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YC-14

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Registry #1 189275 (Canada) Registry #2 HC.310 (RCN) Registry #3 YFP.14 (RCN)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 H.C. 310 Name 6
Name 2 (nk) Y.C. 14 Name 7
Name 3 (nk) Y.F.P. 14 Name 8
Name 4 1958c Aceaway Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 44.7' x 12.5' x 4.8'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) 14.0m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 14.74 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 10.02 Type 2 Fishboat, combination
Engine 165bhp diesel engine (1944) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # HC.310; YC.14; YFP.14; Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1946 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1957-1958 she was owned by Oswald T. Cassidy, Thetis Island BC Canada. In 1958-1963 she was owned by Triangle Salvage & Towing Co. Ltd., Thetis Island BC Canada. In 1963-1978 she was owned by William Greenlaw, Minstrel Island BC Canada. In 1978-1980 she was owned by John G. Flottvik, Fort Langley BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1980-06-24
 
Named Features
Significance of Name The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
 
Anecdotes
On February 22, 1980 this vessel had a fire in the engine room while in Granville Channel BC and sank near Port Edward BC. Bryon Taylor states that "I have (so far) found no evidence that H.C. 310 was formally renamed as Aceway"
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); RG 12 Accession 1994-95/727 GAD File AMS 9250-33 Vessels Disposed of by Crown Assets; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 20/01/2018); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11868/23?r=0&s=5 ;
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