Ship Details

Avalon III (I)

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo NF-2164_DHH

 
 
Registry #1 HC.31 (RCN) Registry #2 (Canada) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1934 Zig Zag (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1942 Avalon III (I) Name 7
Name 3 1943 H.C. 31 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1934 Place Algonac Area MI Country USA
 
Designer Chris-Craft Corporation Measurement (imp) 36.0' x 10.5' x 2.9'
Builder Chris-Craft Corporation Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Work Boat
Engine 1- 110bhp gasoline engine Engine Manufacture Chrysler Corp., Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.31 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1934 she was owned by Rollo Maillet, Montreal, QC. In 1941 she was requisitioned and purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy She was declared surplus and sold in 1945.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was used by the Dockyard BEO at St. John’s. Newfoundland.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); LAC RG24 Volume 5840 File 8000-401/31 General Information - Harbour Craft 31; DHH 8000 Series Box 172 File 057 H.C. 31 - Naval messages, memoranda, information sheets and photographs;
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