Ship Details
Merry Chase (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	155235 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.46 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	910431

 

Name 1	1929	Merry Chase	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Merry Chase (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1946	Merry Chase	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Yasujiro Nakade	Measurement (imp)	58.0' x 15.8' x 7.6'
Builder	Nakade Boat Works (Yasujiro Nakade)	Measurement (metric)	17.68m x 4.82m x 2.32m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	50.99	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	43	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	75bhp diesel engine (1929) (No. 7214)	Engine Manufacture	Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 170bhp diesel engine (1952); Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL ; Repowered with a 240bhp turbo charged diesel engine (1973); Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL ;	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	About 2016 she was converted to a yacht.	Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.46	Masters	In 1943 Harold Bunn (Coxswain RCNR) in command with Raymond Fossum (Coxswain RCNR); In 1944 Burt C. Higgs (Skipper RCNR) was in command with Mereon Skibo (Coxswain RCNR (FR))

 

Owner(s)

In 1929-1935 she was owned by Ryotara Kita, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1936-1941 she was owned by Nanaimo Shipyard Ltd., Nanaimo BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1942-1946 she was appraised at $11,250 with her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as Merry Chase (H.M.C.S.) - Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve/Calibration Vessel. In 1946 she was owned by Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947-1966 she was owned by Antony Kirincich, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1967-1968 she was owned by William Lasko, Steveston BC Canada. In 1968-1976 she was owned by Roy A. Clarke, Ladner BC Canada. In 1976-1977 she was owned by Tony Boroevich, Surrey BC Canada. In 1977-1981 she was owned by Ivan J. Uljevic, Richmond BC Canada. In 1981-2004 she was owned by Adria Trading Co. Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 2011-2019 she was owned by West Wind Charter Ltd., New Westminster BC Canada. In 2023-2024 she was owned by West Wind Charter Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

 

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. In 1943 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham. In 1944 this vessel was tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. This vessel was laid up at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC after the Second World War.

 

References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 12 (1929); 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 ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); ; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (Merry Chase); RG12 Reel T-11589 (Merry Chase); RG24 Volume File 8000-471/40 General Information H.M.C.S. Merry Chase ; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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