Ship Details
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Registry #1	170467 (Canada)	Registry #2	HC.7 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1941	H.C. 7	Name 6
Name 2	1946c	Gay Rambler	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1941	Place	Tancook	Area	NS	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	46.0' x 12.3' x 5.3'
Builder	Mason, Stanley G.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.7	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1941 she was built for 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
Bryon Taylor states that "I have found no evidence that H.C. 7 was renamed Gay Rambler. The measured length for Gay Rambler was 39’. The shortest measured length for the 46’ General Utility Harbour Craft was 44’. "

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
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