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Smith Sound (H.M.C.S.) If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	172530 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1939	Smith Sound	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Smith Sound (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	Smith Sound	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1939	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	45.3' x 14.0' x 5.4'
Builder	Union Boat Works Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	21.6	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	14.69	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	65bhp 3.2nhp diesel engine (1939)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas Gas Engine Co., San Francisco CA USA
Repower	Repowered in 1953 with a 95bhp 3nhp diesel engine by L. Gardner & Sons Ltd., Patricroft UK.	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.18	Masters	In 1942 Mario Pastro (Coxswain RCNR) in command as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943 Mario Pastro (Coxswain RCNR) in command as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy II. In 1944 Mario Pastro (Coxswain RCNR (FR)) in command as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. Captain George Ermoff (1965)

 

Owner(s)

In 1939-1941 she was owned by Chosuke Nakamura, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. At the time her appraised value was $16,400. In 1941 she was appraised at $14,100. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942-1945 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1945-1966 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1966-10-11

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Sound south of Rivers Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound Range 2 Coast District.

 

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. On September 17, 1965 this seiner sank in Hecate Strait BC. This vessel was returning to Prince Rupert when heavy seas flooded the engine.THe fishboat Twinkle put a line aboard her but the seas were too heavy to tow the seiner. Then the Smith Sound capsized so quickly the crew did not have time to put on lifejackets. They didn't carry a liferaft and the skiff was full of gear. The crew jumped in the ocean together and Edward Bitman simply disappeared.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Canada List of Shipping; Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Smith Sound); RG12 Reel T-11853 (1966) (Smith Sound); RG24 Volume 6729 File 8000-471/55 General Information H.M.C.S. Smith Sound; ; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11924/1167?r=0&s=4 ; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday September 19, 1966 page 23;
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