HMCS AMBLER
Q11 / Z32
Armed
Yacht
HMCS AMBLER Z32
RCN Photo
Built: 1922
Commissioned: 06 May 1940
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Paid off: 20
Jul 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1947. Final disposition unknown |
Built by Tebo Yacht Casin Co.,
Brooklyn, NY, the yacht Cinthia was acquired by the RCN and commissioned on 06 May 1940 at Midland.
On 30 May 1940, her CO was listed as S.N.O. River Patrols. She was converted
and armed at Quebec City, leaving on 20 Jul 1940 for Rivière du Loup,
where she was to be based for patrol duties on the St. Lawrence
River. In Oct 1941 she was transferred to Halifax as tender to
HMCS STADACONA and, in 1942 to HMCS CORNWALLIS as a training ship.
She was paid off to reserve at Sydney on 20 Jul 1945 and sold into
Greek registry in 1947.
Photos and Documents
The Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
A/Lt Roy Stanley
Kelly, RNVR - 06 May 1940 - 29 May 1940
A/Cdr Henry
W. S. Soulsby, RCN - 30 May
1940 - 23 Jul 1940
LCdr Eric George Mackay Donald, RCN - 24 Jul 1940 - 11 Oct 1940
LCdr T.H. Beament, RCNVR - 12 Oct
1940 - 17 Nov 1940
LCdr
LLorenzo Lysons
Atwood, RCNVR - 10 Mar 1941 - 28 Sep 1941
CH/Skpr A.C.A. Chouinard, RCNR - 29 Sep
1941 - 18 May 1942
Lt Angus Hetherington
Rankin, RCNVR - 19 May 1942 - 26 Jul 1942 |
Lt Walter Juchereau Kingsmill, RCNVR - 27 Jul
1942 - 26 Oct 1942
LCdr J.E.
Mitchell, RCNVR - 27 Oct 1942 - 29 Nov 1942
Lt A.M.
Kirkpatrick, RCNVR - 30 Nov 1942 - 08 Mar 1943
Lt William
Thomas
Cook, RCNVR - 09 Mar 1943 - 05 May 1943
Lt Roger Montpetit, RCNVR - 06 May
1943 - 25 Feb 1945
Lt Eric
Keith
Forbes, DSC, RCNVR - 26 Feb 1945 - 02 Apr 1945
Lt Stephen
H. Jagger, RCNVR, RCNVR
- 03 Apr 1945 - 20 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Ashton, Percy
G. |
Bedbrook,
Robert A. |
Bonnell, Charles E.
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Drouillard,
Leo J. A.
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Earp,
Ralph N.
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Edwards,
Charles
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Fitzgerald, Gerald
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Hayes,
Christopher |
Kent,
Donald A. |
Lawrence
Frank W.
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MacWilliam
Jack E. I.
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Magill,
Harry O.
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Munro, William
J.
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Parks, Norman
R.
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Pike,
Brenton J.
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Rimmer,
Arthur W.
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Sebastiano,
Frank C.
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Stewart,
Kenneth W.
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Stone,
Robert P.
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Wolfhard,
William H.
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Wood, John
A.
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Former Crew Members
Campbell,
Robert Baird, A/Lt, RCNR - 01 Jun 1940
Dequirt,
P. E., OS, V54505, RCNVR - 1943
Green,
Louis E., Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 05 Apr 1941
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Jagger,
Stewart Hamilton, Skpr/Lt, RCNVR - 15 Apr 1943
Levesque,
Joseph Ange Maurice, A/Mate, RCNR - 17 Jun 1940
Montpetit,
Roger, Lt, RCNVR - 22 Mar 1943
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Pretty,
Kendall Alexander, SLt, RCNVR - 07 May 1942
Thompson,
Francis Wilfred, A/SLt, RCNVR - 08 Jun 1940
Waller,
Dalton McFarlane, SLt, RCNVR - 08 Mar 1944
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Photos
and Documents
HMCS AMBLER Q11
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