Ship Details

M.231 Malecite (R.C.A.F.)

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Registry #1 310365 (Canada) Registry #2 M.231 (RCAF) Registry #3 HSL.231 (RCN)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 M.231 Malecite (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 1951 HSL- 231 (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1958 Malecite Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Montreal Area QC Country Canada
 
Designer Sir Hubert Scott-Paine Measurement (imp) 68.2' x 19.5' x 7.8'
Builder Canadian Power Boat Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 20.79m x 5.94m x 2.38m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 97.74 Type 1 High Speed Rescue Vessel
Registered Tonnage 75.24 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 2-1350hp V-12 engines (up to 47 knots) Engine Manufacture Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower Repowered with 2 – 470bhp diesel engines, by General Motors Corp., Detroit MI (1957) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign G3AQ
Pendant  # M.231 / B.107 / B.159 / HSL.231 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was acquired by the Royal Canadian Air Force for service with the Western Air Command Marine Squadron based at Vancouver BC. In 1951 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1956-1964 she was owned by Robert W.R. Day, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1964-1973 she was owned by Thomas Orr (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1984 she was owned by Kincaid Charter Services Ltd., Burnaby BC Canada. In 1989 she was owned by Malecite Marine Charters Inc., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2004 she was owned by 533050 B.C. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2012-2024 she was owned by Greig Thorlacius, New Westminster BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
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Anecdotes
David Wadleigh reports that "In 1951 this vesseland her five siblings were transferred from the RCAF to the Royal Canadian Navy to become HSL- 231, and were then turned over to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale in 1958."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Freeman, David J. (2000); Weicht, Chris (1997); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11588 (Malecite);
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