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HMCS CHATHAM
NOIC PRINCE RUPERT
HMCS CHATHAM (1st of name)
The Naval Officer In-Charge (NOIC) established in Prince Rupert, BC, in June 1940 and was commissioned in 1942 as HMCS CHATHAM, named after the consort ship of HMS Discovery in which Captain George Vancouver, RN, explored the West Coast of North America in the 1790s.
This unit housed the jetties and buildings which housed the command post and offices of the NOIC Prince Rupert (Commander A.H. Reid), the Naval Officer in Chief. In September 1939 all Canadian seaports came under the authority of the RCN and Public Traffic Regulations came into effect. Accordingly, the NOIC of each port controlled all shipping and all ship movement within the harbour had to have his OK. The port war signal station (PWSS) was on East Kinahan Island on the Southern approaches to Prince Rupert.
Date commissioned: 1 April 1942 Date paid off: August 1945
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