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H.C. 326

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Registry #1 179268 (Canada) Registry #2 HC.326 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1945 H.C. 326 Name 6
Name 2 1946 Laurentia No. 1 Name 7
Name 3 1949 Maris Stella Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1945 Place Weymouth Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 75.0' x 18.0' x 2.5'
Builder J.H. LeBlanc Shipbuilding Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 69.33 Type 1 Passenger Vessel
Registered Tonnage 33.35 Type 2
Engine 2-300bhp, 5nhp diesel engines (1945) Engine Manufacture Hercules Motor Mfg. Co., Canbon, OH
Repower Repowered in 1952 by 2 – 330bhp, 6nhp diesel engines, The Buda Co. Harvey, IL Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.326 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1945 she was built by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was declared surplus to requirements and sold Laurention Forest Protective Association Ltd., Quebec, QC. In 1948 she was sold to Louis Dufor, Charlevoiz, QC. In 1949 she was sold to Transport du Golfe St Laurent Ltd. Lourdes du Blanc Sablon, QC. In 1963 she was sold to George Blais Metane, QC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1967-09-13
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a Harbour Ferry at Halifax NS. On September 13, 1967 this vessel caught fire and was abandoned.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; RG12 Reel T-11854 (1967) (Maris Stella) RG24D-1c Volume 6715 File 8000-401/327 General Information - Harbour Craft 326;
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