Ship Details

R.C.A.F. M.467 Malahat

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Registry #1 176498 (Canada) Registry #2 M.467 (RCAF) Registry #3 AKS.514 (RCN)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 R.C.A.F. M.467 Malahat Name 6
Name 2 1952 Scatari (H.M.C.S.) (II) Name 7
Name 3 1972 Susan M II Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 86.1' x 24.4' x 8.5'
Builder Star Shipyards (Mercers) Ltd. Measurement (metric) 26.2m x 7.4m x 2.6m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 161.96 Type 1 Supply & Salvage (Type II)
Registered Tonnage 110.13 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 1 – 400bhp, 17nhp diesel engine (1944) Engine Manufacture Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co., Oakland CA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was rebuilt to 162gt 110rt. Call Sign VXKB / CZFZ
Pendant  # M.467 / B.171 / AKS.514 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Air Force Marine Division. She served as a tender to HMCS Star in Hamilton ON Canada. In 1946 she was owned by the Minister of National Defence, Ottawa ON, acquired by the Royal Canadian Air Force for service with the Western Air Command Marine Squadron based at Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-2011 she was owned by Richard Mallnowski, Hamilton ON Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2011-11-15
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Shae was stationed by the RCAF at Vancouver, BC and transferred to Halifax in 1946. The RCN employed her as a tender to HMCS Patriot in Hamilton ON. On 05/08/1947 this vessel was struck from the Canadian Register of Shipping. On 25 Sep 1972 re-registered under the name “Susan M II".
 
References
Canada List of Shipping (1946); Freeman, David J. (2000); Weicht, Chris (1997); RG12 Reel T-11844 (1944) (R.C.A.F. M.467 Malahat); RG12 Reel T-11597 (Susan M II) ; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018);
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