Ship Details
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Registry #1	323138 (Canada)	Registry #2	HC.271 (RCN)	Registry #3	YFP.99 (RCN)
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1944	H.C. 271	Name 6
Name 2	1959	Y.F.P. 99	Name 7
Name 3	1964	L.E.P. 29	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1944	Place	Summerside	Area	PE	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	45.2' x 12.1' x 6.3'
Builder	Palmer & Williams	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	14.75	Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage	10.03	Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 70bhp diesel engine (1955) Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.271; YFP.99	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1944 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1965 she was owned by L.E. Powell and Company Ltd., Halifax, NS. In 1975 she was sold to Harbour Equipment Ltd, Halifax, NS

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	L.E.P. stands for L.E. Powell and Company Ltd. The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON;Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 20/01/2018); RG 12 Volume 225 File 323128 Ship: L.E.P.29, Port of Registry: HALIFAX, NS, 11/1954;
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