Glen-class tug (1943)

	Launch of the Second World War tugboat HMCS Glenside.
Class overview
Name	Glen class
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
Built	1943–1945
In commission	1943–1979
Completed	20
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	Steel-hulled : 170 long tons (173 t); Wooden-hulled : 155 long tons (157 t);
Length	Steel-hulled : 80 ft 6 in (24.54 m); Wooden-hulled : 80 ft (24 m);
Beam	Steel-hulled : 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m); Wooden-hulled : 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m);
Draught	Steel-hulled : 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m); Wooden-hulled : 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m);
Propulsion	Steel-hulled :; Long House-type; 1 × 320 hp (239 kW) Vivian 8-cylinder diesel engine (400 hp (298 kW) with supercharger); Short House-type; 1 × 400 hp (298 kW) Enterprise 6-cylinder diesel engine; Wooden-hulled :; Glendevon & Glendon : 1 × Vivian 6-cylinder diesel engine; Glenholme : 1 × Enterprise 6-cylinder diesel engine;

The Glen-class tugs were a class of tugboats of the Royal Canadian Navy built during the Second World War. There were three designs of the tugboat; two were of steel-hulled construction and the other was wooden-hulled. Of the 20 of the class built, 16 were of the steel-hulled type; 11 built by Russel Bros. of Owen Sound, Ontario and 5 by Canadian Dredge & Dock Co., Kingston, Ontario. Of the four wooden-hulled type; three were built by McKenzie Barge and Derrick, Vancouver, British Columbia, and one by LeBlanc Shipbuilding, Weymouth, Nova Scotia. All but one – Glendyne – were sold into commercial service after the war.

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