Ship Details

H.C. 191

Vessel image

Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo unnumbered_photo_found_DHH_NDHQ_8000_Series_Box_174_File_058

 
 
Registry #1 171576 (Canada) Registry #2 HC.191 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Autumn Leaf Name 6
Name 2 1943 H.C. 191 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Newcastle Area NB Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 46.2' x 11.5' x 5.6'
Builder McWilliam, George F. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 19.17 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 16.37 Type 2
Engine 1-60bhp diesel engine (1942) Engine Manufacture Canadian Fairbanks Morse Co., Montreal, QC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.191 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 Rigolet Labrador.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); LAC RG12 Reel T-11902 (1943) (Autumn Leaf); LAC RG12 Volume 770 File 9015-A31 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - AUTUMN LEAF; LAC RG24 Volume 6712 File 8000-401/191 General Information - Harbour Craft 191; DHH 8000 Series Box 174 File 058 H.C. 191 - Naval messages, correspondence, memoranda and photograph;
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