Ship Details

H.C. 157

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo HS-0050-46_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 173466 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1941 Sambro (I) Name 6
Name 2 1943 H.C. 157 Name 7
Name 3 1946 Sambro (I) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place Chester Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 35.9' x 12.1' x 6.2'
Builder Hasler, Reuben Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 19.18 Type 1 Pilot Boat
Registered Tonnage 16.34 Type 2 Work Boat
Engine 1-1.7nhp gasoline engine (1941) Engine Manufacture Gray Marine Motor Co., Detroit, MI
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.157 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941 she was owned by the Pilotage Authority for Halifax, NS. In 1943 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold to Gordon Taylor Port Williams, Kings County, NS. In 1949 she was sold to Arthur Fielding, Bridgewater, NS. In 1951 she was sold to James Moir Bridgetown, NS. In 1953 she was sold to Arthur Deckman Bridgewater, NS. In 1962 she was sold to Bruce Lorraine, Lunenburg, NS.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1964-11-27
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a passenger ferry between the Halifax Dockyard and a the Ammunition Depot at Bedford Basin. On 1964-11-27 this vessel was broken up.
 
References
LAC RG12 Reel T-11902 (1943) (Sambro); LAC RG12 Reel T-11922 (1964) (Sambro); LAC RG12 Volume 833 File 9015-S57 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - SAMBRO; DHH 8000 Series Box 174 File 027 H.C. 157 - Naval messages, correspondence and photographs; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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