Ship Details
H.C. 134 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo HS-0050-79_DHH

 

Registry #1	HC.134 (RCN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1939	Fortuna (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1942	H.C. 134	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	Port Mouton	Area	NS	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	33.0’ x 9.5' x 4.0'
Builder	(nk)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage		Type 2	Work Boat
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.134	Masters

 

Owner(s)
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 as a harbour despatch boat at Halifax NS.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG12 Volume 788 File 9015-F10 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES – FORTUNA; LAC RG24 Volume 6710 File 8000-403/134 General Information - Harbour Craft 134 (ex FORTUNA); DHH 8000 Series Box 174 File 004 H.C. 134 - Naval messages, correspondence, memoranda and photograph; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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