Ship Details
West Coast (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: UBC Cdn Fisherman Archive 1-0012380

 

Registry #1	156591 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1929	Taiheiyo	Name 6
Name 2	1939	West Coast (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1940	West Coast (H.M.C.S.)	Name 8
Name 4	1944	West Coast (I)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nK)	Measurement (imp)	90.3' x 14.4' x 8.2'
Builder	Harbour Boat Builders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	75.85	Type 1	Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage	42.99	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	2 - 180bhp 6-cylinder diesel engines (1929) 1 – 100bhp gasoline engine (1929)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas Imperial Gas Engine Co. San Francisco CA USA
Repower	120hp engine (1949c);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.04	Masters	Coxswain Lars P. Jorgensen RCNR in command 1942 with Coxswain Mereon Skibo RCNR as Mate. Coxswain Lars P. Jorgensen RCNR in command 1943 with Coxswain Saren P. Smedegaard RCNR as Mate. Skipper Clifford Evans RCNR in command 1944 with Coxswain Saren P. Smedegarrd RCNR as Mate.

 

Owner(s)

In 1929 she was owned by Harry Milner, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1931 she was owned by Francis S. Carmichael, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1932 she was owned by South Sea Traders Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934 she was owned by James MacLean, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1938 she was owned by Stuart G. McKenzie, Vancouver BC (as a fishpacker). In 1940 she was chartered by the navy from her owner into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. West Coast. In 1944 she was returned to her owner. In 1944-1952 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1939-06-05

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel carried three engines originally: 2 - 180bhp 6-cylinder diesel engines Atlas Imperial Gas Engine Co. San Francisco CA USA (1929) and 1 – 100bhp gasoline engine Marine High Speed Engine Co., Los Angeles, CA. (1929) . On June 5, 1939 this vessel was carryng the Wee Yoy as deck cargo when this vessel was washed off the deck at Cape Beale BC. This vessel is said to have functioned as a rum runner in 1929 and fitted with two 450hp Liberty gasoline engines. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel was mobilized 15 Sep 1939. In 1940 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. 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 1944 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. This vessel undertook examination duties at York Island. This vessel sank on September 28, 1951 at Beaver Pass, BC.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930); Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Popp, Carol (1988); Miles, Fraser (1992); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); RG12 Reel T-11846 (1952) (West Coast); RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization; RG24 Volume 6729 File 8000-471/64 General Information - HMCS WEST COAST ;
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