Ship Details

Rina B

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Registry #1 190963 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1904 Alfreda (C.A.S.C.) Name 6
Name 2 1949 Rina B Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1904 Place Beverley Area Yorkshire Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 92.0' x 19' x 10.3'
Builder Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 136.33 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage 120.06 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters SQMS (later Captain) W.L. MacLeod MBE (1928-1942);
 
Owner(s)
In 1904 she was owned by the Imperial Government. In 1905-1918 she was owned by the Canada Department of Militia and Defence, Ottawa ON. She was a transport vessel operated by the Canadian Army Service Corps (Water Transport Section), Halifax NS. In 1946c she was owned by Louis LeBlanc, Tusket Wedge NS. In 1958 she was owned by Quebec River Transport Inc., Three Rivers QC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1966-03-07
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was based in Halifax NS. In 1928 SQMS MacLeod (her master) unsuccessfully attempted to prevent H.M.S. Dauntless from running aground. After the War this vessel became a tour boat on the Saguenay River QC. Bryon Taylor reports that "this vessel sank at Cap-Rouge QC 07/03/1966."
 
References
Jane's Fighting Ships; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 24/02/2016); LAC Reel T-11854 (1966) (Rina B);
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