Ship Details
H.C. 209 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo Unnumbered_DHH_81-520-8000_Box_174_File_076

 

Registry #1	(RCN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	H.C. 209	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Weymouth	Area	NS	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	46.0' x 12.3' x 5.3'
Builder	J.H. LeBlanc Shipbuilding Co.	Measurement (metric)	14.0m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Boom Attendant Vessel
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.209	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1943 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was employed by the RCN as a Boom Attendant Vessel at Sydney, NS. In 1944 this vessel was transferred to S.N.A.D. Sydney,NS. In July 1946 this vesselserved as a tender to HMCS York.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; RG 24 Volume 6713 File 8000-401/209 General Information - Harbour Craft 209; DHH 81/520/8000 Box 174 File 076 H.C. 209 - Naval messages, information card and photograph;
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