Ship Details
Loyal I (H.M.C.S.) If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	154648 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.43 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1928	Loyal No. 1	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Loyal I (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	Loyal No. 1	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1928	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	62.9' x 15.7' x 8.1'
Builder	Harbour Boat Builders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	54.16	Type 1	Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage	36.83	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	90bhp 4.5nhp diesel engine (1928) (No. 7145)	Engine Manufacture	Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.43	Masters	Coxswain Hubert Eik RCNR 1943-1945;

 

Owner(s)
In 1928-1931 she was owned by Kanekichi Tanami, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941 she was owned by the Ucluelet Fishing Co. Ltd., Ucluelet BC Canada. In 1942 she was appraised at $10,900. She was transferred to His Majesty the King and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold by the War Assets Corp.to R.C. Wyllie, Vancouver BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1948-05-17

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was used to carry fish for the Ucluelet Fishing Co. Ltd. (Ucluelet Fishermens' Co-operative) to Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle BC. 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 1943-1945 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham (Prince Rupert) for patrol purposes. On May 17, 1948 this vessel sank and was declared a total loss after this vessel foundered 1.5 miles south of Victoria Harbour BC.

 

References
Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952); Macpherson, Ken and Burgess, John (1981); 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); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Fukawa, Masaki with Stanley Fukawa and the Nikkei Fishermen's History Book Committee (2009); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); ; RG12 Reel T-11842 (Loyal No. 1); RG12 Reel T-11844 (Loyal No. ,1); RG24 Volume 6728 File 8000-471/33 General Information H.M.C.S. LOYAL # 1; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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