Ship Details

H.C. 42

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo E-359

 
 
Registry #1 154386 (Canada) Registry #2 HC.42 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 90234
 
Name 1 1927 Ednorina Name 6
Name 2 1941 H.C. 42 Name 7
Name 3 1946 Ednorina Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1927 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 52.2' x 15.4' x 7.8'
Builder Clyde Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 15.9m x 4.7m x 2.4m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 43 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 30 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 3.5nhp diesel engine (1927) Engine Manufacture Atlas-Imperial Engine Co., Oakland CA USA
Repower Repowered with a 260hp engine (1950); Repowered with a 110hp GM engine (1969); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VXXY
Pendant  # HC.42 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1927-1958 she was ownd by Christopher E. Keeling, North Vancouver BC. In 1941-1945 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1958 she was owned by Dolmage Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1962-1963 she was owned by Russell W.A. Hickey (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1964-1966 she was owned by Frederick Stickland, Alert Bay BC. In 1966-1967 she was owned by Grant A. Adlington, West Vancouver BC. In 1974-1975 she was owned by Dalton Weaver, North Vancouver BC. In In 1975 she was owned by Frederick Wallace, North Vancouver BC. In 1976 she was owned by Thomas Evans, Vancouver BC. In 1976-1978 she was owned by Dalton Weaver, Alert Bay BC. In 1978 she was owned by Ronae Theabeau, Sidney BC. In 1976-1980 she was owned by Kenneth R. Thibault, Vancouver BC. In 1982-1989 as a yacht she was owned by Ronae Theabeau, Victoria BC. In 1999-2011 she was owned by Charles W. Polkinghorne, Nanaimo BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2011-11-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a tug and boom defence defence tender at Prince Rupert BC.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Email Communication (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 21/08/2016); DHH 8000 Series Box 172a File 68 HC 42 (ex Ednorina) - Naval messages, information card, and photographs; LAC RG12 Volume 785 File 9015-E8 Shipping - Control Of - Requisitioning Of Ships - War Measures – Ednorina ; LAC RG24 Series D-1-c File 8000-401/42 General Information - Harbour Craft 42; LAC RG12 Reel T-11580 (Ednorina) ; DOT Vessel Registration Database;
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