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H.C. 309

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Registry #1 (RCN) Registry #2 (Canada) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 H.C. 309 Name 6
Name 2 (nk) Y.C.12 Name 7
Name 3 1959 Y.F.P. 12 Name 8
Name 4 (nk) Silver Belle Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 44.0' x 13.8' x 6.4'
Builder A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Measurement (metric) 14.0m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 26 Type 1 Work Boat
Registered Tonnage 14 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 70hp engine (1944) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.309; YC.12; YFP.12; Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1945 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1945 she was sold to Norman GryalL, Vancouver BC. In 1976 she was owned by Dave Lorenzen, Yellowknife NT Canada. She was sold to David Smith.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1994-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was used in the NWT as a pleasure craft used on Great Bear Lake by employees at the Echo Bay Silver Mine in the 1960s-1970s. this vessel was disposed in the Yellowknife NT dump in 1994.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 20/01/2018); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boats_of_the_Mackenzie_River_watershed?fbclid=IwAR2MsXTHw2UtzFkmPWrRfH8WfWZntz29EeSkdqTa_cjJ-nkkQplcfZxKO-c;
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