Ship Details

Combat (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: Richmond Archives 1999 6 983

 
 
Registry #1 172518 (Canada) Registry #2 M.350 (RCAF) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Combat Name 6
Name 2 1940 Combat (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1941 M.350 Combat (R.C.A.F.) Name 8
Name 4 1945 Combat Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 54.9' x 16.4' x 7.6'
Builder A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 30
Gross Tonnage 49 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 34 Type 2 Supply & Salvage vessel
Engine 105bhp engine (1940) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered in 1951 with a 190bhp diesel engine Murphy Diesel Co., Milwaukee, WI; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1955 she was rebuilt by A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. at Vancouver BC. 55.84gt / 36.61rt Call Sign G3AF
Pendant  # M.350 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1940-1965 she was owned by Combat Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1945 she was returned to her owner, Combat Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1965-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
In 1940 this vessel was chartered by the R.C.A.F. This vessel was used as a supply & salvage vessel (Type II) for Ucluelet, BC. The charter was however paid by the R.C.N. and the crew was from the Fishermen’s Reserve. The Judge Advocate-General stated “B.C. Lady, Combat and Snow Prince: These three vessels were requisitioned by the Director of Marine Services and do not form part of the Fishermen’s Reserve in that they were not part of the Fishermen’s Reserve prior to the outbreak of the War. It may be that these vessels are being manned by personnel who belong to the Fishermen’s Reserve, but this does not mean that the vessels themselves belong to the Fishermen’s Reserve." In 1941 this vessel was officially transferred to the RCAF Western Air Command Marine Squadron based in Vancouver BC, crewed by R.C.A.F. Marine Personnel. This vessel was wrecked on March 10, 1965 in Hecate Strait BC with seven crew lost.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Weicht, Chris (1997); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); RG12 Reel T-11853 (1965) (Combat); RG24 Volume 5893 File 8000-293/3 General Information - RCAF COMBAT ; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/256?r=0&s=4 ;
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