/FXs5CIA9">Atlantic Canada</a>, she was <a href="/facts/Ceremonial_ship_launching/kFSJFllx">launched</a> on 8 May 1913. <i>Acadia</i> arrived at <a href="/facts/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia/Tcm27J9I">Halifax, Nova Scotia</a> on 8 July and was entered service that July upon her first voyage using the prefix CGS, which stood for "Canadian Government Ship."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> Her first two seasons were spent <a href="/facts/Nautical_chart/3UQrLQaN">charting</a> in western <a href="/facts/Hudson_Bay/KApYeskW">Hudson Bay</a> at <a href="/facts/Port_Nelson,_Manitoba/F9dej8cb">Port Nelson</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> and rescued the crew of the <a href="/facts/Steamship/Ay0fhKBW">steamship</a> <i>Alette</i>, crushed by ice in Hudson Bay, the first of several rescue operations <i>Acadia</i> would perform.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> In her first year, she also made the first Canadian surveys of <a href="/facts/Sable_Island/1q3U3rT2">Sable Island</a> in November 1913.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> She saw extensive use prior to 1917 surveying the waters along Canada's Atlantic coast, including tidal charting and <a href="/facts/Depth_sounding/GjtKqKxa">depth soundings</a> for various ports, also performing pioneering Canadian <a href="/facts/Oceanographic/LtrG6peD">oceanographic</a> research in 1915 and 1916.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> </p> <h3>World War I</h3> <p>After the outbreak of <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a> in 1914, <i>Acadia</i> was among the government vessels used to patrol the Bay of Fundy during the winter months, sailing between <a href="/facts/Yarmouth,_Nova_Scotia/fXAPD00y">Yarmouth, Nova Scotia</a> and <a href="/facts/Grand_Manan/GXdRtqMb">Grand Manan</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> <i>Acadia</i> was <a href="/facts/Ship_commissioning/aPxGm7yB">commissioned</a> into the RCN on 16 January 1917, as a <a href="/facts/Patrol_boat/Kg8FUMs2">patrol vessel</a>, replacing the CGS prefix with <a href="/facts/His_Majesty%27s_Canadian_Ship/bdUx3CSR">His Majesty's Canadian Ship</a> (HMCS), thus becoming HMCS <i>Acadia</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> Though intended for patrol, the vessel's slow speed made her practically unusable. The vessel was armed with one 4-inch (102 mm) gun placed forward.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> From 1917 until the end of the war, she conducted <a href="/facts/Anti-submarine_warfare/dW89ebRA">anti-submarine</a> patrols from the <a href="/facts/Bay_of_Fundy/71VWujpR">Bay of Fundy</a> along Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast and through the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Saint_Lawrence/SnURDrbt">Gulf of Saint Lawrence</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> On 6 December 1917, less than twelve months into her wartime service, <i>Acadia</i> survived the <a href="/facts/Halifax_Explosion/cpmCB13D">Halifax Explosion</a>. <i>Acadia</i> was serving as a <a href="/facts/Guard_ship/Toj9fC38">guard ship</a> at the entrance to <a href="/facts/Bedford_Basin/n3M9HkvR">Bedford Basin</a> but suffered only minor damage.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> In 1918, she was one of the Canadian warships assigned to escort merchant <a href="/facts/Convoy/03yMx0P1">convoys</a> through Canadian waters, defending them against the <a href="/facts/Atlantic_U-boat_campaign_of_World_War_I/SNvEVAlz">German submarine threat</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> Near the end of the war, she served as a platform for experiments with anti-submarine <a href="/facts/Kite_balloon/jgbvNzQt">kite balloons</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> The ship was decommissioned from RCN service in March 1919.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> </p> <h3>Inter-war period</h3> <p>Following her naval service, <i>Acadia</i> was returned to the Hydrographic Survey of Canada (renamed the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Hydrographic_Service/ebA53hSk">Canadian Hydrographic Service</a> in 1928) and resumed hydrographic survey work throughout the inter-war period of the 1920s and 1930s. Though in the winter months of 1922–1923, the ship was detailed with <a href="/facts/Icebreaking/jMGLK96X">icebreaking</a> duties along the coast of Nova Scotia and in major coastal ports on the way.