Ship Details
Departure Bay No. 2 Photo Credit: Richmond Archives

 

Registry #1	154660 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.21 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	29092

 

Name 1	1928	Departure Bay No. 2	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Valdes (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1944	Departure Bay No. 2	Name 8
Name 4	1959	China Hat (II)	Name 9
Name 5	1988	Ocean Defender	Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Nanaimo	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	72.0' x 16.6' x 7.9'
Builder	Arimoto, Jirokichi	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	61.74	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	37.84	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	100bhp 5nhp diesel engine (1928) (No. 7146)	Engine Manufacture	Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 225bhp diesel engine (1959) Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby GBR Repowered with a 230bhp diesel engine (1967) General Motors (Canada), Oshawa, ON	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.21	Masters	In 1942 Frank R. Brown (Coxswain RCNR) in command. In 1943 Carl Gustafson (Coxswain RCNR) in command. In 1944 Angus Neish (Coxswain RCNR (FR)) in command with Martin Charlebois (Skipper RCNR (FR)) as Mate.

 

Owner(s)

In 1928-1936 she was owned by Ryotaro Kita, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936-1942 she was owned by Nanaimo Shipyards Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. 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 $12,500. In 1942 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Valdes. In 1944 she was owned by John Horan, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1949-1958 she was owned by Richard Nelson, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1958-1986 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Vancouver & Richmond BC Canada. In 1991-1995 she was owned by Spirit Management Ltd., Squamish BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1995-12-04

 

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 her appraised value was $12,500. In 1942 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Valdes. In 1942 this vessel was serving as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy II. In 1944 this vessel was serving as a Tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 11 (1928); Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952); Popp, Carol (1988); Macpherson, Ken and Burgess, John. (1981); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Canada List of Shipping; Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Canada List of Shipping;, Volume II (Fishing Vessels on Register in Canada) 1991; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); ; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Departure Bay) RG12 Reel T-11577 (China Hat); RG24 Volume 6729 File 8000-471/62 General Information - HMCS VALDES ; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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