Ship Details

Cordova (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: Unknown

 
 
Registry #1 330420 (Canada) Registry #2 YMS.420 (US Navy) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 99210
 
Name 1 1943 YMS-420 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1952 Cordova (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1970 Cordova Name 8
Name 4 1971 Harbour Queen No. 1 Name 9
Name 5 1980 Nakaya Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Chicago Area IL Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 136' x ? x ?
Builder Henry C. Grebe & Co. Measurement (metric) 41.48m x 7.50m x 3.14m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 264.08 Type 1 Minesweeper
Registered Tonnage 264.08 Type 2 Barge
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Non-powered Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Her engines were removed and she was converted to a barge 41.48m x 7.5m x 3.14m Call Sign
Pendant  # YMS.420 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943-1944 she was owned by the US Navy. In 1951-1957 she was acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Minesweeper, Auxiliary. She served primarily as a Tender to HMCS Discovery, the Vancouver Naval Reserve Division. In 1971-1973 she was owned by Harbour Ferries Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1974 she was owned by Sea-Land Industries Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1975-1977 she was owned by Eland Distributors Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1978-1983 she was owned by Northwind Marine Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1984-2019 she was owned by 253988 British Columbia Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1992-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
The Canada List of Shipping (2019) shows her as being afloat - but this vesselis definitively shown as having been sunk as a diving hulk in Porteau Cove in 1992 as a dive attraction.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1993); http://canakeesdiving.ca/?page_id=233;
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