Ship Details
Chamiss Bay Photo Credit: Richmond Archives 1999 6 411

 

Registry #1	154926 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.39 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Chamiss Bay	Name 6
Name 2	1940c	Chamiss Bay (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	Chamiss Bay	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	65.7' x 16.3' x 7.9'
Builder	W.R. Menchions & Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	62.21	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	38.54	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	110bhp diesel engine (1928)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas Imperial Engine Co., Oakland, CA
Repower	Repowered with a 268bhp diesel engine Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (1951);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.39	Masters	Skipper William J. Hay RCNR 1943-1944

 

Owner(s)

In 1928-1942 she was owned by Rayotara Kita (Nanaimo Shipyards), Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King (Japanese Fishboat Disposal Committee). In 1942 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as Chamiss Bay (H.M.C.S.) - Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve as a Bathythermograph Vessel. In 1946 she was owned by Cleto Feraro, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1979 she was owned by Richard Carpenter, Bella Bella BC Canada. In 1980-1982 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC and Christie Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1982-03-24

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

At the start of the Second World War this vessel was seized from Japanese owners for service with the Royal Canadian Navy.In 1942 this vessel was appraised at $10,800. In 1942 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve/ Bathythermograph. In 1944 this vessel was used as a D.E.M.S. vessel at Esquimalt. In 1943-1944 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Chatham. This vessel foundered and sank from an intake of wtaer from above the waterline on March 09, 1981 while at Estevan Point BC Canada and was declared a total constructive total loss.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bryon Taylor (Email 23/01/2019); ; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Chamiss Bay); RG12 Reel T-11869 (1982) (Chamiss Bay); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/15 General Information - HMCS CHAMISS BAY;
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