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History of the Canadian Navy from
their participation in the Second World War to the present day.
Histories of the Aircraft Carriers, cruisers, corvettes and other fighting
ships of the Royal Canadian Navy.
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ORIGINAL POSTCARD FOR
SALE. DONATED TOWARDS THE UPKEEP OF THIS SITE.
HMCS Labrador. Commissioned into the
Canadian Navy as an Arctic Patrol vessel (pennant 500 on 8th July
1954. Paid off on 22nd November 1957 and transferred to the Coast
Guard in 1958. First ship to circumnavigate North America in 1954,
transiting the Northwest Passage and back to Halifax through the Panama
Canal, commanded by Captain "Long Robbie" Robertson.
- Many thanks to Carl
Proctor
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The crew of HMCS Niobe |
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The two Canadian submarines, CH14 and in the
background CH15. Both possibly built in Montreal from the
Bethlehem design. Image Carl Proctor Peter
Miller suggests. Originally built for the Chilean Navy, at Seattle
Washington Dockyard, they were seen by The premier of British Columbia
Mr Richard McBride who subsequently purchased the submarines for the
Royal; Canadian navy. |
RCN
Saguenay D.79 Built By Thornycroft and launched 11th July
1930, in November 1942, she was badly damaged in a collision with
the SS Azara off Newfoundland and was a total loss, used for training,
before being sold for scrap in April 1946.
RCN
Skeena D.59 Built by Thornycroft and launched 10th October
1930, she was grounded of the coast of Iceland 25th October 1944,
salved and scrapped in 1946.
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HMCS Trentonian, February 1944.
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HMCS Willowherb, 1943.
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HMCS Stellarton, November 1944.
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HMCS Linaria, 1943.
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HMCS Cobourg, August 1944.
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HMCS Drumheller, February 1944.
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HMCS Eyebright, October 1944.
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HMCS Sherbrooke, September 1944.
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HMCS Kitchener, February 1944.
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HMCS Sorel, April 1944.
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Flower Class Corvette Kenogami K-125, sent in by Bill
Logan. |
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Castle Class Corvette Kincardine K-490, sent in by
Bill Logan |
Castle Class Corvette Kincardine K-490, sent in by
Bill Logan, whose father served on Kincardine in 1945. |
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The Crew of HMCS Chilliwack, 1944. Thanks
to Scott McMurdo. |
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HMCS WETASKIWIN
Information sent in by Elmer Shideler. My
brother -- Ralph L. Shideler, of St. John, Nb, Canada -- served the entire
World War 2 in the R.C.N. For the most time he was on the Barber
Pole run on convoy duty. In the last days of the war, his ship was
on the Murmansk Run. There were 6 ships in this special little
group. They were as follows; HMCS Galt, HMCS Agassiz, HMCS
Sackville, HMCS Saguenay, HMCS Skeena and HMCS Wetaskiwin, the latter
being the only one my brother served on. Her nick-name was the Wet
Ass Queen and she had a picture of the Queen of Hearts sitting in a pool
of water, -- painted on the forward side of the bridge. Her number
was K175. (The town of Wetaskiwin is in Alberta, Canada) |
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Canadian Naval Losses During World War
II - information provided by Claude Raine.
