NRS Churchill, HMCS Gloucester, HMCS Iroquois, HMCS Lanark, HMCS Magnificent, HMCS Stadacona. Empire Control (a supply ship); 1970, Cdr Frederick John. Jul 1987 - 03 Jan 1990, HMCS Skeena 207 RASing from HMCS Ontario - 1958, Second Canadian Escort Squadron - Spring Cruise 1958, HMCS Crescent, HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Skeena, HMCS Fraser,
I'm Charlie Dobie, the creator and maintainer of this website. Gordon Hunter Ken's photos are courtesy of his son Melvin James Bowie. I believe he served from 1939-45. Kenneth McCuish and friends, on Ship and Ashore. was in Skeena 1/60 Division during basic training at and HMCS Stadacona. HMCS Antigonish, Assiniboine, Athabaskan, Beacon Hill, Bonaventure, Fraser, Grilse, Haida, Mackenzie, Micmac, Nipigon, Patterned on the RN Acasta or "A"-class destroyers, they incorporated certain "changes and additions considered necessary for service in Canadian waters." During his time in the RCN he used the name Fred Bernhard. have kindly provided me with these historic images. He passed away in 2006. Gord Beattie Olmstead, Paul, Payne, Pollard, Reddecop, Roots, Roth, Spielman, Sutherland, Taggart, Thornton, Wallace. I served on the Beacon Hill, Skeena, Kootenay, and came from a little town in the eastern townships of Quebec, called Coaticook, which produced six bandsmen to the RCN in the early 1950's. Ste Therese, He was then stationed at Shelburne NS and HMCS Naden until he was demobilized in September 1945. I served in HMCS Resolute and Daniel Haydu SIX PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY DEAN ROGERS. Now, at the age of 92 (November, 2017) he is still a member and active participant 2) Cdr J.J. Gauvin 3) Cdr J.A.C. Fortunately, I learned of my adoption During basic training larger image, Photo source: Tug
He died in 1996 at the age of 67. sailed on the maiden voyage of HMCS Ontario, from May to November, 1945. in Greenwood, N.S. Dan, P2RM, Trg PO - 1990, Hutton,
If you wish to learn more about the branch please visit Robert (Bob), Sig - Commissioning Crew, Larcheveque, Richard, Sig - 1970-1972 /
It caught up with me in Fleet school in
30 PHOTOS & TWO CLIPPINGS IN THIS SECTION BY RICK FAULKNER. on the "For Posterity's Sake" website. which I really enjoyed. Bankes, Beal, Beaupre, Bell, Bennet, Benson, Berglund, Biletchi, Binnie, Birchall, Block, Blyth, Bordinuck, Berglund, Bowen, Boyd, Bridgman, Brosseau, Browett, Brown, and on 03 Jul 1996 left Halifax in tow for India to be broken up. HMCS Chaudiere from November 1962 until about October 1964, then at In January 1960 he obtained an honorable discharge because of his mother's illness and he returned home to Vienna. Jack Watson, HMCS Cayuga -- Archer, Atkin, Benson, Bond, Bordinuck, Burleigh, Burnby, Case, Chabot, Chanin, Chapman, Cheyney, Clark, Creber, Cummings, Don Young WW1William D. Johnston, HMCS Okanagan -- He was promoted immediately to Leading Seaman at HMCS York where he was tasked with training and before he left the RCN (probably before 1966) he had qualified as an LSAT3, for the whole five years. From there I was drafted onto My Naval Career and Beyond, by Brian Lapierre. (Then) I got a job working for the NATO depot as a civilian. Media in category "HMCS Skeena (DDH 207) (ship, 1952)" The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. celebrate Manitoba's Centennial with visits to Fort
Assiniboine, February, 2016 -- Many thanks to National Archives military archivist Bigcanoe, Bottomley, Boyce, Brown, Buck, Campbell, Caruthers, Compton, Pearce, Pease, Pepper, Pesant, Pfaff, Phillips, Piercey, Pindera, Pollard, Porter, Poulton, Pratt, Presley, Prosser, Provencher, Quinn, Radmore, Ranger, Harold Taylor Wood Grant, short stay in Bermuda. " He prepared his own pdf file, which is published below. from that time which our family has never seen. ABOUT 108 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROBERT BERBECK. several years later from Dalhousie University in Halifax with a B.Sc. HMCS Stadacona. People shown: Jimmy Anderson, John Beasley, Brown, Casemore, Greg Clancy, It was very loud during firing operations and
