Ship Details
Shirley Mae Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo E-353_DHH

 

Registry #1	HC.97 (RCN)	Registry #2	MB.638 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1938c	Shirley Mae	Name 6
Name 2	1941	H.C. 97	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1938c	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	36.0' x 10.0' x 5.5'
Builder	K.M. Boat Works	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	MB.638; HC.97	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1941 she was acquired chartered for $1.00 per year and in 1943 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

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

 

Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a boom defence tender at Esquimalt BC Canada.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG12 Volume 830 File 9015-S33 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - SHIRLEY MAE; LAC RG24 Volume 5844 File 8000-401/97 General Information - Harbour Craft 97; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017);
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