Carriers and WD numbers question

[Jack Geratic]

Is it possible to determine the mark of a carrier based on it's WD number? Are certain blocks of numbers associated with Marks I and II, or something even more in depth?

Anyhow, here is a list of numbers compiled from some of the War Diaries found at the Heritage site:

8th Cdn Recce
CT-42930 Feb.1942
CT-28879 Feb.1942
CT-28856 Feb.1942
CT-28935 Feb.1942
CT-28870 Feb.1942
CT-28915 Feb.1942
CT-28905 Feb.1942
CT-28902 Oct.1942
CT-28850 Nov.1942
CT-43438 Mk I Feb.1943
CT-43488 Mk I Feb.1943
CT-43288 Mk I Feb.1943
CT-43211 Mk I Feb.1943
CT-43232 Mk I Feb.1943

27th Cdn Army Tank Regt. (Sherbrooke Fusilieres)
CT-55095 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-55704 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-55796 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-55799 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-55914 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-56097 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-56101 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-56107 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-56122 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943
CT-56137 Carrier Universal Ford Aug.1943

CT-131177 Carrier start & charge Aug.1943
CT-131199 Carrier start & charge Aug.1943
CT-131201 Carrier start & charge Aug.1943
CT-131205 Carrier start & charge Aug.1943

CT-136032 Carrier TCP Lloyd Mk II Aug.1943
CT-136083 Carrier TCP Lloyd Mk II Aug.1943
CT-136159 Carrier TCP Lloyd Mk II Aug.1943

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(note: below all passed down to sister regt. 1st Hussars)
T-8464 Mar.1943
T-8558 Mar.1943
T-8562 Mar.1943
T-13605 Mar.1943
CT-43026 Mar.1943
CT-43601 Mar.1943
T-13334 Mar.1943
T-13416 Mar.1943
T-13438 Mar.1943
T-13442 Mar.1943
T-8837 Mar.1943
T-10813 Mar.1943
CT-55805 Mar.1943
CT-55806 Mar.1943

First Cdn Army
T-8525 Ford Carrier Bren MG Jan.1944

[Lynn Eades]

Jack, in your last listed batch:
10813 is a Wolesley MkI U.C.
43026 and 43601 are Canadian MkI U.C.s
All the rest are Thornycroft MkI U.C.
Info from Vol I, Nigel Watson's great set of books.

You can be pretty sure that all your listed Canadian Carriers are (or were) MkI U.C.s because the MkIIs never came along until about number 112,000.
THe first batch of Loyds were built by Dennis. These were MkIs. The last 3 built by MB Wild, were MkIIs.
The Loyds were all British built.

[Jack Geratic]

Hi Lynn, thank you very much for the detailed response.

Don't suppose there is anything on the internet that approaches the detail of those Nigel Watson books?


regards,
Jack

[Lynn Eades]

Sorry Jack, I don't know.

[Mike Cecil]

There is a set of Nigel's books available via ABE Books ....

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sea...rsal&sortby=17

Just have to sell your first born to afford them, that's all!!

Mike

[Jack Geratic]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

There is a set of Nigel's books available via ABE Books ....


Just have to sell your first born to afford them, that's all!!

Mike

Better get cracking then, I've no first born as of yet.

Seriously though, would this be worth considering:
http://robvanmeel.nl/?q=content/b-ve...-manufacturers

Ultimately, am searching for a census number from the support company in the Algonquin Regiment, specifically 3" mortar carrier. Though I have a feeling the best I can do is probably just find numbers that it would not be.

regards,
Jack