Ship Details
Crusader (H.M.C.S.) (I) Photo Credit: RCN Official DND DHH Photo Number: RCN E-44

 

Registry #1	158572 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1935	Invader (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1940	Crusader (H.M.C.S.) (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1944	Invader (I)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1935	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	68.3' x 15.5' x 8.3'
Builder	Fenner & Hood Shipyards, Vancouver BC	Measurement (metric)	20.82m x 4.72m x 2.56m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	66.16	Type 1	Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage	45	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	7.5hp engine (1935)	Engine Manufacture	Cooper-Bessemer Corp., Barber NJ
Repower	Repowered with a 200hp engine (1958c); Repowered with a 300bhp Allis Chalmers diesel engine (2004c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	Z.13 (P)	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1935 she was owned by James Hoffar, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936-1940 she was owned by Henry F. Reifel, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940-1945 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Navy and served as an Examination Vessel. In 1945-1951 she was owned by James Hoffar, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1951 she was owned by Henry Reifel & George Reifel , Vancouver BC Canada. In 1952-1961 she was owned by Fred B. Brown, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-2001 she was owned by Halfmoon Bay Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 2003-2014 she was owned by Coastal Mortgage and Investment Corp., Lethbridge AB Canada. In 2015-2018 she was owned by 1027628 B.C. Ltd., Kamloops BC Canada. In 2019-2024 she was owned by Diane Alstad-Garrison, Campbell River BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
During the Second World War this vessel was employed by the Examination Service at Vancouver BC.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 11/04/2017); RG24 Series D-1-c Volume 6741 File 8000-496/6 - General Information - HMCS CRUSADER; DHH Box 125 File 3 Local Craft General DHH Box 171 File 22 CRUSADER - Naval messages, correspondence, memoranda and information card PARC RG12 Reel T-11578 Registration Card for Invader as of 31 Dec 1984.
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