Ship Details

H.C. 18

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo NF-3751-2_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 179652 (Canada) Registry #2 HC.19 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 H.C. 18 Name 6
Name 2 1948 Nordee Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Summerside Area PE Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 43.9' x 12.5' x 5.7'
Builder Chappelle, E.A. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 19.48 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 15.8 Type 2 Tug
Engine 1 – 75bhp, 2nhp gasoline engine (1942) Engine Manufacture Lathrop Engine Co., Mystic, CT
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.18 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1947 she was sold to North Shore Timber Co. Ltd., Little Current, ON. In 1951 she was sold to Northern Paper Mills Ltd., Hansen, ON. In 1954 Northern Paper Mills Ltd. Amalgamated with Marathon Paper Mills under the name Marathon Corporation of Canada Ltd.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1963-02-13
 
Named Features On 1963-02-13 she was broken up.
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. On 1963-02-13 this vessel was broken up.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 20/01/2018); RG12 Reel T-11912 (1955) (Nordee); RG12 Reel T-11921 (1963) (Nordee); RG24D-1-c Volume 5840 File 8000-401/18 General Information - Harbour Craft 18; DHH 81/520/8000 Box 370 File 044 H.C. 18 - Naval messages, correspondence, information sheets and photographs;
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