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H.C. 66

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Registry #1 HC.66 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1939 M.B. 635 Name 6
Name 2 1942 H.C. 66 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1939 Place Salmon River 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 1-55-85bhp gasoline engine (1939) Engine Manufacture Acadia Gas Engines Ltd., Bridgewater NS
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # MB.635; HC.66 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1939 she was owned by Thomas O’Laughlin, Halifax, NS. In 1941 she was sold to 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
The RCN employed her as a harbour craft at Halifax NS.
 
References
Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); LAC RG12 Volume 810 File 9015-M19 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - MOTOR BOAT LICENCE NO. 635; LAC RG24 Volume 5842 File 8000-401/66 General Information - Harbour Craft 66; DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 016 H.C. 66 - Naval messages, correspondence and information sheets;
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