Ship Details
H.C. 118 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo NF 2160_DHH

 

Registry #1	HC.118 (RCN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1941	H.C. 118	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1941	Place	(nk)	Area	(nk)	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	23.0’ x 6.25' x 2.0'
Builder	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	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.118	Masters

 

Owner(s)
Prior to 1942 she was owned by the United States Army. In 1942 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1945 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 doing radio direction finding work at St. John's Newfoundland.

 

References
Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); LAC RG24 Volume 5845 File 8000-401/118 General Information - Harbour Craft 118; DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 067 H.C. 118 - Naval messages, correspondence, memoranda and photographs;
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