Ship Details
Ednorina Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo E-359

 

Registry #1	154386 (Canada)	Registry #2	HC.42 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	90234

 

Name 1	1927	Ednorina	Name 6
Name 2	1941	H.C. 42	Name 7
Name 3	1946	Ednorina	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1927	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	52.2' x 15.4' x 7.8'
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	15.9m x 4.7m x 2.4m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	43	Type 1	Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage	30	Type 2	Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine	3.5nhp diesel engine (1927)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas-Imperial Engine Co., Oakland CA USA
Repower	Repowered with a 260hp engine (1950); Repowered with a 110hp GM engine (1969);	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VXXY
Pendant  #	HC.42	Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1927-1958 she was ownd by Christopher E. Keeling, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941-1945 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1958 she was owned by Dolmage Towing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-1963 she was owned by Russell W.A. Hickey (MO), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1964-1966 she was owned by Frederick Stickland, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1966-1967 she was owned by Grant A. Adlington, West Vancouver BC Canada. In 1974-1975 she was owned by Dalton Weaver, North Vancouver BC Canada. In In 1975 she was owned by Frederick Wallace, North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1976 she was owned by Thomas Evans, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1976-1978 she was owned by Dalton Weaver, Alert Bay BC Canada. In 1978 she was owned by Ronae Theabeau, Sidney BC Canada. In 1976-1980 she was owned by Kenneth R. Thibault, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982-1989 as a yacht she was owned by Ronae Theabeau, Victoria BC Canada. In 1999-2011 she was owned by Charles W. Polkinghorne, Nanaimo BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2011-11-15

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.

 

Anecdotes
The RCN employed her as a tug and boom defence defence tender at Prince Rupert BC.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 10 (1927); Email Communication (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 21/08/2016); DHH 8000 Series Box 172a File 68 HC 42 (ex Ednorina) - Naval messages, information card, and photographs; LAC RG12 Volume 785 File 9015-E8 Shipping - Control Of - Requisitioning Of Ships - War Measures – Ednorina ; LAC RG24 Series D-1-c File 8000-401/42 General Information - Harbour Craft 42; LAC RG12 Reel T-11580 (Ednorina) ; DOT Vessel Registration Database;
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