Ship Details

H.C. 34

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo S-87

 
 
Registry #1 173348 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Dundee (I) Name 6
Name 2 1942 Attentive Name 7
Name 3 1942 H.C. 34 Name 8
Name 4 1946 Attentive Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place North Sydney Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 41.5' x 12.6' x 5.9'
Builder North Sydney Marine Railway Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 17.84 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 9.97 Type 2 Boom Attendant Vessel
Engine 1 – 180 BHP, 2.4nhp gasoline engine (1940) Engine Manufacture Sterling Engine Co., New York USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.34 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1940 she was built by and owned by the North Sydney Railway Company, North Sydney, NS. In 1940 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was purchased by Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal, QC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1964-03-03
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a Boom Attendant Vessel at Sydney NS. this vessel was broken up 1963-03-03.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG12 Reel T-11904 (1947); LAC RG12 Reel T-11921 (1964) (Attentive); LAC RG24 Volume 5840 File 80000-401/34 General Information - Harbour Craft 34; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2018);
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