Ship Details
M.178 (R.C.A.F.) Photo Credit: Eric Hansen

 

Registry #1	158322 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1938	M.178 (R.C.A.F.)	Name 6
Name 2	1942	M.178 Duck (R.C.A.F.)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1938	Place	Peterborough	Area	ON	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	37.6' x 8.9' x 4.3'
Builder	Peterborough Boat Co.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	11.76	Type 1	Crash Boat
Registered Tonnage	8	Type 2
Engine	2 – 150bhp gasoline engine (1938)	Engine Manufacture	Kermath Mfg. Co., Detroit MI USA
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	M.178	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1938-1958 she was owned by the Minister of National Defence, Ottawa ON for the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1959 she was sold to private owner and licensed.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1959-02-20

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Canada List of Shipping (1946); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11917 (1959) (R.C.A.F. M.178);
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