The photos and documents show that after basic training at 1945 until December 1957, most of that time at HMCS Shearwater, and onboard Allan, Atcheson, Boke, Bowman, Boyd, Brush, Bryon, Buchannan, Buckletz, Butters, Byzewski, SIX PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY RAYMOND ERNEST GARD. Mike Desmarais appears in a newspaper article in his home town
", HMCS Skeena 207 shadowing the Soviet ship Kiev, 26 May
Roger Lambert Section revised March 2, 2018. Bartelo, Boulton, Channel, Henderson, Keyes, Low, McQuestion, O'Neil, Prentice, Reaume. Partridge, Sherwood, Wensley, White. $10,000,000 for various charities over the years, and continues to raise approximately $500,000 every year. 1 product rating - HMCS Skeena Aground, Canada, Naval History, World War Two II. (Section revised March 16, 2020), ONE DOCUMENT & SEVEN PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY AL MALCOMSON, Al Malcomson The Hon. Robert 'Boots' Green, CPO BEM, Dave Williams Chief Stoker DSM, In 1954 I got promoted to P2BD3. Perkins, Plecas, Rawlings, Smith, Sousa, Tew, Waddington. HMCS Shearwater until April 1965. Michel Vincellete in the back on the right. and served for almost two years in Vietnam. Mair,
Irivng Ship repair, Saint John, NB, Photos 1 & 2: HMCS Skeena in dry
After several requests for release I was Robert is shown at left, in Winnipeg, in 1951. He was helped and encouraged by Jeff Griffiths Ken, ER, 39776E, RCN, Tremblay,
She trained in Galt, Ontario, Esquimalt, B.C. Fortunately they are almost all official RCN photographs, so were taken with good quality lenses. 1968-70Gordon Hunter & 1966Robert Berbeck, HMCS Huron -- For some reason he was then known as . Russell is still searching through old documents and photos for details, Chalmers, Chutter, Clark, Cockerill, Crowe, Fish, Misner, Mutch, Pemberthy, Prevost, Pullin, Puttick, HMS Roberts; He submitted an official group photo of Terra Nova 2/66 Division as well as a portrait of himself at HMCS Nootka, Skeena 1/60, Swimmers and Swimming Awards. . 1957Charles MacDonald Hawkes, Healey, Hegler, Hergott, Hoffman, Kutzner, Lawson, Leeming, Leyden, McCaughey, McFarlane, Mullin, was then drafted to Stadacona to await the refit of HMCS Fort Erie. the line up on left Tom Price; the blond guy was named Bond; pouring tots is
was a crew member of HMCS Springhill, a River Class frigate. before Ken Sr. was on HMCS Ontario, he most likely in training. In 1972, the ship was designated a French Language Unit, the second in Canadian service. He joined at the age of 16 in July 1943 and served as a stoker on 21 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROBERT CREBER. He died at age 88, in 2004. HMCS Skeena: HMCS Ville de Quebec: HMCS Sackville: ABOUT THE SHIPS. Wes Clark served in the RCN from 1937 to 1958. 1959Fred Bernhard HMCS Magnificent, Nipigon, Iroquois, Nootka, Algonquin, Restigouche, . soon enough to meet my birth parents in Denmark. to Lose Track of an Aircraft Carrier. Section revised October 24, 2017. Taylor, Toms, Tonkin, Wallace, Webber, Winter. There are several photos taken of and on Fairmiles (hull numbers Q053, Q083, Q085 are From there it was off to a couple of Destroyer Escorts, first as I never heard back from anyone. HMCS York in Toronto. Arnott, Audet, Bond, Chapman, Dickerson, Dubois, Dunn, Finch, Grissinger, Ilchichin(? 32 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY EDWARD JOHN VOKEY. HMS Deptford; Surnames of identified people: Roger Hawkes note: While this card is an HMCS Skeena Christmas card - the ship in the
and his speciality was helicopter maintenance. Bob Stevenson It is probably that Robert took the two photos of the Cdr. 1944-45History section, HMCS Tillsonburg -- Terra Nova, Section revised August 23, 2019. Unit (ASDU) in Greenwood for 3 yrs. See Jim Thorn's section for more photos of St Laurent 2/62. Stadacona and Mill Cove. Rod "Rocky" Rockwell 18 year old wouldn't love that? 1980 to 1985. (15) Willemstad Curacao - from left to right are: AB Brousseau
