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H.C. 127

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo NF-2162_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 HC.127 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 (nk) Skimmer II Name 6
Name 2 1942c H.C. 127 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built (nk) Place (nk) Area (nk) Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 16.0’ x 5.66' x 2.0'
Builder (nk) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Motor Boat, Skimmer
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.127 Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was a small stores craft acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Harbour Craft in service during the Second World War. In 1944 she was returned to stores.
 
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 as a Harbour Craft at St. John’s Newfoundland.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Taylor, Bryon (Email to Nauticapedia 08/01/2018); RG24 Volume 6710 File 8000-401/127 General Information - Harbour Craft 127; DHH 81/520/8000 Box 173 File 076 H.C. 127 - Correspondence, information sheets and photographs;
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