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> Lack of survey funds suspended her operation in 1924 and 1925. In 1926 she resumed surveys, mainly in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and up into the <a href="/facts/Saguenay_River/7TgzgBun">Saguenay River</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> A major achievement was surveying in the summer seasons in 1929 to 1931, to establish the port of <a href="/facts/Churchill,_Manitoba/uBls0ds4">Churchill, Manitoba</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> In 1929 <i>Acadia</i> rescued the crew of a crashed <a href="/facts/Sikorsky_Aircraft/efQqMHVC">Sikorsky</a> amphibious aircraft named "Untin Bowler" who were attempting a round-trip to Europe across <a href="/facts/Greenland/aagXRTB7">Greenland</a> and Iceland sponsored by the <i><a href="/facts/Chicago_Tribune/Bbms9uy5">Chicago Tribune</a></i> until the aircraft was destroyed by ice off the tip of <a href="/facts/Labrador/Yo4K7DJ2">Labrador</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> In mid-to-late September 1939, the vessel was tasked with re-charting the coasts of the Canadians <a href="/facts/Maritimes/edkHavUV">Maritimes</a> and the island of <a href="/facts/Newfoundland_(island)/PdfPl9ca">Newfoundland</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> In 1934, <i>Acadia</i> was among the ships gathered to celebrate the 400th anniversary of French explorer <a href="/facts/Jacques_Cartier/5aYLNseA">Jacques Cartier</a>'s arrival in the North America with a celebration at <a href="/facts/Gasp%C3%A9,_Quebec/ljPQl1dc">Gaspé, Quebec</a>. She returned to icebreaking duties along the Nova Scotian coast in the winter months of 1934–1935.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> </p> <h3>World War II</h3> <p>The vessel was recommissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 2 October 1939 during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, once again becoming HMCS <i>Acadia</i> and given the <a href="/facts/Pennant_number/1UvdSISw">pennant number</a> Z00 on the Atlantic coast.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> She was first used as a <a href="/facts/Training_ship/7fjjDXnH">training ship</a> for <a href="/facts/CFB_Halifax/vrFJExrN">HMCS <i>Stadacona</i></a>, a <a href="/facts/Shore_establishment/leQtuYxP">shore establishment</a> at Halifax. From May 1940 to March 1941 she saw active use as a patrol ship off the entrance of <a href="/facts/Halifax_Harbour/YlnVsHjh">Halifax Harbour</a>, providing close escort support for small convoys entering and leaving the port from the harbour limits at the <a href="/facts/Submarine_net/d05FG000">submarine nets</a> off <a href="/facts/McNabs_Island/C362pWhp">McNabs Island</a> to the "Halifax Ocean Meeting Point". After a refit, <i>Acadia</i> was assigned in mid-1941 for use as an <a href="/facts/Anti-aircraft_warfare/fHtGQpLy">anti-aircraft</a> training ship and serving as a gunnery training vessel for crews of the <a href="/facts/Defensively_Equipped_Merchant_Ships/tPlf5aew">Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships</a> (DEMS) fleet.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> In June 1944, <i>Acadia</i> was assigned to the training base <a href="/facts/CFB_Cornwallis/01tzbAAy">HMCS <i>Cornwallis</i></a> and stationed at the nearby port of <a href="/facts/Digby,_Nova_Scotia/cTtJAAGU">Digby, Nova Scotia</a> where she was used for gunnery training. The ship was decommissioned on 3 November 1945.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> The name HMCS <i>Acadia</i> continued in use as a <a href="/facts/Royal_Canadian_Sea_Cadets/EPMdQHNb">Royal Canadian Sea Cadets</a> training centre at <a href="/facts/Cornwallis,_Nova_Scotia/6KofWjB7">Cornwallis, Nova Scotia</a> beginning in 1956 until its closure in 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> </p> <h4>Badge</h4> <p>During World War II, <i>Acadia</i> was given an unofficial badge honouring the ship. However, in 1948, an <a href="/facts/Naval_heraldry/r5RDDpzx">official badge</a> and official colours were awarded by the RCN.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> <i>Acadia</i>'s badge consists of a young woman's head and shoulders wearing a 1755-period cap and a scarf all done in white situated on a field of blue with a golden <a href="/facts/Sem%C3%A9/KxAEGhJ0">semé</a>-<a href="/facts/Fleur-de-lis/3olU4IEg">de-lis</a>. The ship's official colours are gold and blue.