Ship Details
H.C. 102 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo HS-0050-38_DHH

 

Registry #1	HC.102 (RCN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1938	Tuna	Name 6
Name 2	1940	H.C. 102	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1938	Place	(nk)	Area	(nk)	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	36.0' x 9.8' x 5.0'
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.102	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1940 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.

 

Anecdotes
The RCN employed her for degaussing range duties at Halifax NS.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG12 Volume 9015-T8 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES – TUNA LAC RG24 Volume 5844 File 8000-401/102 General Information - Harbour Craft 102; DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 051 H.C. 102 - Naval messages, memoranda, information sheets and photograph; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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