Built at Vancouver
Shipyards Ltd., Vancouver, BC, and commissioned on 22 April
1944. DAERWOOD served as a coastal patrol vessel on Canada's
West Coast until 1947 when she was sold off to commercial
interests.
DAERWOOD was Selkirk, Manitoba's
contribution to the RCN. Selkirk could not use it's name because
of a conflict with a similiarly named ship in the RN. The
name Daerwood is the family name of Lord Selkirk, in which
the city of Selkirk, MB is named.