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> </p> <h3>Later years</h3> <p>With the end of the war <i>Acadia</i> was returned for the second time to the Canadian Hydrographic Service with the new prefix CSS, the acronym standing for Canadian Survey Ship. In 1946, the vessel was tasked with charting the <a href="/facts/Northumberland_Strait/B3rkwypr">Northumberland Strait</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> A major post-war assignment was updating and expanding the nautical charts of <a href="/facts/Newfoundland_and_Labrador/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland and Labrador</a> after the former colony had joined Canada in 1949. In the 1950s, the wooden carvings of the provincial coat-of-arms were removed during a refit and were lost in a fire when the shed they were stored in burned.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a> In 1961, <i>Acadia</i> rescued hundreds of people from forest fires in eastern Newfoundland, evacuating 600 people.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> The ship was taken out of service with the Canadian Hydrographic Service on 28 November 1969.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> </p> <h3>Museum ship</h3> <p>After being retired, <i>Acadia</i> was transferred to the <a href="/facts/Bedford_Institute_of_Oceanography/QpWLDCE2">Bedford Institute of Oceanography</a> (BIO) for use as a <a href="/facts/Museum_ship/YvzY8f5K">museum ship</a>. The vessel was declared a <a href="/facts/National_Historic_Sites_of_Canada/gVRSRJeT">National Historic Site</a> in 1976.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a> On 9 February 1980, the BIO transferred <i>Acadia</i> to the <a href="/facts/Maritime_Museum_of_the_Atlantic/8gfs9X4a">Maritime Museum of the Atlantic</a> for preservation and interpretation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> In 1982, the vessel was moved to her new home alongside the wharves behind the museum. <i>Acadia</i> is known for being one of the few ships to continue the tradition of keeping an official <a href="/facts/Ship%27s_cat/z4woCWAr">ship's cat</a>, of which there have been four since 1982.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> </p><p><i>Acadia</i> is moored at the museum's North Wharf and opens to visitors from May to October. <i>Acadia</i> is <a href="/facts/Dry_dock/x0brADPo">dry docked</a> every five years to preserve her hull using <a href="/facts/Zinc_anode/lGBuszfA">zinc anodes</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a> In 2017–2018, the poor condition of <i>Acadia</i> made Canadian national news, with demands for government intervention to stop the ship's deterioration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> In 2021, the vessel was sent for an overhaul at <a href="/facts/Shelburne,_Nova_Scotia/skIklIbE">Shelburne, Nova Scotia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a> <i>Acadia</i> is the only known vessel still afloat to have survived the Halifax Explosion in 1917 and serve in the Royal Canadian Navy in both world wars.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> </p> <h4>Erik the Red</h4> <p>Named after the <a href="/facts/Erik_the_Red/gDu6zd9b">famous Viking</a>, Erik the Red was a <a href="/facts/Tabby_cat/Hc29GaKU">tabby cat</a>, born about 1997, that served on <i>Acadia</i> as the rodent control officer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a> He is believed to have been a stray that found his way aboard the ship as a stowaway on <a href="/facts/Canada_Day/SulEpWA7">Canada Day</a> in 2000. He initially worked alongside the existing rodent control officer, Clara, until Clara's retirement and quick decline in health.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> Erik the Red survived three abductions or disappearances, which were particularly worrisome for the community because Erik had medical concerns requiring daily medication or he would not eat.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a> Erik became a well known local attraction on the boardwalk near <i>Acadia</i>, welcomed up and down the waterfront and into stores.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a> Erik retired in 2015 during a party in his honour on 20 September and died in July 2017 after a short illness.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_museum_ships/asc6RGlM">List of museum ships</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ships_preserved_in_museums/YvzY8f5K">Ships preserved in museums</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="sources">Sources</h2> <ul><li>Arbuckle, J. Graeme (1987). <i>Badges of the Canadian Navy</i>. