Ship Details
H.C. 158 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo HS-0050-70_DHH

 

Registry #1	HC.158 RCN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1932	Dolphin II (III)	Name 6
Name 2	1943	H.C. 158	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1932	Place	Chester	Area	NS	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	28.7' x 9.0' x 4.5'
Builder	(nk)	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.158	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1943 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 at the Ammunition Depot in Bedford Basin NS.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); LAC RG24 Volume 6711 File 8000-401/158 General Information - Harbour Craft 158 DHH 8000 series Box 171 File 037 Dolphin - Naval messages, memoranda and photograph;
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