Ship Details

West Coast (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: UBC Cdn Fisherman Archive 1-0012380

 
 
Registry #1 156591 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1929 Taiheiyo Name 6
Name 2 1939 West Coast (I) Name 7
Name 3 1940 West Coast (H.M.C.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1944 West Coast (I) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1929 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nK) Measurement (imp) 90.3' x 14.4' x 8.2'
Builder Harbour Boat Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 75.85 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 42.99 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 2 - 180bhp 6-cylinder diesel engines (1929) 1 – 100bhp gasoline engine (1929) Engine Manufacture Atlas Imperial Gas Engine Co. San Francisco CA USA
Repower 120hp engine (1949c); Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # FY.04 Masters Coxswain Lars P. Jorgensen RCNR in command 1942 with Coxswain Mereon Skibo RCNR as Mate. Coxswain Lars P. Jorgensen RCNR in command 1943 with Coxswain Saren P. Smedegaard RCNR as Mate. Skipper Clifford Evans RCNR in command 1944 with Coxswain Saren P. Smedegarrd RCNR as Mate.
 
Owner(s)
In 1929 she was owned by Harry Milner, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1929-1931 she was owned by Francis S. Carmichael, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1932 she was owned by South Sea Traders Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1934 she was owned by James MacLean, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1938 she was owned by Stuart G. McKenzie, Vancouver BC (as a fishpacker). In 1940 she was chartered by the navy from her owner into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve as H.M.C.S. West Coast. In 1944 she was returned to her owner. In 1944-1952 she was owned by Nelson Brothers Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1939-06-05
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel carried three engines originally: 2 - 180bhp 6-cylinder diesel engines Atlas Imperial Gas Engine Co. San Francisco CA USA (1929) and 1 – 100bhp gasoline engine Marine High Speed Engine Co., Los Angeles, CA. (1929) . On June 5, 1939 this vessel was carryng the Wee Yoy as deck cargo when this vessel was washed off the deck at Cape Beale BC. This vessel is said to have functioned as a rum runner in 1929 and fitted with two 450hp Liberty gasoline engines. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). This vessel formed part of the pre-war Fishermen’s Reserve Fleet. This vessel was mobilized 15 Sep 1939. In 1940 this vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy Fisherman's Reserve. In 1942 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. In 1943 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy II. In 1944 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Givenchy. This vessel undertook examination duties at York Island. This vessel sank on September 28, 1951 at Beaver Pass, BC.
 
References
Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930); Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Popp, Carol (1988); Miles, Fraser (1992); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); RG12 Reel T-11846 (1952) (West Coast); RG24 Volume 5681 File 126-102 - Fishermen’s Reserve West Coast Organization; RG24 Volume 6729 File 8000-471/64 General Information - HMCS WEST COAST ;
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