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H.C. 61

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo H-754_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 157024 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1934 Marmat Name 6
Name 2 1942 H.C. 61 Name 7
Name 3 1948 Harca Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1934 Place Port Hawkesbury Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 45.0' x 10.0' x 4.6'
Builder Embree & Sons Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 12.64 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 8.07 Type 2
Engine 1–100bhp, 2nhp diesel engine (1934) Engine Manufacture Kermath Mfg. Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.61 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939 she was owned by Irish & MacDonald Ltd., Pictou NS. In 1940 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed this vessel as a harbour craft at Shelburne, NS.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG12 Reel T-11901 (1941) (Marmat); LAC RG12 Volume 8-8 File 9015-M6 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES – MARMAT; LAC RG24 Volume 5842 File 8000-401/61 General Information - Harbour Craft 61; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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