Ship Details

Bluenose (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC) RG24 Vol 4006 File 1057-28-2

 
 
Registry #1 (RCN) Registry #2 (Canada) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Bluenose Name 6
Name 2 1942 Bluenose (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1944 H.C. 340 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place (nk) Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 35.0' x 8.5' x 5.0'
Builder (nk) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Fishboat, troller
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine gasoline engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign V3236NW
Pendant  # FY.44; HC.340 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941 she was owned by Takeo Itani, Ucluelet BC. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1944 she served as a harbour craft after the Fishermen's Reserve was disbanded. She was used as a Canadian Naval Patrol Craft, Small in the Royal Canadian Navy 1942-1944. In 1945 she was declared surplus to requirements and in 1946 she was sold.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942 this vessel was seized from Japanese owners for service with the Royal Canadian Navy, her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. At the time her appraised value was $3,650. In 1942 this vessel was commissioned into the RCN Fisherman's Reserve - others that this vessel was a harbour craft after the disbandment of the Fisherman's Reserve. However the Canadian Navy List shows her as a small patrol craft stationed at Esquimalt BC.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Popp, Carol (1988); Tucker, G.N. (1952); Macpherson & Burgess (1981); LAC RG24 Volume 6715 File 8000-4-1/340 General Information - Harbour Craft 340; Email (Bryon Taylor-Nauticapedia 2017); ; RG24D-1-c Volume 6715 File 8000-401/340 General Information - Harbour Craft 340; Bryon Taylor (Email 23/01/2019);
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