Ship Details
Comber (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	155102 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.37 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	25811

 

Name 1	1929	C.S.C. No. 2	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Comber (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	B.C. Girl (I)	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Yasujiro Nakade	Measurement (imp)	53.5' x 13.8' x 6.0'
Builder	Nakade Boat Works (Yasujiro Nakade)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	30.97	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	20.99	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	1 – 80bhp 3nhp gasoline engine (1929)	Engine Manufacture	Standard Gas Engine Co., Oakland CA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 3nhp engine; 115bhp diesel engine Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (1947); Repowered with a 1 – 4nhp 250bhp diesel engine Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbia, IN (1975);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VCST
Pendant  #	FY.37	Masters	Coxswain Lawrence S. Veitch RCNR (1943-1944)

 

Owner(s)

In 1929 she was owned by Yoshisaburo Inonye, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934-1942 she was owned by Tokutaro Tanaka, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1942 she was seized from Japanese owners for service with the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King for the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1945-1949 she was owned by Louie D. Summers, Vancouver BC Canada. She was renamed as B.C. Girl. In 1949-1959 she was owned by Donald Baker (MO), Vancouver BC and Stanley H. Coughland, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1959-1971 she was owned by George Berg (MO), Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1971-1977 she was owned by Anthony Drpic (MO), Vancouver, BC Canada. In 1977-1989 she was owned by Frank E. Alfred, Alert Bay BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1989-11-16

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. At the time this vessel was seized her appraised value was $7,500. In 1942 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. December 1942. Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11930/82?r=0&s=4; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11926/132?r=0&s=5 ;; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) C.S.C. No. 2) RG12 Reel T-11575 (B. C. Girl); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/17 General Information - HMCS COMBER ; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11926/132?r=0&s=5 ;
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