Ship Details

Herschel (II) (R.C.M.P.)

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Photo Credit: Unknown

 
 
Registry #1 (RCMP) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1926 Lethbridge (R.C.M.P.) Name 6
Name 2 1933 Herschel (II) (R.C.M.P.) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1926 Place Edmonton Area AB Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 32.0' x 9.0' x ?
Builder Alberta Motor Boat Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 1 - 20-25hp engine Engine Manufacture Easthope Brothers, Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Sail/screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1926 she was built for the RCMP. In 1945 the hull was condemned and sold.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Columbia River Fishing Boat. Leithbridge was the detachment boat at Aklavik. In 1933 this vessel was transferred to Coppermine and renamed Herschel. In the summer of 1943, while engaged on a patrol in the vicinity of Reid Island, this vessel was damaged beyond repair by drifting on a rocky ledge during the course of a gale. Hull sold 01 May 1945.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; RG 18 Vol 3477 File 1200-34 CFRB Herschel Code 7400 (ex Leithbridge), 'G' Division (photos); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/11/2018);
Last update
2016-07-03 17:18:11
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2024);

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