Ship Details

Kuitan (C.N.A.V.)

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Registry #1 178828 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.14 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 910134
 
Name 1 1941 Kuitan (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1941 Kuitan (C.N.A.V.) Name 7
Name 3 1947 Cape Bathurst Name 8
Name 4 1988 Kornat I Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place Victoria Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 79.8' x 20.1' x 8.3'
Builder Armstrong Bros. Shipyards Measurement (metric) 24.32m x 6.13m x 2.53m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 94.26 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 35.54 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 2hp engine (1941) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 240bhp engine (1949c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1947 she was rebuilt at Vancouver BC to 24.32m x 6.13m x 2.53m. Call Sign
Pendant  # FY.14 Masters In 1942 Allen F. Denton (Coxswain RCNR) in command and Nels A.R. Larson (Coxswain RCNR); In 1943 Allen F. Denton (Skipper Coxswain RCNR) in command and Leonard Idiens (Coxswain RCNR); In 1944 Malcolm E.A. Dighton (Chief Skipper RCNR (FR)) in command with Leonard Idiens (Skipper RCNR (FR)).
 
Owner(s)
In 1941 she was owned by His Majesty the King for the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's ReserveIn 1946 she served as an auxiliary vessel with the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1947 she was declared surplus. In 1947-1976 she was owned by The Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1977-1982 she was owned by Nordick Fishing Ltd., Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1983-1987 she was owned by Walter C. Cadwallader, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1988 she was owned by Frank Sumera, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1989-1999 she was owned by Drago Sikic, Burnaby BC Canada. In 1999-2018 she was owned by Saltair Marine Services Ltd., Ladysmith BC Canada. In 2019-2024 she was owned by Oceanside Fisheries Inc., Richmond BC Canada.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On 23 Sep 1941 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. Kuitan. In 1946 this vessel served as an auxiliary vessel with the Royal Canadian Navy' In 1942 serving as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was serving as tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy II. In 1944 this vessel was serving as a tender to H.M.C.S. Burrard. On October 30, 1949 this vesselran aground at Hornby Island BC and was later refloated by a salvage tug on the high tide.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); RG24 Volume 6729 File 8000-472-29 General Information – H.C.M.S. KUITAN RG12 Reel T-11576 (Cape Bathurst); Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Monday October 31, 1949 Page 1;
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