Ship Details

Snow Prince (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: George Schneider

 
 
Registry #1 170413 (Canada) Registry #2 M.348 (RCAF) Registry #3 B.152 (RCAF)
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 910048
 
Name 1 1937 Snow Prince Name 6
Name 2 1940 Snow Prince (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1941 M.348 Snow Prince (R.C.A.F.) Name 8
Name 4 1946 Snow Prince Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1937 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 66.6' x 19.4' x 9.6'
Builder Boeing Aircraft (Canada) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 20.30m x 5.90m x 2.91m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 88 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 60 Type 2 Patrol Vessel
Engine 1 – 135bhp diesel engine (1937) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 300bhpdiesel engine ; Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (1956); Repowered with a 224kw diesel engine (2011c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was rebuilt to 107.41gt 79.28rt Call Sign G3AC; CGKS
Pendant  # M.348 / B.152 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1937-1945 she was owned by Nootka Packing Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940-1941 she was chartered to the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1944 she was returned to her owner Nootka Packing Co., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1946-1985 she was owned by The Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1986-2024 she was owned by Jim Pattison Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
In 1940 this vessel was chartered by the R.C.A.F. This vessel was used as a Supply & Salvage Vessel Type II for Ucuelet, BC. The charter was however paid by the R.C.N. and the crew was from the Fishermen’s Reserve. In 1941 this vessel was officially transferred to the RCAF Western Air Command Marine Squadron based in Vancouver BC, crewed by R.C.A.F. The Judge Advocate-General stated “B.C. Lady, Combat and Snow Prince. These three vessels were requisitioned by the Director of Marine Services and do not form part of the Fishermen’s Reserve in that they were not part of the Fishermen’s Reserve prior to the outbreak of the War. It may be that these vessels are being manned by personnel who belong to the Fishermen’s Reserve, but this does not mean that the vessels themselves belong to the Fishermen’s Reserve.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Weicht, Chris (1997); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/07/2018); RG12 Reel T-11597 (Snow Prince); RG12 Volume 828 File 9015-S9 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - SNOW PRINCE; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019);
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