Ship Details |
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Cordova (H.M.C.S.)Photo Credit: Unknown |
Registry #1 | 330420 (Canada) | Registry #2 | YMS.420 (US Navy) | Registry #3 | |
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# | 99210 |
Name 1 | 1943 | YMS-420 (U.S.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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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 |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 136' x ? x ? |
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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) |
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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 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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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 |
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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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