Background Information UC-1*

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichCam

The upper hull # matches but someone took a cutting torch to the ends of the angle iron reinforcement at the rear of the carrier. All that remains of the lower hull # is 0 C.
Would someone out there be able to give me an educated guess on the following:
The lower hull # ending in 0?
The CT number for this UC-1*?
Did this carrier go overseas?

My. Mk.1* is 14606 made March 1943 to the same contract. It never went overseas (and I doubt yours did if it was found in Canada). My CT number is CT 113649. You might be 'close' if you backed it up (14606-13710=896. CT 113649-896=CT 112753) I say close because I found a carrier three serials away from mine yet the CT number was 10 away...but that could just be because on that day they were stamping CT numbers left to right and the shiny new UC's were formed up right to left.

[RichCam]

Hello Bruce,

Thank you very much for the information regarding your UC-1*. I think that it would be a logical estimation to assume that my UC-1* would have a CT112753 designation. At least it is chronologically close.
If you have a moment, could you tell me the difference between your upper and lower hull #'s? I will use this approximation to "guess" at my lower hull#.

Unfortunately, the owners of my carrier - 2nd owner back - were the Martin brothers from Buckslide Road in Ontario, near Canarvon. All of them have passed on and their property stripped. The previous owner got started on the restoration but had no idea on the where a bouts of the missing frontal armour.

Regards, Richard

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichCam

Thank you very much for the information regarding your UC-1*. I think that it would be a logical estimation to assume that my UC-1* would have a CT112753 designation. At least it is chronologically close.
If you have a moment, could you tell me the difference between your upper and lower hull #'s? I will use this approximation to "guess" at my lower hull#.

I can't recall my lower hull and it's pretty dark in there right now, but regarding the upper hull comparison you are 12745 and I'm 13625 a difference of 880. This is 16 apart from our difference in serial numbers (being 896). Divide the difference of 16 by two and your 'averaged' CT number rounds out to CT112761. Isn't math fun?