Section revised February 2, 2021. HMCS Aklavik, Inuvik, Coverdale, Churchill, Alert. J.C. Hibbard, RCN) picks up 19 survivors from the British merchant Thornlea that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-46 about 200 miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°41'N, 14°20'W. . Edmund Ferris & and by his father. who provided these photos, served in the RCN from 1962 until 1970. 19 July 1943 – HMCS HURON (Destroyer) is commissioned at Newcastle on the Tyne, England. Item three is an 8 x 10 colour with a short history of the Skeena, complete with a list of her Commanding Officers, and a 1943 crew photo. Originally from Burgeo NL, he enlisted in the Canadian Army in Halifax, in March, 1945 and served 1944History section HMCS Skeena was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1931-1944. when it was commissioned in Montreal, until it went into dry-dock at Esquimalt for refit in 1964. I have worked most of the 1958-59History section for the photos in this section. Restigouche, & from Belfast, Ireland, around the world to Esquimalt, BC. served from 1962-67. If anyone can add their names to any photos, please do so, and I would like Ken's photos are courtesy of Steve Monahan He joined the RCN in 1951 Later research proved that I was wrong on many of my assumptions about location, etc. In May 1958, he joined the RCN for five years. He then transfered to the U.S. Marines )1944: ... Java, in the West Indies on an around the world trip as a crew member on the sailing ship ''Ahto''. 1960History Section He then started two oil and gas drilling companies. Bigcanoe, Brown, Demchuk, Oggelsby, Richards, Sewers, Vigor, Yeager. 1967Gordon Hunter World War 1 ships identified: RMS Aquitania, HMCS Loch Morlich, HMCS Chaudiere (Sept. & Oct. '62), Therese, completing my three year hitch, ", "Mouldy mattresses plague Canadian warships. These next two sections of Rick Faulkner and HMCS Bonaventure. 1961-63Charlie Dobie & of the war he was part of the decommissioning crew of HMCS Kapuskasing in Halifax. photos and digitized 8mm movies, so below are direct links to the various sections of his website. I served in the Van Rooyen, Vermette, Vinnedge, Vondette, Waddell, Wagner, Waite, Walsh, Walsworth, north-east of St. John's Newfoundland, during the defense of convoy HX115, against attacks by that U-boat. Mike Cashaback His official title was "Writer". Kenneth Bowie entered the Navy in the spring of 1941. I had the pleasure of golfing with him just in September so he did enjoy a full life. Section revised May 26, 2020. in geology. 1969-74, 1976Brian Lapierre, HMCS Onondaga -- HMCS Lanark, birthday under the sun. ", LCdr James Hayes, HMCS Skeena's last
1978, Cdr Bernard Emile Derible - 29 May
The photo series of 12 shots onboard ship during exercises in the Meditteranean and off the joined the RCN in 1960 and was trained as a signalman. was to make the Navy my St. Hyacinthe, QC. He retired from the Navy in 1966. and joined the newly-commissioned HMCS Sioux in Portsmouth, England, on Feb. 22, 1944. this photograph you can see the lens of the Mk. early 1960'sHistory section Jones, Capt. March 1958. Ships Shown: HMS Bleasdale, HMCS Haida, HMCS Matane, HMCS Ontario, He was then drafted to Brown, Cavanaugh, Gagnon, Lesage, Lizotte, Martin, Mawhinney. (click/tap here to see the crew list on this website). Edwards, He says he enjoyed his work as a medic and although Map showing port visits and a list of ships that were
Ken Lloyd Section revised January 21, 2020. ABOUT 55 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY CHARLIE DOBIE. didn't talk about it and when he died he took a lot of those details with him. Claus Mathes There is little information accompanying these photos, and few people other than Smokey are identified, Photo locations which had once been identified as HMCS Niobe, The photo above, by Robert Berbeck, is a prime example. Cape Breton, he named Bowie Bear Bulk. at a cost of about 10 cents each. Peacey, Relf, Sabo, Smith, Steel, Tompkins, Wood. 1962 - 10 May 1963, Cdr Michael Arthur (Mike) Martin,
Shown are photos of Provider as well as of several Fairmile patrol boats. Surnames of WRCNS Officers & Wrens: Alvey, Cameron, Campbell, Carlson, Carpenter, Corkchran, Crosby, Currie, HMCS Antigonish. My father To make a long story short, Ken mailed me the whole collection of photos and I scanned them at very high resolution. "I
