Ship Details

H.C. 97

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo E-353_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1938c Shirley Mae Name 6
Name 2 1941 H.C. 97 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1938c Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 36.0' x 10.0' x 5.5'
Builder K.M. Boat Works 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  # MB.638; HC.97 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941 she was acquired chartered for $1.00 per year and in 1943 she was purchased by 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
The RCN employed her as a boom defence tender at Esquimalt BC.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG12 Volume 830 File 9015-S33 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - SHIRLEY MAE; LAC RG24 Volume 5844 File 8000-401/97 General Information - Harbour Craft 97; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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