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H.C. 101

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Registry #1 176584 (Canada) Registry #2 HC.101 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 H.C. 101 Name 6
Name 2 1946 Consol III (I) Name 7
Name 3 1947 Harvan Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Owen Sound Area ON Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 37.0' x 10.6' x 3.5'
Builder Russel Bros. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 11.26 Type 1 Boom Attendant Vessel
Registered Tonnage 4.14 Type 2 Tug
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.101 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold to Anticosti Shipping Co., Montreal, QC and renamed ‘Consol III’. In 1947 she was sold to Straits Towing & Salvage Co., Ltd., Victoria, BC and renamed ‘Harvan’. In 1948 she sank (total loss).
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1948-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
In 1948 this vessel sank. Bryon Taylor states that "Note on File (DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 050) HC 101 was a warping tug built by Russel Bros in 1942. this vessel was purchased by the RCN in 1942 to replace the condemned vessel ‘Tantramar’. this vessel was employed on Baffle and Boom Maintenance duties at St. John's NF. "
 
References
Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 20/01/2018); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); RG 12 Reel T-11904 (1947) (Consol III); RG 12 Reel T-11905 (1948) (Harvan) DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 050 – H.C. 101 – Information and photographs;
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