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H.C. 65

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Registry #1 MB.626 (RCN) Registry #2 HC.65 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1939 Saker II Name 6
Name 2 1942 H.C. 65 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1939 Place Port Bickerton Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 32.5' x 8.7' x 4.0'
Builder (nk) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 1- 90bhp gasoline engine (1939) Engine Manufacture Kermath Mfg. Co., Detroit, MI
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # MB.626; HC.65 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939 she was owned by Pickford & Black, Halifax, NS. In 1941 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1945 she was sold.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
From 1940 to 1943 this vessel was on loan to the RN Air Station Dartmouth. In 1943 this vessel was a Harbour Craft at Halifax NS.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; LAC RG12 Volume 811 File 9015-M20 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - MOTOR BOAT LICENCE NO. 626; LAC RG24 Volume 5843 File 8000-401/65 General Information - Harbour Craft 65; LAC RG24 Volume11035 File 14-A-115 [CinC, Canadian Northwest Atlantic] - Vessels - SAKER II; DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 015 H.C. 65 - Naval messages, correspondence and information sheets; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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