Ship Details
Nitinat (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	171963 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	71644

 

Name 1	1939	Nitinat (C.G.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1939	Nitinat (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	Nitinat (II)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	99.5' x 17.7' x 10.7'
Builder	Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	135	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	24	Type 2	Freighter
Engine	526bhp diesel engine (1939)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Engine Works, Vancouver BC
Repower	Repowered with a 320hp engine (1957c); 600hp V-12 Caterpillar Tractor Co. turbo-charged diesel for log towing (1960);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Jock Paul (1956);

 

Owner(s)

In 1939 she was owned by Canadian Government Service as a Fisheries Protection Cruiser. In 1939-1945 she was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War as H.M.C.S. Nitinat, a Canadian Naval Patrol Boat/Examination Vessel. In 1939 for patrol and examination duty. In 1945 she was returned to owners. In 1948-1949 she was owned by James A. Macdonnell (MO) and In 1949-1951 she was owned by General Sea Transportation Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1951 she was owned by Morrison-Knudsen Co. of Canada Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1952-1956 she was owned by Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Montreal QC. In 1956-1960 she was owned by M.R. Cliff Tugboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1960-1964 she was owned by C. & S. Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1964-1972 she was owned by Pioneer towing (1960) Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1972-1974 she was owned by Tempest Marine Services Ltd., Coquitlam BC. In 1974 she was owned by Rivtow Straits Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1974-1975 she was owned by Wesley H. Parry, Burnaby BC. In 1975-1977 she was owned by Pacific Oyster Ltd. Burnaby BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1977-02-09

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Named derived from the First Nations Band living on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

 

Anecdotes
In 1956 this vesselserved as a coastal freighter passenger carrier on the Kitimat-Kemano run for the Aluminum Co. of Canada. . Her Lloyd's number was #71644. On February 1, 1977 this vessel was destroyed by fire in the Fraser River, BC.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Rhodes, Cdr. Dusty (n.k.); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11865/758?r=0&s=5 ;
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