Ship Details
Haidee (II) Photo Credit: Wikipedia Collection

 

Registry #1	153248 (Canada)	Registry #2	VR.7 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Virginian (II)	Name 6
Name 2	1933	Haidee (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1939	Haidee (H.M.C.S.)	Name 8
Name 4	1946	Haidee (II)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Gravenhurst	Area	ON	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	78.4' x 14.0' x 6.2'
Builder	Ditchburn Boats Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	23.9m x 4.3m x 1.9m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	55.94	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	30.38	Type 2	Passenger Vessel
Engine	2 – 300bhp, 12nhp diesel engine (1928)	Engine Manufacture	Mayback's Motor Co., New York, NY
Repower	2-200bhp, 5nhp diesel engines Minton Engine Corp., Cleveland, OH (1954)	Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	VR.7	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1928 she was owned by Arthur Dyas, Toronto, ON. In 1933 she was purchased by Ernest H. Watt, Toronto ON. In 1939-1945 she was purchased (for $1.00) by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was purchased by David L. Pratt, Toronto ON. In 1961 she was purchased by James Eplett, Victoria Harbour, ON. In 1965 she was sold to the Eplett Navigation Co. Ltd., Victoria Harbour, ON. In 1972 she was sold to R.J. Frame and Sons Ltd., Midland ON. In 1974 she was sold to James McKee, Toronto, ON. In 1974 she was sold to Philip Carry, Toronto, ON. In 2004-2008 1975 she was owned sold to by Leslie Pecsenye, Toronto ON.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2008-03-10

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel served as a tender to the Toronto Division of the RCNVR November 1939-July 1941. this vessel was then transferred to HMCS Star. In 1942 this vessel was transferred to HMCS Hunter as a tender to the end of the Second World War.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Gagnon, Karl (2010); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 08/01/2018); RG12 Reel T-11583 (Haidee); RG24 Volume 6731 File 8000-480/6 General Information - HMCS HAIDEE;
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