Ship Details

Moolock (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: Dirk Septer

 
 
Registry #1 178810 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.16 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# 5388122 MMSI# VRN# 91214
 
Name 1 1942 Moolock (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1947 Western Crusader Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 80.5' x 20.0' x 8.3'
Builder Victoria Motor Boat & Repair Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) 24.32m x 6.10m x 2.53m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 107.94 Type 1 Patrol Vessel (Nenamook Class |)
Registered Tonnage 62.44 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 1 – 240bhp diesel engine (1942) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Repower Repowered with a 425bhp diesel engine (1977) Carerpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (1977); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # FY.16 Masters In 1942 Duncan A. Sim (Skipper Coxswain RCNR) in command; In 1943 Donald W. Peck (Skipper Coxswain RCNR) in command with Inge Valen (Skipper Coxswain RCNR); In 1944 Donald W. Peck (Skipper Coxswain RCNR (FR)) in command with Mitchell B. Gay (Skipper RCNR (FR)) and James G. Lyon (Coxswain RCNR)
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was owned by His Majesty the King and in 1942-1945 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Moolock, a Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve. In 1947-1953 she was owned by Norman P. Guderson, New Westminster BC. In 1955-1964 she was owned by George Seter, New Westminster BC. In 1965 she was owned by Seter Fishing Co. Ltd., North Surrey BC. In 1966-1988 she was owned by Wickham Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1989-1995 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC. In 1999-2004 she was owned by Golden Penny Holdings Ltd., Campbell River BC. In 2011-2016 she was owned by Ronald G. Gibbs, Sidney BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2015-05-12
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
in 1941 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Moolock. In 1942 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham. In 1944 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham. On May 12, 2015 this vessel sank at Shelter Island Marina on the Fraser River.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 29/08/2016); RG12 Reel T-11600 (Western Crusader); RG24 Series D-1-c Volume 6729 File 8000-247/42 General Information - HMCS MOOLOCK; RG24 Series D-11 Volume 11896 [HMCS CHATHAM - Ships And Boats] - HMCS MOOLOCK; DHH 8000 Series Box 177 File 022 MOOLOCK - Naval messages, correspondence and photographs; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019);
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