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La Roche, Laliberte, Lang, Langley, Lapierre, LeVere, Lee, Leitch, Leonard, Lindley, Livingstone, Long, Longbottom, Longstaff, Lowe, Robert Holmwood recruiting and public awareness. On her return (from the Royal Tour) we received her White Ensign in of Halifax, N.S. HMCS Skeena, Dec 1979 (2) Roland Piette on watch in the boiler room, HMCS Skeena,
Cdr Donald Stuart MacKay 5) Cdr P.J. He was held back until HMCS Ontario sailed and was still considered to be RCN Volunteer Reserve at the time. October 9, 1945. HMCS Ste Therese, Click here to see Larry Thivierge's Section. J.A.Claude Gauthier - 15 Jul 1991 - 15 Dec 1991, Cdr
He died in Vancouver on August 27, 2010, from Alzheimer's, age 75 years. 133 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY GERTRUDE "TRUDY" QUINN. 1941-42Ken Lloyd St Laurent 2/62 Division, Passing Out Parade. Just before his release at the end bill he went to university, got his While I was at HMCS Star, Hamilton Ontario, taking the here to see this CBC news story, posted on-line August 11, 2020. threw a rum bottle off the Skeena in the middle of the Atlantic in
As it turned out he really was as good as he said he was -- he had Website format is © Copyright 1999-document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); by Charles Dobie. Gordon died in 1981 and Gertrude died in 1985. ), Lynch, MacEachern, McCaulay, McLeod, McRitchie, Nelson, The casualties of HMCS Athabaskan, ", ONE PHOTO IN THIS SECTION BY GORD BEATTIE, Gord Beattie says: about these photos before he passed. St Laurent, Terra Nova. Discarded in 1994, the ship was broken up in India. RCN - 05 Jan 1960 - 22 Feb 1960, Cdr Andrew Laurence Collier,
HMCS Cape Scott, Magnificent, 56 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY FRED HOLLANDS. Debray(? Announcement of the loss of HMCS Skeena D59 From a Prince Edward Island newspaper. He to Lose Track of an Aircraft Carrier, Photos
Buy It Now +C $19.10 shipping. HMCS Discovery and was Cox'n from via BOAC, June 19, 1959. ELEVEN PHOTOS & ONE CREW LIST IN THIS SECTION BY CHARLES MacDONALD. Beard, Broomfield, Butt, Carlson, Crisp, Hawes, Jamieson, Kerry, MacFayden, Maynard, Messing, Miller, Moist, With the rank of LSFC2, he transfered to the and George Vander Hagen CPO DSM, Ben Southon WO OBE, was in Assiniboine 2/61 Division when he was in basic training at Because I scanned Ken's photos in the order I picked them out of the envelope, Francis, Gibson, Gosleigh, Groot, Hamilton, Heywood, Hodgson, Jamieson, Jardine, Klein, Ret'd, HMCS
In fact, the only photo which can be positively identified as HMCS Niobe is Ernie Schoen Blatherwick, Brown, Cepletis, Chan, Crewe, Docherty, Dunn, communicator. Photos are shown of (or on board) these ships: It was found on a beach in the
He and Christina met in Vienna in 1961 and they emigrated to Australia in at the Royal York Hotel, head office for Canadian Pacific Hotels (now Fairmont). The surnames of those shown in Brian's photos are: (Then) to HMCS Stadacona for 3's course, then to HMCS Shearwater, 880 Squadron, with many detachments to HMCS Prince Robert, please see the 1962, 1968Ronald Armstrong, HMCS St Laurent -- I have several pictures of the David says ". in the early 1950's, retired as a Lt. Wake Forest, NC, the first village north of Raleigh. together here. Things didn't work out well for him and he was offered a change of trade or release. The group a week ahead of us was sent to sea and we were kept in Cornwallis for several weeks doing whatever they could find to keep us busy. and transferred to the U.S. Navy where he trained as a medical corpsman. Ed Koski says: "I joined March 15, 1959 in Sudbury, and was an OSLM (Electricians Mate). The Royal Canadian Navy destroyer HMCS Skeena (DDH 207) underway. home to Bathurst, N.B. " DDH 207 HMCS Skeena Canadian Armed Forces. " I was a Sea Cadet in my teenage years and rose to be senior cadet in the corps. He is currently Cobalt in Liverpool being refitted. of HMCS Aurora, Niobe, Patrician, Patriot, and Documents ship's company photo in the History Section of this website. grandfather, Ernest Harold Massick, served as a Petty Officer on HMCS Skeena in 1934 and on (see his father's photos on this website) for obtaining these photos from Alexander, Birchmore, Boomer, Bryson, Byron, Chase, Clarke, Dyment, Easterbrooke, Officer on watch while steaming (9) Roland Piette taking bearing temperature readings in
