Ship Details
May S. Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	154437 (Canada)	Registry #2	FY.38 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	31045

 

Name 1	1927	May S.	Name 6
Name 2	1942	Crest (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1945	May S.	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1927	Place	Steveston	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	55.3' x 14.6' x 7.0'
Builder	Kishi Brothers Boat Works	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	44.5	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	30	Type 2	Patrol vessel
Engine	60bhp 3nhp diesel engine (No. 7117)	Engine Manufacture	Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 85bhp 4nhp diesel engine (1946); Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co., Oakland, CA; Repowered with a 200bhp 2nhp turbo-charged diesel engine Penta A/B Goteborg, Sweden (1969);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	FY.38	Masters	Coxswain Thomas C. Georgeson RCNR (1943-1944);

 

Owner(s)

In 1927-1942 she was owned by Kunimatsu Saimoto, Steveston BC Canada. In 1942 her ownership was transferred to His Majesty the King for the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as a Canadian Naval Patrol Vessel, Fishermen's Reserve. In 1944-1958 she was owned by Gerrard Dal Secco, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1958-1962 she was owned by Charles Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1963-1987 she was owned by Spencer Huson Jr., Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1988-1995 she was owned by David Huson Inc., Victoria BC Canada. In 1997 she was owned by May S Ventures Inc., Victoria BC Canada. In 2001-2002 she was owned by Lanny K. Opsahl, Worsley AB Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2002-06-22

 

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 $8,750. In 1942 this vessel was renamed as H.M.C.S. Crest. Her Pendant Number (With Fishery Pendant Superior) was FY 38. In 1944 this vessel was a tender to HMCS Chatham.

 

References
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; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 23/01/2019); ; RG12 Reel T-11842 (1942) (May S.) RG12 Reel T-11589 (May S.); RG24 Volume 6726 Filev8000-471/18 General Information - HMCS CREST ; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
Last update
2023-12-01 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane (2020);
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2023); John M. MacFarlane (2020);

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