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| Type of Ship |
Name of Ship |
Date of Loss |
Reason for
Loss |
| River
Class Destroyer |
HMCS
FRASER |
June
25th, 1940 |
Lost
in a collision with the British cruiser CALCUTTA, while participating in
the evacuation of France. 47 men lost. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
LEVIS |
September
19th, 1940 |
Torpedoed
by U74, 120 miles off Cape Farewell Greenland, resulting in 18 lives lost. |
| Auxiliary
Trawler, Minesweeper |
HMCS
BRAS D'OR |
October
19th, 1940 |
While
keeping the Romanian freighter "Ingener N. Vlassopol" under
surveillance in the Gulf of St Lawrence, the minesweeper disappeared. Her
last know position was 40 20N - 063 50W, near Anticosti Island. Her entire
ship's company of 30 men were lost. |
| River
Class Destroyer |
HMCS
MARGAREE |
October
22nd, 1940 |
Lost
in the North Atlantic, after collision with the freighter PORT FAIRY,
while escorting the five ship convoy OL.8. 142 of her ship's company were
lost, many of which were survivor's of FRASER's tragic sinking. |
| Armed
Yacht |
HMCS
OTTER |
March
26th, 1941
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Destroyed
by an accidental explosion and fire, off Halifax. Two Officers and 17 men
were lost. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
WINDFLOWER |
December
7th, 1941 |
While
escorting convoy SC.58, she was rammed by Dutch freighter Zypenberg in
dense fog off the Grand Banks. She was sunk, and 23 of her ship's company
were lost. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
SPIKENARD |
February
10th, 1942 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U136, south of Iceland, while escorting convoy SC.67. There
were only eight survivors. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
CHARLOTTETOWN |
September
11th, 1942 |
Torpedoed
and sunk in the St. Lawrence, near Cap Chat Quebec, by U517. She had just
delivered a convoy to Rimouski and was returning to Gaspe. Nine of her
ship's company were lost. |
| Armed
Yacht |
HMCS
RACCOON |
September
7th, 1942 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U 165, while escorting convoy QS.33 in the St. Lawrence River.
There were no survivors. |
| River
Class Destroyer |
HMCS
OTTAWA |
September
13th , 1942 |
Sunk
by U91 in the North Atlantic, while escorting convoy ON.127. Lost at about
2330 on 13th September, 1942 due to enemy action being hit by two
torpedoes. 114 of her Ship's Company lost. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
LOUISBURG |
February
6th, 1943 |
Attacked
and sunk by Italian aircraft east of Oran, while escorting a convoy from
Gibraltar to Bone, Algeria. 38 of her ship's company were lost. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
WEYBURN |
February
22nd, 1943 |
Lost
to a mine off Gibraltar. Seven of her ship's company were lost. |
| Town
Class Destroyer |
HMCS
ST. CROIX |
September
20th, 1943 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U305, south of Iceland, while escorting convoy ON.202. Five
officers and 76 men were rescued by HMS ITCHEN, but only one of these
survived the loss of the ITCHEN two days later. |
| Bangor
Class Minesweeper |
HMCS
CHEDABUCTO |
October
21st, 1943 |
Sunk
after night collision with the cable vessel LORD KELVIN, 30 miles from
Rimouski, Quebec. One officer was lost. |
| Tribal
Class Destroyer |
HMCS
ATHABASKAN |
April
29th, 1944 |
Sunk
by a torpedo from German torpedo boat T24, while operating in the English
Channel. Her captain and 128 men were lost, 83 taken prisoner and 44 men
rescued by HMCS HAIDA. |
| River
Class Frigate |
HMCS
VALLEYFIELD |
May
7th, 1944 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U548, 50 miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland. 125 of her
ship's company lost. |
| Motor
Torpedo Boat |
MTB
460 |
July
1st, 1944 |
Lost
to a mine in the English Channel. The commanding officer and 9 men were
lost. |
| Motor
Torpedo Boat |
MTB
463 |
July
7th, 1944 |
Lost
to a mine in the English Channel. No crew was lost, although 5 men were
wounded. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
REGINA |
August
8th, 1944 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U667, off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England. Thirty of her
ship's company were lost. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
ALBERNI |
August
21st, 1944 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U480, southeast of the Isle of Wight. 59 of her ship's company
were lost.
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| River
Class Destroyer |
HMCS
SKEENA |
October
25th, 1944 |
Wrecked
in a storm, and grounded near Reykjavik, Iceland. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
SHAWINIGAN |
November
25th, 1944 |
While
on independent anti-submarine patrol in the Cabot Strait, she was
torpedoed and sunk by U1228. All hands were lost. |
| BANGOR
Class Minesweeper |
HMCS
CLAYOQUOT |
December
24th, 1944 |
Torpedoed
and sunk while taking station on convoy XB.139, in the approaches to
Halifax harbour. Sunk by U806. Eight of her crew were lost. |
| Motor
Torpedo Boat |
MTB459 |
February
14th, 1945 |
Five
MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium.
Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. |
| Motor
Torpedo Boat |
MTB461 |
February
14th, 1945
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Five
MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium.
Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. |
| Motor
Torpedo Boat |
MTB462 |
February
14th, 1945 |
Five
MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium.
Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. |
| Motor
Torpedo Boat |
MTB465 |
February
14th, 1945 |
Five
MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium.
Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. |
| Motor
Torpedo Boat |
MTB466 |
February
14th, 1945 |
Five
MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium.
Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. |
| Flower
Class Corvette |
HMCS
TRENTONIAN |
February
22nd, 1945 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U1004 near Falmouth, England. Six of her ship's company were
lost. |
| BANGOR
Class Minesweeper |
HMCS
GUYSBOROUGH |
March
17th, 1945 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U878 in the English Channel off Ushant. Fifty-one of her
ship's company were lost. |
| BANGOR
Class Minesweeper |
HMCS
ESQUIMALT |
April
16th, 1945 |
Torpedoed
and sunk by U190, five miles off Chebucto Head, near Halifax. Forty-four
of her ship's company were lost. |
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Naval Historians, Crew & Family
Noticeboard
Notice
Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of Canadian Navy ships.
This website is not part of any governmental body or official websites of
the Royal Canadian Navy.
Photographs and information on historical events
about Canadian naval ships requested for this new website. If you have any information you
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MESSAGES
HMCS ARROWHEAD.. I am looking for pictures and
information on the crew of the HMCS Arrowhead. My father Leo Caine
was a crew member on this ship. He passed away in 1965 and I am
trying ti retrieve any information I can about his days in the
Navy. You can email me any information at lcaine@shaw.ca
RCN CORVETTES... I am an old US merchant mariner who rode the
north Atlantic convoys under the protection of those little corvettes
and their load of depth charges. I just wish to express my belated
appreciation and thanks to the guys who had the guts to ride the north
Atlantic in winter in those small craft. Richard Harris
HMCS SHERBROOKE... I
am interested in any information regarding the above Corvette from WWll. I
believe my grandfather, Eric McKay Donald, was the commander. I
have some old photos and newspaper clippings. Would love to
contact any of her personnel.
contact here
HMCS LOUISBURG.... I was wondering If you had any info
on my uncle's boat. His name is Michael Regan and was one of the
survivors on the Louisberg. (Flower class corvette Feb.6,1943).
Mike Gregory. contact
here
HMCS ORILLIA... Do you have any information on the
HMCS Orillia? My dad served on her and I am interested in any
information on the ship. You can e-mail me at Marrie153@hotmail.com
**HMCS Orillia was built at the Canadian Yard Collingwood. She
survived the war and was either converted or broken up between 1945 -
1956.
HMCS TRENTONIAN.. I am looking for information on Trentonian
which my uncle served on. Any info e-mail me at crazy_kayla41@hotmail.com
HMCS CHEBOGUE.. HMCS HAMILTON.. I am looking for information
on my father who served on both ships during WW2. Pictures, crew lists,
survival lists after Chebogue was torpedoed. Anything would be greatly
appreciated. Contact me at pamnlee2002@yahoo.ca
HMCS OAKVILLE. JOSEPH H PURDY. My Grandfather served on RCN
Oakville during WW2, I am looking for information on Oakville and its
crew. So I can compile a personal book of memorabilia for my grandfather
for his 85th birthday in February. I do know the ship took a German
U-Boat in the Caribbean (U-94) on August 28th 1942. if you can help with
photo's or information on this ship and its crew please contact me.
Tracy Purdy Oickle at coickle@ns.sympatico.ca
HMCS SPIKENARD. CAN YOU HELP. I am looking for
information of HMCS Spikenard and any photos of the ship or its crew
during WW2. Please contact Barbara Izzard ar r_bm_izzard@compuserve.com
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