Ship Details

H.C. 53 (I)

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Registry #1 126930 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1911 Polona (C.G.S.) Name 6 1954 Macassa
Name 2 1923 Jalobert (C.G.S.) Name 7 1965 Queen City (III)
Name 3 1941 Jalobert (H.M.C.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1942 H.C. 53 (I) Name 9
Name 5 1942 Jalobert (H.M.C.S.) Name 10
 
Year Built 1911 Place Kingston Area ON Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 107.5' x 23' x 11.66'
Builder Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 248.25 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 168.81 Type 2 Pilot boat
Engine 120nhp steam compound engine (1911) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 720bhp diesel engine by the American Locomotive Co., Auburn, NY (1942); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.53 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1911 she was a Canada Department of Agriculture vessel, C.G.S. Polona. She was a Quarantine Vessel as C.G.S. Jalobert. She was a Department of Marine & Fisheries Pilot Boat as the C.G.S. Jalobert. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Examination Vessel serving 1941-1942. In 1961 she was owned by Hamilton Harbour Commissioners, North Hamilton ON.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1981-01-08
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was assigned H.C. 53 from January – May 1942. The H.C. Number 53 was later assigned to “Skimmer 1” Examination Vessel at Quebec QC. In 1981 this vessel was reported as being no longer in use as a ship.
 
References
Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 08/01/2018); RG12 Reel T-11869 (1981) (Queen City); RG24D-1-c Volume 5841 File 8000-401/53 General Information - Harbour Craft 53;
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