Ship Details
Vencedor (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: Bruce Jones

 

Registry #1	135254 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1913	Exmouth II	Name 6
Name 2	1927	Vencedor (II)	Name 7
Name 3	1941	Vencedor (H.M.C.S.)	Name 8
Name 4	1946	Vencedor (II)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1913	Place	Wivenhoe	Area	Essex	Country	UK

 

Designer	Biles, Sir J.H.	Measurement (imp)	146.3' x 27.1' x 13.3'
Builder	Rennie Forrest S.E. and Dry Dock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	380	Type 1	Schooner, three-masted
Registered Tonnage	232	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	1 – 250bhp 24.nhp steam engine (1913)	Engine Manufacture	A. Mumford Ltd., Colchester UK
Repower	Repowered with a 250hp steam engine (1957c)	Propulsion	Sail/screw
Rebuilds	In 1927 she was re-built as a diesel yacht removing her centre mast.	Call Sign
Pendant  #	Z.21	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1927-1928 she was owned by Captain J.W. Hobbs Vancouver BC, converted her as a yacht removing her centre mast. In 1928-1941 she was owned by the Hon. Eric Hamber, Lt. Governor of BC as a yacht (Hastings Sawmill Co. Ltd., Vancouver). In 1941 she was commissioned into Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was de-commissioned, returned to her owner and restored as a yacht. In 1946 she was owned by Hastings Sawmill Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1950 she was sold to Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd. To be used as a fishpacker but not utilized as such. In 1958-1996 she was owned by George Boredenuick, Horseshoe Bay BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1996-04-19

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1913 this vessel was registered in London, UK. In 1913 this vessel was a tender to the Thames River training ship Exmouth. In 1941 this vessel was commissioned into the Fishermen’s Reserve. From 1941 to 1945 this vessel was an Examination Vessel at Esquimalt, BC.

 

References
Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping May 1929; RG12 Reel T-11599 (Vencedor); RG24 Volume 6743 File 8000-496/23 General Information - HMCS VENCEDOR ; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019);
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