Ship Details
H.C. 339 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo E-5196_DHH

 

Registry #1	190657 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.45 (RCN)	Registry #3	Licence 2750
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	22989

 

Name 1	1940	Sea Flash	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Sea Flash (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1944	H.C. 339	Name 8
Name 4	1945	Sea Flash	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1940	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Yasujiro Nakade	Measurement (imp)	34.2' x 9.5' x 3.2'
Builder	Nakade Boat Works (Yasujiro Nakade)	Measurement (metric)	10.4m x 2.9m x 1m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7.7	Type 1	Fishboat, troller
Registered Tonnage	6.65	Type 2	Work boat
Engine	1 – 110bhp gasoline engine (1940)	Engine Manufacture	Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA
Repower	Repowered with a 115bhp diesel engine (1984) General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI;	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.45; HC.339;	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1940-1941 she was owned by Fujitaka Takeuchi. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. At the time her appraised value was $16,400. In 1942-1944 she served in the Royal Canadian Navy as a small patrol craft stationed at Esquimalt BC. In 1949-1967 she was owned by John M. Jones, Victoria BC. In 1969-1973 she was owned by Dennis Grant, Tofino BC. In 1974 she was owned by David J. Stephens, Port Alberni BC. In 1975-1976 she was owned by Michael Marshall, Qualicum Beach BC. In 1977-1978 she was owned by William E. Bryan (MO), Bowser BC. In 1979 she was owned by Harry Skoropat, Parksville BC. In 1980-1995 she was owned by Harry Skoropat, Parksville BC. In 1996-1997 she was owned by S.E. Quarter Fishing Co. Ltd. In 2001-2008 she was owned by Walter Alliott, Langley BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2008-03-10

 

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

 

Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. this vessel was an examination tender to Yorke Island. In 1945 this vessel was was employed as a Harbour Craft at Esquimalt.

 

References
Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; LAC RG12 Reel T-11595 (Sea Flash); LAC RG24 Volume 6715 File 8000-401/339 General Information - Harbour Craft 339; DHH 8000 Series Box 178 File 005 Sea Flash Naval messages and photograph; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017)
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