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-920852-49-1.</li> <li>Armstrong, John Griffith (2002). <i>The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy</i>. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7748-0891-8.</li> <li>Barr, P. (July 1987). <a href="https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/download/23390/27165/35712">"CSS 'Acadia' 75 Years of Service"</a>. <i>International Hydrographic Review</i>. LXIV (2). Monaco: 15–21.</li> <li>Hadley, Michael L.; Sarty, Roger (1991). <i>Tin-pots and Pirate Ships: Canadian Naval Forces and German Sea Raiders 1880–1918</i>. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7735-0778-7.</li> <li>Johnston, William; Rawling, William G. P.; Gimblett, Richard H.; MacFarlane, John (2010). <a href="https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mdn-dnd/D2-132-1-2010-eng.pdf"><i>The Seabound Coast: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939</i></a> (PDF). Vol. 1. Toronto: Dundurn Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-55488-908-2.</li> <li>Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). <i>The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002</i> (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-55125-072-1.</li> <li>Maginley, Charles D.; Collin, Bernard (2001). <i>The Ships of Canada's Marine Services</i>. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-55125-070-5.</li> <li>Meehan, O. M. (January 2004). 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"Chapter IV: The Hydrographic Survey of Canada from 1928 to the Commencement of the Second World War". <i>The Northern Mariner</i>. 14 (2): 159–244. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.25071%2F2561-5467.523">10.25071/2561-5467.523</a>. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2561-5467">2561-5467</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/viewimages?name=Acadia&year=1914&submit=Enter"><i>Mercantile Navy List</i></a>. London: Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. 1914. p. 3 – via Memorial University of Newfoundland.</li> <li><a href="https://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/viewimages?&name=Acadia&steamsail=Steam&submit=Enter&year=1930"><i>Mercantile Navy List</i></a>. London: Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. 1930. p. 3 – via Memorial University of Newfoundland.</li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/acadia.html">"HMCS Acadia"</a>. Government of Canada. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2025.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 5001528. <ul><li><a href="http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/A-Ships/acadia1913.html">"Acadia"</a>. <i>Tyne Built Ships</i>. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust.</li> <li><a href="https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/exhibits/css-acadia">Maritime Museum of the Atlantic CSS Acadia web page</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070505013450/http://www.canfoh.org/Ships/acadia.htm">Friends of Canadian Hydrography – CSS Acadia page</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111002012254/http://www.navy.gc.ca/project_pride/photo_archive/photo_archive_description_page_e.asp?ImgNegNum=H-558a">Canadian Navy Heritage – Acadia Photo Archive and Specs</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww1/convert/">Haze Grey and Underway – Converted civilian vessels</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100801102836/http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/halifax/boardwalk.html#axzz0vfQTVfSw">Live Webcam view showing CSS <i>Acadia</i> viewed from the north</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.blurb.ca/b/2416798-grand-old-lady"><i>Grand Old Lady: A personal tribute to the CSS Acadia</i></a> by Rod Desborough (2010), <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-9866858-0-4, published by author: an illustrated history written by a former crew member</li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=CSS_Acadia¶ms=44_38_52.5_N_63_34_11.8_W_">44°38′52.5″N 63°34′11.8″W / 44.647917°N 63.569944°W / 44.647917; -63.569944</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>S.S. 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Monaco: 15–21. <a href="https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/download/23390/27165/35712" target="_blank">https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/download/23390/27165/35712</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"CSS Acadia turns 100 today". The Marine Curator. