Ship Details

H.C. 78

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo NF-2108_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 172704 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Miss Gray Name 6
Name 2 1944c H.C. 78 Name 7
Name 3 1945 Miss Gray Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place Port Hope Simpson Area NF Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 38.0' x 11.4' x 4.6'
Builder Sweetapple, Egbert D. Measurement (metric) 11.7m x 3.5m x 1.4m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 16.63 Type 1 Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage 14.74 Type 2 Work boat
Engine 1-500hp diesel engine (1940) Engine Manufacture Gray Motor Marine Co., Detroit, Mi
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.78 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941 she was owned by Egbert Sweetapple, St. John’s, Newfoundland. In 1941 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold. 1953 she was sold to Louis Eveleigh, Comfort Cove, NL. In 1953-2008 she was owned by Notre DameBay Fisheries Ltd., St. John's NL.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2008-09-17
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a stores and duty boat at St. John's Newfoundland.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 11/12/2017); LAC RG24 Volume 5843 File 8000-401/78 General Information - Harbour Craft 78; DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 027 H.C. 78 - Messages, correspondence, information sheets and photographs;
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