Ship Details

Smitty (I)

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Photo Credit: Mary Walton photo

 
 
Registry #1 178232 (Canada) Registry #2 HDPC.41 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 H.D.P.C. 41 Name 6
Name 2 1946 Smitty (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 46.2' x 12.8' x 3.7'
Builder Victoria Motor Boat & Repair Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 15 Type 1 Harbour Defence Patrol Craft
Registered Tonnage 10 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 450bhp engine (1944) Engine Manufacture Kermath Mfg. Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was rebuilt as a power cruiser yacht. Call Sign
Pendant  # HDPC.41 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1946 she was in service with the Minister of National Defence, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1947-1957 she was owned by Joseph D. Smith, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1957-1997 she was owned by Thomas J. Trapp, New Westminster BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1997-04-30
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Mary Walton (Email to Nauticapedia 02/10/2025) stated "my father’s boat Smitty. He bought it when I was 5 from Mr. Smith , nickname Smitty, who lived aboard the boat with his wife on the Fraser River. My father, Tom Trapp, and the rest of our family enjoyed many years of cruising on the boat sometimes as far as Juneau Alaska. I didn’t have any brothers and he often would joke about his all girl crew."
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Email (Bryon Taylor - John MacFarlane 09/04/2016); Email (Bryon Taylor - John MacFarlane 14/05/2017); https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=6388910&q_type_1=q&q_1=ship%20registration%20178232&ecopy=e011475900 (website viewed 07/04/2025);
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