Ship Details
Hooghly Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 

Registry #1	K.330 (RCN)	Registry #2	(India Registry)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Waskesiu (H.M.C.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1947	Hooghly	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Esquimalt	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	301.5' x 36.6' x 9.0'
Builder	Yarrows Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement	1445
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Frigate (1942/3 Programme)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2	Pilot Boat
Engine	5500ihp T/S steam reciprocating engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	K.330	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1943-1945 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1947 she was in service as a Hooghly River pilot vessel in India.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Instead of champagne - holy water from India was flown in for Sardarni Malik, wife of the former Indian high commisioner to Canada to break on the bow.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000)
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