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H.C. 139

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Registry #1 158810 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1939 Summerside Name 6
Name 2 1942 Rainbow II Name 7
Name 3 1942 H.C. 139 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1939 Place Summerside Area PE Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 31.0' x 11.8' x 5.0'
Builder Chappell, E.A. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 11.65 Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage 10.2 Type 2 Work Boat
Engine 1-120bhp gasooline engine (1939) Engine Manufacture Starling Engine Co., Buffalo, NY
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.139 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939 she was owned by Paul Harding. In 1942 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1944-11-30
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a despatch boat at HMCS Cornwallis. On 1944-11-30 this vessel was lost in an accident.
 
References
Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG12 Reel 11842 (1942) (Summerside); LAC RG24 Volume 6710 File 8000-401/139 General Information - Harbour Craft 139 (ex RAINBOW II); DHH 8000 Series Box 174 File 009 H.C. 139 - Naval messages, correspondence, information card, and photographs; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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