Ship Details

Rainbow Queen

Vessel image

Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 173572 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.19 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 25633
 
Name 1 1941 Howe Sound I Name 6
Name 2 1942 Howe Sound (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1945 Howe Sound (II) Name 8
Name 4 1946 Rainbow Queen Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 60.5' x 16.1' x 7.4'
Builder Stanley Park Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 18.44m x 4.91m x 2.26m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 48.45 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 38.42 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 1 – 120bhp 4nhp diesel engine (1941) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Repower Repowered with a 150hp engine (1957c); Repowered with a 365bhp diesel engine (2004c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VXWW
Pendant  # FY.19 Masters In 1942 Coxswain Burt C. Higgs RCNR in command with Coxswain John E. Higginbotham RCNR and Coxswain Ian McLeod RCNR; In 1943 Coxswain Burt C. Higgs in command with Coxswain Charles A. Stannard RCNR. In 1944 Skipper Charles A. Stannard RCNR
 
Owner(s)
In 1941 she was owned by Howe Sound Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941 this vessel was seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property (Frank Shears), Ottawa ON Canada. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King (Japanese Fishboat Disposal Committee). At the time her appraised value was $16,400. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1945-1947 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947-1952 she was owned by Dinko Anzulovich (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1952-1954 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1954-1959 she was owned by Nick Anzulovich (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1959-1972 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1979 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1979-1982 she was owned by A.B.R. Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982-1984 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1987-1995 she was owned by Brian D. Assu, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1997-2025 she was owned by Stanley E. Hunt, Alert Bay BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2025 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property (Frank Shears), Ottawa ON Canada. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King (Japanese Fishboat Disposal Committee). In 1941 her appraised value was $16,400. In 1941 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1942 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Givenchy II. In 1944 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Chatham. At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC Canada.
 
References
Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Howe Sound IV); RG12 Reel T-11583 (Rainbow Queen); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/26 General Information H.M.C.S. HOWE SOUND IV; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5531877&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20173572&ecopy=e011446341_140 (website viewed 07/09/2025); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6387523&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20173572&ecopy=e011471661 (website viewed 07/09/2025);
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