Ship Details

H.C. 41

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo HS-0050-27

 
 
Registry #1 157051 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1930 Edith I Name 6
Name 2 1940 H.C. 41 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1930 Place Clark's Harbour Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 44.7' x 13.0' x 6.0'
Builder E.M. Atkinson Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 22.43 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 20.83 Type 2 Naval Yard Craft (Diving Tender)
Engine 1–50ihp, 1.3nhp gasoline engine (1930) Engine Manufacture Red Wing Motor Co, Red Wing, MI
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.41 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1930 she was owned by Samuel Nickerson, Clarke’s Harbour, NS. In 1940 she was sold to Evan Swim, Clarke’s Harbour NS. In 1940 she was sold to the the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold to Walter Pryde, Bridgewater, NS. In 1946 she was sold to Mary Johansen, Bridgewater, NS.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1948-10-08
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a dive tender at Halifax NS. This vessel burned at Green Harbour, NS and was declared as a total loss.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 08/01/2018); RG12 Reel T-11900 (1940) (Edith I); RG12 Reel T-11905 (1948) (Edith I); RG24D-1-c Volume 5841 File8000-401/41 General Information - Harbour Craft 41 DHH 81/520/8000 Box 370 File 067 H.C. 41 - Naval messages, memoranda, information card, information sheets and photographs;
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