Ship Details
H.C. 98 Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo SY-58-8_DHH

 

Registry #1	158054 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1932	Ogopogo	Name 6	2005	Mirelion
Name 2	1938	Soma (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1940	(unk.)	Name 8
Name 4	1942	H.C. 98	Name 9
Name 5	1945	Margo J.	Name 10

 

Year Built	1932	Place	Lachine	Area	QC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	29.1' x 9.3' x 5.4'
Builder	Montreal Boat Builders, Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	9.09	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	8.67	Type 2	Work Boat
Engine	1 - 60bhp 0.97nhp Vertical Four Cycle Gasoline Engine (1931)	Engine Manufacture	Gray Motor Marine Co., Detroit, Mi
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.98	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1933 she was owned by Montreal Boat Builders Ltd., Lachine, QC. In 1933 she was sold to James Paterson, Montreal, QC. In 1938 she was sold to Roma Gravel, Montreal, QC. In 1933 she was sold to Pierre Amos, Montreal, QC. From 1941 to 1945 she was leased by the Royal Canadian Navy (for $1.00 per year). In 1945 she was returned to her owner Pierre Amos, Montreal, QC. In 1946 she was sold to Ross Robertson, Pointe Claire, QC. In 1948 she was sold to Charles Paul, Montreal, QC. In 1953 she was sold to Gordon Jamieson, Town of Mont Royal, QC. In 1955 she was sold to James Davidson, Dorval, QC. Neal Mills, Lachine, QC. In 1976 she was sold to Germaine Goulet, Montreal, QC. In 1981 she was sold to Charles Raymond, Longueuil, QC. In 1982 she was sold to Lionel Boyer, Montreal, QC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-11-05

 

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

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was employed by the RCN as a Harbour Craft at Sydney NS.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor 27/11/2017); LAC RG12 Reel T-11588 (Margo J.); LAC RG24 Volume 5844 File 8000-401/98 General Information - Harbour Craft 98; DHH 8000 Series Box 173 File 047 H.C. 98 - Naval messages, correspondence, information sheets and photograph
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