Ship Details

Aklavik (I) (R.C.M.P.)

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Registry #1 R.C.M.P. 7501 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1930 Akuvik (H.B.C.) Name 6
Name 2 1933 Herschel (I) (R.C.M.P.) Name 7
Name 3 1936 Aklavik (I) (R.C.M.P.) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1930 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer George F. Askew Measurement (imp) 47 x 12 X 3.5
Builder Askew, George F. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Schooner, trading
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 20hp gas auxiliary engine (1930) Engine Manufacture Frisco Standard Engine Co.
Repower Propulsion Sail/Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1930 she was owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company. In 1933-1945 she was owned by the Royal Canadian mounted Police. In 1945 she was declared surplus to requirements and sold.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was purchased by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from the HBC for $4,900. Her hull was sheathed in iron bark from the keel to above the waterline.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; RG18-F-1 Volume 3485 File 1200-118 Auxiliary Schooner AKLAVIK (ex HERSCHEL) 'G' Division Code 7501. Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/11/2018);
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