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

 

Registry #1	172338 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.35 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1940	Glendale V	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Glendale V (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1944	Dalehurst (H.M.C.S.)	Name 8
Name 4	1945	Glendale V	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1940	Place	Sea Island	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	51.5' x 14.3' x 7.1'
Builder	Asari, B.S.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	34.82	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	27.77	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	1 – 80bhp diesel engine (1940)	Engine Manufacture	Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Corp., Vancouver, BC
Repower	Repowered with a 115bhp diesel engine (1946); Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL 1 – 170bhp diesel engine (1965), General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	She was equipped with oropesa minesweeping gear.	Call Sign	VGDZ
Pendant  #	FY.35	Masters	In 1943-1944 Edward C. Flewin (Coxswain RCNR)

 

Owner(s)

In 1940-1941 she was owned by Sadajiro Asari, Eburne BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1943-45 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Dalehurst, a Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve. She was sold into private ownership after the war. In 1945 she was owned by Falconer Marine Industries Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1949-1956 she was owned by John Anderson (MO), Victoria BC Canada. In 1961-1972 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1977 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1976-07-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her appraised value was $14,800. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942-44 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as a harbour service auxiliary craft as H.M.C.S. Glendale V. In 1943-1944 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham. On September 4, 1976 this vessel foundered in Finlayson Channel off one mile NE of Jorkin Point BC.

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. December 1942. Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952); Freeman, David J. (2000); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11864/1465?r=0&s=5 ;; RG12 Volume 790 File 9015-G9 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - GLENDALE V; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Glendale V); RG12 Reel T-11582 (Glendale V); RG24 Volume 6726 File 8000-471/25 General Information - HMCS DALEHURST ;
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