Ship Details
H.C. 85 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo S-75_DHH

 

Registry #1	172501 (Canada)	Registry #2	HC.85 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1940	Nancy C.	Name 6
Name 2	1942	H.C. 85	Name 7
Name 3	1952	Dolphin IV (II)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1940	Place	Port Borden	Area	PE	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	42.0' x 10.4' x 4.5'
Builder	Coretti, A.B.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	17.95	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	15.71	Type 2	Work Boat
Engine	1 – 2nhp gasoline engine (1940)	Engine Manufacture	Lunenburg Foundry Co., Lunenburg, NS
Repower	Repowered with a 2nhp gasoline enine by Crusader Marine Corp. Warren, MI (1956);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.85	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1940 she was an unregistered vessel belonging to the Toronto Harbour Commission. In 1940-1942 she was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold to William Goodeve, Toronto, ON. In 1949 she was sold to Evelyn Kenney, Oakville, ON. In 1949 she was sold to Marie Guy, Bonne Bay, NF. In 1951-1970 she was owned by Rudolph Back, Oakville, ON. In 1970-1975 she was owned by Keith McLeish, Oakville, ON. In 1975 she was owned by Alfred Honk, Jackson’s Point, ON. In 1976-1983 she was owned by Alfred R. Monk, Jackson's Point ON.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1983-07-21

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was employed by the RCN at Sydney NS.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 11/12/2017); LAC RG12 Reel T-11909 (1952) (Dolphin IV); LAC RG12 Volume 815 File 9015-N4 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - NANCY C.; LAC RG24 Volume 5843 File 8000-401/85 General Information - Harbour Craft 85
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