HMCS Laurentian was a Canadian naval patrol vessel with a length of 149 feet (45 meters), a beam of 24 feet (7.3 meters), and a draught of 11 feet (3.4 meters). The ship had a gross register tonnage of 355 tons and was powered by a single screw driven by a steam triple expansion engine producing 84 nhp, allowing a maximum speed of approximately 11 knots (20 km/h). Constructed by Cook, Welton & Gemmell in Beverley, United Kingdom, she was launched as King Edward on March 15, 1902, and completed later that year on May 13. Originally owned by James Holliday and registered in Hull, UK, the vessel was sold in 1911 to A.C. & G.D. Davie, registered in Quebec City, and renamed Laurentian. Between 1911 and 1913, she was chartered to the Canadian Customs Preventive Service under the Department of Marine and Fisheries. In May 1917, during World War I, Laurentian was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy to bolster its Atlantic patrol forces. She was armed with a single 12-pounder gun mounted forward and served as a patrol vessel based out of Sydney, Nova Scotia, until January 1919. Despite her wartime service, by 1918 she was considered less capable of operating in heavy weather conditions. After the war, she was transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, where she functioned as a buoy tender and lighthouse supply vessel. Laurentian remained in service until 1946, when she was retired. The following year, she was broken up for scrap by I. Goldberg at Saint John, New Brunswick. Her service history reflects her versatility, serving both in wartime patrol operations and peacetime maritime support roles, contributing to Canada's naval and maritime infrastructure in the early 20th century.

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