Ship Details
Early Field (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: Peter Robson

 

Registry #1	153080 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.40 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	20383

 

Name 1	1926	Early Field	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Early Field (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	Early Field	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1926	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Yasujiro Nakade	Measurement (imp)	53.5' x 14.4' x 6.9'
Builder	Nakade Boat Works (Yasujiro Nakade)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	41	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	26	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	50bhp 2nhp diesel engine (1926)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas Imperial Engine Co., Oakland, CA
Repower	Repowered in 1954 with a 174bhp diesel engine Cummins Engine Co., Ltd., Columbus, OH;	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.40	Masters	In 1943 Frederick J. Fiander (Coxswain RCNR); In 1944 Robert G. Lyon (Skipper RCNR (FR)).

 

Owner(s)

In 1926-1942 she was owned by Mangero Kurahashi, Steveston BC. In 1942 she was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government and her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1945-1948 she was owned by Franklin Kirkland, Saturna Island, BC. In 1949-1966 she was owned by Matt Alecsich, (MO), Vancouver BC. In 1966-1974 she was owned by Westview Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver, BC. In 1975-1976 she was owned by Early Field Fishing Co. Ltd., Ganges BC. In 1977-1980 she was owned by Legate Enterprises Ltd., West Vancouver BC. In 1982-1986 she was owned by Azyan Holdings Inc., Aldergrove BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1986-04-17

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

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 appraised at $7,300. In1942 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1943 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy (II). In 1944 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. On October 8, 1976 this vesselgrounded and sank near Neck Point in Georgia Strait.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. December 1942. Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Photo Courtesy Peter Robson (Email Peter Robson - Nauticapedia 20/05/2015); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); ; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Early Field) RG12 Reel T-11589 (Early Field); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/20 General Information - HMCS EARLY FIELD ;
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