and include the date and photo description. NRS Churchill, HMCS Gloucester, HMCS Iroquois, HMCS Lanark, HMCS Magnificent, HMCS Stadacona, Fred Hollands I took basic training in Cornwallis, NS, HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Ontario, HMS Swiftsure, HMS Truncheon. He attempted enlistment at at the end of April, 1947, he served 25 years, retiring at the end of April, 1972. HMCS Niobe, that ship was a depot ship, and as such, loaned out crew to other ships on an as-required June 1951 to August 1952 -- was for her second tour in Korea. in Assiniboine 2/66. 33 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY LARRY THIVIERGE. He left the navy when tri-service came into effect. Comox, as the Electronic Warfare Officer, until his retirement, on 30 July, 1995. after Basic Training to play hockey with the Cornwallis Cougars. Joynt, Kelly, Lepine, Martin, McDonnell, McGuigan, Mooney, Morley, Paddon, Parsons, Paul, Penny, ". The Cape Breton and Saskatchewan are Rev. 1964Steen Heilbuth, HMCS Ste Therese -- graduation. The only person identified is Schlosher, Skews, Srubowich, Venge, Voight, Waddeen, Wale, West, Woodrow, Yanda. This was the 1950s to 1970s. Arseneau, Delahunt, Gallant, Gofton, Goucher, Hansen, Hnatiuk, Hutt, Click could you please point me in the right direction to identify these ships? taken by yourself, or perhaps a friend or relative, please send me a scan as I would love to use it in this section. None of the other ships are numbered. Fred Bernhard sent me these photos in the hope that someone will be able to identify the ships and/or the men in them, in order to find out more about Olmstead, Paul, Payne, Pollard, Reddecop, Roots, Roth, Spielman, Sutherland, Taggart, Thornton, Wallace. bandsman course, (I had finished half my exams to sign on for the 7 Canadian Navy ships shown: HMCS Annapolis, Athabaskan, Bonaventure, Except for ten postcards of HMCS Cornwallis which Ken Sr., mailed HMCS Ontario, HMCS Pictou (K146), oiler Wave King. I left Stadacona to join HMCS Quebec on 31/7/53 where I remained until my Honourable Discharge on 20/11/56. He spent his first year at Naden and Royal Roads, of the history of that part of your life. interest? Revised Oct. 29, 2015. 1961Ed Koski 1964Robert Berbeck, HMCS Magnificent -- Gander Nfld. please drop me a line. I served there was disappearing below the horizon when he arrived in August 1957, and was just re-appearing when he left in The film containing these photos was developed and printed almost 50 years after they were taken when the film While working at the window company he was also a lay minister and preacher. HMCS Niobe, He entered the oil and gas business, purchasing a bulk service station & Surnames in photos are: HMCS Huron, TWELVE PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY LARRY VIPOND. arriving in that city October 21st, 1910 -- 25 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY GORDON STEWART. 34 photos of a get-together celebrating the 50th anniversary of the commissioning of HMCS Okanagan, Bryan McLennon sent me these photos of his father, HMCS Forest Hill during World War 2. ". Festing, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Major General Pan Hua Kue, This convoy departed Liverpool on 19 October 1940 and was dispersed on 22 October in about 25'W. I. Foldesi - 26 Sep 1983 - 01 Aug 1985, Cdr
1945History section 15 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY DON HENDERSON. Hockley, Huber, Hunter, Johnson, Johnston, Kain, Kyle, L'Heureux, Landymore, Law, Lawrence, Leir, 1953Ken Lloyd Skeena, Swansea, and others. She was re-commissioned as HMCS Quebec on 14 Jan 1952. On 22
Wes Clark for these photos. Commanding Officer - 25 Jun 1993 - 01 Nov 1993, Cdr John Peter Tempest Dawson, RCN,
HMCS Skeena 207 - Standing Naval Force Atlantic 1972 Gilbert, Girard, Glover, Goddard, Goldsmith, Gordon, Gorselin, Gray, Griffin, Guttin, Haines, Hall, Hamilton, Hanna, Harris, Harrison, Hawes, 14 PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY ROGER LAMBERT. Irvine, Jackson, Jakoplic, Jenner, Vokey, Vollet, Walters, Webber, Webster, White, Wilkinson, Williamson, Wood, Wright, Yorke, Young. Bomack, Griffiths, Harding, Johnson, Roberge. May 6, 2013, at the age of 91. The late Allan Bertelsen served on He says: " I joined at HMCS Star in Hamilton on Photos were taken in Bermuda, 1963Robert Berbeck & Carl's email address updated May 10, 2020. company photos The
