Ship Details
Ursel Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo E-6287-10_DHH

 

Registry #1	172342 (Canada)	Registry #2	HC.167 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	90116

 

Name 1	1941	Sea Maid Y	Name 6
Name 2	1942	H.C. 167	Name 7
Name 3	1949	Ursel	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1941	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	35.9' x 10.1' x 4.5'
Builder	Yamanaka, Sadakishi	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	11.68	Type 1	Fishboat, general
Registered Tonnage	9.68	Type 2	Work Boat
Engine	83hp engine (1940)	Engine Manufacture	Gray Marine Motor Co. Detroit, MI
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	HC.167	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1940-1941 she was owned by Sadakichi Yamanaka, Steveston 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). In 1941 she was owned by Arthur Wood, Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1942 she was owned by Malaspina Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1942 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1949 she was owned by Max Marx, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1955-1960 she was owned by Glen I. Gadsden, Ocean Falls BC Canada. In 1960-1970 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1970-1982 she was owned by Peter Frandsen, Ocean Falls BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1982-09-14

 

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

 

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). The RCN employed her as a harbour craft at Esquimalt BC Canada. This vessel was laid up at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC after the Second World War. Robert Critchley (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 13/11/2017) reports that "In April 1941 this vessel chartered to Good Hope Cannery for the sockeye , then going to Goose Bay cannery for the fall time." On June 19, 1982 this vessel struck bottom and sank and was declared at total loss while in Inner Passages at Burke Channel BC Canada.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; LAC RG12 Reel T-11902 (1943) (Sea Maid Y); LAC RG12 Reel T-11599 (Ursel); LAC RG24 Volume 6712 File 8000-401/167 General Information - Harbour Craft 167; DHH 8000 Series Box 174 File 036 H.C. 167 - Naval messages, correspondence, memoranda and photograph; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); ; Report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Fishing Vessels and Pleasure Craft Losses (December 22, 1993);
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