Ship Details

Loyal I (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 154648 (Canada) Registry #2 FY.43 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1928 Loyal No. 1 Name 6
Name 2 1942 Loyal I (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1945 Loyal No. 1 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1928 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 62.9' x 15.7' x 8.1'
Builder Harbour Boat Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 54.16 Type 1 Fishpacker
Registered Tonnage 36.83 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 90bhp 4.5nhp diesel engine (1928) (No. 7145) Engine Manufacture Washington-Estep, Seattle WA USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # FY.43 Masters Coxswain Hubert Eik RCNR 1943-1945;
 
Owner(s)
In 1928-1931 she was owned by Kanekichi Tanami, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1941 she was owned by the Ucluelet Fishing Co. Ltd., Ucluelet BC Canada. In 1942 she was appraised at $10,900. She was transferred to His Majesty the King and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold by the War Assets Corp.to R.C. Wyllie, Vancouver BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1948-05-17
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was used to carry fish for the Ucluelet Fishing Co. Ltd. (Ucluelet Fishermens' Co-operative) to Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle BC. In 1941 this vessel was seized from her Japanese owners by the Canadian Government. In 1942 her ownership transferred to His Majesty the King. In 1943-1945 this vessel was a tender to H.M.C.S. Chatham (Prince Rupert) for patrol purposes. On May 17, 1948 this vessel sank and was declared a total loss after this vessel foundered 1.5 miles south of Victoria Harbour BC.
 
References
Tucker, Gilbert Norman (1952); Macpherson, Ken and Burgess, John (1981); Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee (December 1942) Report of Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee. Vancouver BC; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Fukawa, Masaki with Stanley Fukawa and the Nikkei Fishermen's History Book Committee (2009); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); ; RG12 Reel T-11842 (Loyal No. 1); RG12 Reel T-11844 (Loyal No. ,1); RG24 Volume 6728 File 8000-471/33 General Information H.M.C.S. LOYAL # 1; Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023);
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