Ship Details

Talapus (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 177553 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.11 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# 5270947 MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Talapus (II) Name 6
Name 2 1942 Talapus (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1946 Parry (C.G.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1979c Parry Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 79.0' x 20.0' x 7.3'
Builder Armstrong Bros. Shipyards Measurement (metric) 24.08m x 6.10m x 2.23m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 109.28 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 56.48 Type 2 Research vessel
Engine 240bhp diesel engine (1942) Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CGSR
Pendant  # FY.11 Masters Skipper Coxswain Paul Q.R. Sowerby RCNR in command 1942; Skipper Coxswain William R. Hall RCNR in command 1943;
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was owned by His Majesty the King. In 1942-1946 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as a Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve. In 1946-1969 she was owned by the Minister of National Defence on loan to The Minister of Mines and Resources, Ottawa ON Canada. In 1969 she was owned by Crown Assets and Disposal Corp., Ottawa ON Canada. In 1969-1971 she was owned by Aldo Stradiotti, and Napoleon Stradiotti, and Richard Stradiotti, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1971-1986 she was owned by M.V. Parry Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1987-2004 she was owned by 312778 BC Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2011-2016 she was owned by Westwind Tugboat Adventures Inc., New Westminster BC Canada. In 2017-2024 she was owned by BC Adventure Tours Inc., Kelowna BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Talapus is Chinook for "coyote".
 
Anecdotes
In 1942 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy II. In 1947 this vessel was in hydrographic research service.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Maginley, C.D. & B. Collin (2001); Canada List of Shipping; Popp, Carol (1988); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11928/701?r=0&s=4 ;
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