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. 8 May 2013. <a href="http://marinecurator.blogspot.ca/2013/05/the-museums-css-acadia-turns-100-today.html" target="_blank">http://marinecurator.blogspot.ca/2013/05/the-museums-css-acadia-turns-100-today.html</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Barr 1987, p. 18. - Barr, P. (July 1987). "CSS 'Acadia' 75 Years of Service". International Hydrographic Review. LXIV (2). Monaco: 15–21. <a href="https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/download/23390/27165/35712" target="_blank">https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/download/23390/27165/35712</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Meehan 2004a, p. 92. - Meehan, O. M. (January 2004). "Chapter II: The Hydrographic Survey of Canada from its Formation to the First World War 1904-1914". The Northern Mariner. 14 (1): 43–103. doi:10.25071/2561-5467.521. ISSN 2561-5467. <a href="https://doi.org/10.25071%2F2561-5467.521" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.25071%2F2561-5467.521</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Meehan 2004a, p. 93. - Meehan, O. M. (January 2004). "Chapter II: The Hydrographic Survey of Canada from its Formation to the First World War 1904-1914". The Northern Mariner. 14 (1): 43–103. doi:10.25071/2561-5467.521. 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ISBN 978-1-55488-908-2. <a href="https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mdn-dnd/D2-132-1-2010-eng.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mdn-dnd/D2-132-1-2010-eng.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>Macpherson & Barrie 2002, p. 17. - Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1. <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>Johnston et al. 2010, pp. 404, 506. - Johnston, William; Rawling, William G. P.; Gimblett, Richard H.; MacFarlane, John (2010). The Seabound Coast: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939 (PDF). Vol. 1. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-908-2. <a href="https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mdn-dnd/D2-132-1-2010-eng.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mdn-dnd/D2-132-1-2010-eng.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>Macpherson & Barrie 2002, p. 17. - Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1. <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>Armstrong 2002, p. 80. - Armstrong, John Griffith (2002). The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press. ISBN 0-7748-0891-8. <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>Johnston et al. 2010, p. 692. - Johnston, William; Rawling, William G. P.; Gimblett, Richard H.; MacFarlane, John (2010). The Seabound Coast: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939 (PDF). Vol. 1. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-908-2. <a href="https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mdn-dnd/D2-132-1-2010-eng.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mdn-dnd/D2-132-1-2010-eng.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>Hadley & Sarty 1991, p. 280. - Hadley, Michael L.; Sarty, Roger (1991). Tin-pots and Pirate Ships: Canadian Naval Forces and German Sea Raiders 1880–1918. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-0778-7. <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>Macpherson & Barrie 2002, p. 17. - Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1. <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>Meehan 2004c, p. 205. - Meehan, O. M. (April 2004). "Chapter IV: The Hydrographic Survey of Canada from 1928 to the Commencement of the Second World War". The Northern Mariner. 14 (2): 159–244. doi:10.25071/2561-5467.523. ISSN 2561-5467. <a href="https://doi.org/10.25071%2F2561-5467.523" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.25071%2F2561-5467.523</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>Barr 1987, p. 19. - Barr, P. (July 1987). "CSS 'Acadia' 75 Years of Service". International Hydrographic Review. LXIV (2). Monaco: 15–21. <a href="https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/download/23390/27165/35712" target="_blank">https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/download/23390/27165/35712</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>Barr 1987, p. 18. - Barr, P. (July 1987). 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