Ship Details
Howe Sound (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	173572 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.19 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	25633

 

Name 1	1941	Howe Sound I	Name 6
Name 2	1942c	Howe Sound (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	Howe Sound (II)	Name 8
Name 4	1946	Rainbow Queen	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1941	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	60.5' x 16.1' x 7.4'
Builder	Stanley Park Shipyards Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	18.44m x 4.91m x 2.26m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	48.45	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	38.42	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	1 – 120bhp 4nhp diesel engine (1941)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Repower	Repowered with a 150hp engine (1957c); Repowered with a 365bhp diesel engine (2004c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.19	Masters	In 1942 Coxswain Burt C. Higgs RCNR in command with Coxswain John E. Higginbotham RCNR and Coxswain Ian McLeod RCNR; In 1943 Coxswain Burt C. Higgs in command with Coxswain Charles A. Stannard RCNR. In 1944 Skipper Charles A. Stannard RCNR

 

Owner(s)

In 1941 she was owned by Howe Sound Fisheries. At the start of the Second World War she was seized from Japanese owners for service with the Royal Canadian Navy. At the time her appraised value was $16,400. In 1942 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1946-1972 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1986 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1987-1995 she was owned by Brian D. Assu, Campbell River BC Canada. In 1997-2024 she was owned by Stanley E. Hunt, Alert Bay BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1941 her appraised value was $16,400. In 1941 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1942 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Givenchy II. In 1944 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Chatham. At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC.

 

References
Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Howe Sound IV); RG12 Reel T-11583 (Rainbow Queen); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/26 General Information H.M.C.S. HOWE SOUND IV ;
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