Ship Details |
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H.C. 78Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo NF-2108_DHH |
Registry #1 | 172704 (Canada) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1940 | Miss Gray | Name 6 | ||
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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 |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 38.0' x 11.4' x 4.6' |
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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) |
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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 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name | The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft. |
Anecdotes |
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The RCN employed her as a stores and duty boat at St. John's Newfoundland. |
References |
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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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