Ship Details

H.C. 55

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo HS-0050-89_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 141655 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1922 Jessie May Name 6
Name 2 1942 H.C. 55 Name 7
Name 3 1946 Y.C. 401 Name 8
Name 4 1956 YBS 503 Name 9
Name 5 1958 Kanawan Name 10
 
Year Built 1922 Place Liverpool Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 49.2' x 12.8' x 5.0'
Builder Gardner, James S. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 19.93 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 16.07 Type 2
Engine 1 - 27bhp, 1.25nhp gasoline engine (1922) Engine Manufacture James Flemming, Saint John, NB
Repower In 1942 she was repowered by 1-225bhp (3nhp) gasoline engine by Sterling Engine Co., Buffalo NY. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.55; YC.401; YBS.503 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1922 she was built for Lewis Barkhouse, Digby, NS. In 1925 she was sold to Frank L. Anderson. Digby, NS. In 1940 she was sold to Lewis Barkhouse, Digby, NS. In 1942 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy for service. In 1958 she was sold to Stanley MacKenzie, Westphal, Halifax County, NS.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1977-10-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her in Halifax NS.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); LAC RG12 Reel T-11900 (1940) (Jessie May); LAC RG12 Reel T-11585 (Kanawan) LAC RG12 Volume 88 File 141655 Ship: KANAWAN, Port of Registry: HALIFAX, NS, 74/1958; DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 005 H.C. 55- Naval messages, information sheets and photograph;
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