Ship Details

H.C. 27

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo H-736_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 158840 (Canada) Registry #2 R.C.M.P. 7242 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1934 R.C.M.P. Advance (I) Name 6
Name 2 1939 Advance (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1942 H.C. 27 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1934 Place Montreal Area QC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 24.6' x 6.8' x 3.6'
Builder Canadian Vickers Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Aluminum (’Birmal Bright’) Displacement
Gross Tonnage 3.25 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 2.28 Type 2 Work boat
Engine 1 – 100bhp, 1.63nhp gasoline engine (1934) Engine Manufacture F.L. Buchanan Ltd., Orillia, ON
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.27 Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was owned by the RCMP. In 1939 she was transferred, on loan, to the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1939 she was transferred, on loan, to the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1945 she was declared surplus and in 1946 was sold.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1949-03-31
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
As an R.C.M.P. Marine Division vessel this vessel was attached to “C” Division (Quebec) and this vesselpatrolled out of Ste Anne des Monts, Quebec. This vessel carried a Warrant to wear the Blue Ensign: 007. The RCN employed her as a harbour craft in Halifax Harbour. this vessel was also known as Birmal Boat #3
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; (1946); Horrall, S.W. (1973); Freeman, David J. (2000); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; RC12 Reel T-11907 (1949) (R.C.M.P. Advance); RG18 Volume 3486 File 1200-129 ADVANCE (Brimal Boat #3), Code 7247 (D8) 'C' Division, Plans; RG24 Volume 5840 File 8000-401/27 General Information - Harbour Craft 27; DHH 8000 Series Box 172 File 053 H.C. 27 - Naval messages, correspondence, memoranda and photograph; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/11/2018);
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