Ship Details

Dalehurst (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 172338 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.35 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Glendale V Name 6
Name 2 1942 Glendale V (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1944 Dalehurst (H.M.C.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1945 Glendale V Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place Sea Island Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 51.5' x 14.3' x 7.1'
Builder Asari, B.S. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 34.82 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 27.77 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 1 – 80bhp diesel engine (1940) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Corp., Vancouver, BC
Repower Repowered with a 115bhp diesel engine (1946); Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL 1 – 170bhp diesel engine (1965), General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was equipped with oropesa minesweeping gear. Call Sign VGDZ
Pendant  # FY.35 Masters In 1943-1944 Edward C. Flewin (Coxswain RCNR)
 
Owner(s)
In 1940-1941 she was owned by Sadajiro Asari, Eburne BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1943-45 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Dalehurst, a Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve. She was sold into private ownership after the war. In 1945 she was owned by Falconer Marine Industries Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1949-1956 she was owned by John Anderson (MO), Victoria BC Canada. In 1961-1972 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1977 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1976-07-15
 
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Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was seized by the Custodian of Enemy Property (Frank Shears), Ottawa ON Canada. In 1942 her appraised value was $14,800. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King (Japanese Fishboat Disposal Committee). In 1942-44 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as a harbour service auxiliary craft as H.M.C.S. Glendale V. In 1943-1944 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham. On September 4, 1976 this vessel foundered in Finlayson Channel off one mile NE of Jorkin Point BC Canada.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. December 1942. Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952); Freeman, David J. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11864/1465?r=0&s=5;; RG12 Volume 790 File 9015-G9 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - GLENDALE V; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Glendale V); RG12 Reel T-11582 (Glendale V); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/25 General Information - HMCS DALEHURST;
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