Historia
This work boat was built in 1943 by Palmer & Williams Co. Ltd. in Summerside, PE.
Notas históricas
The RCN deployed her to the Gut of Canso. Brian Taylor states "I have found no evidence that H.C. 169 was renamed Adastra IV. The measured length for Adastra II was 38’. The shortest measured length for the 46’ General Utility Harbour Craft was 44’" In 1973 this vessel was broken up.
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1943 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy.
In 1951 she was owned by Duncan M. Halliday (MO), Pickering ON Canada. (On June 4th, 1970 Duncan Halliday died and Lachlan MacTavish and Jack A. Seed were appointed as executors.) In 1970-1973 she was owned by Charles J. Halliday Jr. (MO), Burlington On Canada.
Significado del nombre
The Initials "H.C." stood for Harbour Craft.
Referencias
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 20/01/2018)
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 14/08/2025)
