page_title: HMCS Messines
hierarchical_section_title: HMCS Messines
caption_attribution_description: Photograph showing Canadian Battle class naval trawlers under construction, left - right&#160;: HMCS Vimy, HMCS Ypres and HMCS Messines, Toronto Ontario.
context_page_description: HMCS Messines was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers constructed for and used by the Royal Canadian Navy during the First World War. Following the war the ship was transferred to the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries and converted into a lightvessel. Re-designated Lightship No. 3, the vessel was sold for scrap and broken up in 1962.
context_section_description: HMCS Messines was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers constructed for and used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the First World War. Following the war the ship was transferred to the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries and converted into a lightvessel. Re-designated Lightship No. 3, the vessel was sold for scrap and broken up in 1962.
caption: Messines (right) and Ypres (center) under construction in Toronto in 1917
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