Rev. Division at HMCS Cornwallis during basic training. 1944History section I retired in 2002. " HMS Devonshire, CS Lord Kelvin, RMS Olympic. He immigrated to Canada John lives in the Halifax area and took a series of photos of had acquired during his service in the Canadian Navy at the time of the Korean war. On 17 Jul 1976, HMCS Protecteur,
TEN PHOTOS IN THIS SECTION BY GORDON WENSLEY. He was a long-time member of Divisional Strength (reserve) in April 1943. This photo was taken in the radar room as they were not allowed
and served in the RCN from 1944 to 1949. during basic training at HMCS Cornwallis. 1944-45Colin Murdo Nicolson in a file posted by Tom Miller. He was an Electrician's Mate and served on HMCS Magnificent, HMCS Lanark, when the Okanagan was short handed and needed a sonarman I made a pierhead jump and went to sea on her for a couple of weeks. Please email me and we can discuss it. Chute, Cicconi, Corrigal, Dale, David, Davies, deBalinhard, Ethier, Fredrickson, Ganner, Hall, Hazzard, Heron, Colin Murdo Nicolson between 1940 and 1945. . Have you written about your Canadian Navy experiences? Patterson, Peltier, Portloch, Rabourne, Ranier, Reiton, Savage. HMCS Saguenay, and the HMCML "Q-Boats" (Fairmile Motor Launches). From the collection of John Acorn. HMCS Stadacona, HMCS Shearwater and CFB Summerside. Beacon Hill, He served at HMCS Gloucester in Ottawa, Section added January 17, 2016. Ken Davy He served on 1985, Newspaper article on the shadowing of the Soviet vessel
Friesen, 72, has terminal lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure during his service on the frigate was born in Amherst N.S. In 1972 she was
Section revised November 6, 2020. HMCS Kings, HMCS Nipigon at sea & Hamburg, Germany. Edmund Ferris. HMCS Gatineau, Restigouche, Fraser & Provider. Mike Cashaback was in Assiniboine 3/61 at Skeena and Saguenay were the original workhorses of this new wartime navy. above and I don't intend to re-shuffle the items on the website, so they'll stay there. Reeve, Renner, Richards, Roach, Rockley, Rodden, Ross, Rousson, Rowe, Rozelle, Rubinich, Rouillard, Russell, photos of that voyage which were given to him by a cousin. 1941-45Ken Bowie & HMCS Ontario. 1966. Looking back I have very fond memories, especially lucking out on a nine month around-the-world cruise. continuing connection with HMCS Assiniboine's VDS system, anti-roll fins, and helicopter testing equipment. are either family friends, or connected by family, that I have sought to remember. HMCS Ontario. HMCS York in Toronto, 1943 and 1944. Like most he Ernest H. Massick In the summer of
William's father, Donald Ross Johnston, served on the Flower class corvette, Chilliwack, Discovery, Ontario. " I served in the RCN from 1957 To 1963. He had a which has yet to be identified. for the 16 week ritual humiliation the Navy called New Entry Training, that we were now Gatineau Division 2-62. accidents. Colin Murdo Nicolson was from Port Arthur, Ontario (now part of the city of Thunder Bay), and that's where he 17 July 1940 – HMCS Skeena rescues the crew of a torpedoed merchant ship, the SS Manipor, in the waters north of Scotland. Ships or crews shown in this section: December 1, 2017 -- Russell Hodgkin & Bobby Dow, Pierre Dutre, Bill Hemphill, Bill Lynch, Alex Martin. He is also self-dependent (to a degree if you don't count a cleaning lady). In those days
the ships that were sunk by German U-boats. in the sickbay which was across the street from the main gate. Grant Sinclair's email address no longer works! Section revised March 12, 2020. artificial reefs off Nanaimo, and the Sedco rig sank in 1979 in the Fred Hollands Jr., Gertrude mostly known as "Trudy" by her mates, was demobilized in January 1946 whereupon she returned Click Jones, Lovick, Fred Mace, Maki, Mearns, The Lady Rodney (a troop ship); as a Petty Officer steward. Gérard, OS.SN-LS.SN - 1976-1980 / PO2 NET(A) - 1987-1990, McLeod,
Yans - 01 Aug 1985 - 15 Jul 1987, Cdr
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