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HMCS
ANTIGONISH K661 / 301
River
Class / Prestonian Class Frigate
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BE WORTHY
Post wartime badge |
HMCS ANTIGONISH K661
RCN Photo
Crown Copyright - negative #
E-7211-8 Click on the above
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Battle honours and awards: Gulf of St.
Lawrence 1944, Atlantic 1945
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Laid down: 2
Oct 1943
Launched: 10
Feb 1944
Commissioned: 04
Jul 1944
Paid off:
05 Feb 1946
Re-commissioned:
26 Apr 1947
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Paid
off: 15 Jan 1954
Re-commissioned: 12
Oct 1957
Paid off: 30
Nov 1966
Fate: Broken up in Japan in 1968 |
Commissioned at Victoria on 04
Jul 1944, she
arrived at Halifax on 22 Aug 1944, and, after undergoing minor
repairs, sailed for Bermuda in mid-Oct 1944 to work up. On her return
to Halifax on 02 Nov 1944, she joined EG 16, transferring with the
group to Londonderry in Mar, 1945. During the next three months ANTIGONISH
was employed on patrol and support duty, including two
round trips to Gibraltar. She left Londonderry in mid-Jun 1945 and on
03 Jul 1945 began tropicalization refit at Pictou, completing 17 Nov
1945. On 22 Dec 1945 she left for Esquimalt and there, on 05 Feb 1946, was paid off into reserve. She re-commissioned for training on
26 Apr 1947, and was paid off on 15 Jan 1954. The ship was
converted, 1956-57, to a Prestonian class ocean escort, and again
took up her training role until finally paid off on 30 Nov
1966. She was broken up in Japan in 1968.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos Ship's
Bells
Commissioning
Programme - 12 Oct 1957
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Raiffe Dillon Barrett,
RCNR - 04 Jul 1944 - 04 May 1945
A/LCdr James Alexander Dunn,
RCNVR - 05 May 1945 - 22 Jul 1945
A/LCdr Gordon Guthrie Keith Holder,
RCNVR - 13 Aug 1945 - 28 Oct 1945
A/Cdr Anthony Hubert Gleadow
Storrs, RCN - 29 Oct 1945 - 06 Feb 1946
A/LCdr John Elford Wolfenden,
RCNR - 26 Apr 1947 - 16 Aug 1947
LCdr C.A. Law, DSC,
RCN - 17 Aug 1947 - 03 Dec 1948
LCdr W.S.T. McCully,
RCN - 04 Dec 1948 - 27 Sep 1950
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LCdr Raymond Phillips,
RCN - 28 Sep 1950 - 03 Aug 1952
LCdr Harry Romeyn Beck,
RCN - 04 Aug 1952 - 15 Jan 1954
LCdr Robert William James Cocks,
RCN - 12 Oct 1957 - 16 Aug 1960
LCdr G.M. De Rosenroll,
RCN - 17 Aug 1960 - 08 Aug 1961
LCdr E.M. Jones,
RCN - 09 Aug 1961 - 27 Aug 1963
LCdr H.J. Wade,
RCN - 24 Aug 1963 - 26 Apr 1964
LCdr Paul Lancelot Steele McCulloch,
RCN - 27 Apr 1964 - 02 Sep 1945
LCdr J.L. Donald,
RCN - 03 Sep 1965 - 30 Nov 1966 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Calderbank,
Kenneth R.
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Campbell,
Albert P.
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Campbell,
Beverley G.
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Chalmers,
James H.
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Chandler,
Thomas H. |
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Chupick,
Michael L.
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Clarkson,
Henry L.
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Cluff,
Charles T.
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Cocks,
Robert W. J.
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Colclough,
Frederick J.
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Costin,
Frank W.
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Cote,
Joseph J. P.
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Cox,
Peter S.
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Crossley,
Arthur F.
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Crossley,
Sidney R.
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Crawford,
Galered G.
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Curry,
Walter
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L'Heureux,
Edward J.
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Larone, Ronald T.
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Law, C. Anthony F.
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Lawrence,
James
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Lawrence,
John S.
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Leigh,
Laithwood L.
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Lesiuk,
Dmeytro
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Lesoway,
Peter
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Logie, David
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Lourme,
Ernest P.
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Lundy,
John G.
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MacDonald,
James H.
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Mainguy,
Daniel N.
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Mason,
John W. R.
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Massender,
Cecil N. |
McKay,
Graham A. |
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McCaw,
Hubert J.
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McLeod, Cathel
J.
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McLeod, Frank T.
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McCulloch,
Paul L.S.
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McGowan,
John J.
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McMorris,
George C.
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Meadmore,
William J.
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Minchin,
Harry L.A.
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Morran, Edward
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Myers, Edgar
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Sauder,
Wilton H.
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Schauer, Ralph |
Sears, Robert J. |
Seibel,
Arthur J.
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Semple, William G.
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Silvester,
Henry
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Smith, S. Kingston
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Smith,
Thomas G.
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Spark,
Gerald G.
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Spencer,
Donald M.
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Stanbrook,
Wilfred T.
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Stephenson, Herbert
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Storrs,
Antony H.C.
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Strain,
Robert A.
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Stuart,
Brian Paul
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Sutherland,
Raymond M.
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Former Crew Members
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Abs,
Harold, RP
Barrett,
Raiffe Dillon, A/LCdr, RCNR - 15 Jun 1944 CO / 04 Jul 1944
Bayliss,
Edwin Thomas William, Lt, RCN(R) - 26 Apr 1947
Berbeck,
Robert, Dec 1964 - Jul 1966
Burns,
Kenneth Harold, Slt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1945
Butler,
Rick
Chandler,
Alan Malcolm, Wt (E), RCN - 26 Apr 1947
Cutts,
James (Jim) Mortimer, Lt, RCN(R), 02 Jun 1947
Dobing,
Jim 
Franks,
Frederick Franz, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1944 / 04 Jul
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Gale,
Robert Read, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1944 / 04 Jul 1944
Gardiner,
John Douglas, Lt (E), RCNVR - 24 Jul 1944
Helgason,
John, ABBN - 1966
Hlasny,
Steve, OSTR - 1952
Kilpatrick,
Alexander Graham, Lt, RCN - 20 Jul 1948
Lauchlan,
Robert, War (SB), RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945
Lesperance,
Charles A.
Marchant,
Kenneth Lloyd
Margetts,
Earle Vernon, Lt (S), RCN - 29 May 1950
McDougall,
Keith, ABEM2, May 1966 - Sep 1966
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McPhedran,
Alexander, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Jun 1944 / 04 Jul 1944
Neveu,
John Leo, Lt (S), RCN - 01 Jun 1944
Schleen,
Donald C.
Simard,
Pierre Edouard Gerard, Lt, RCN(R) - 26 Apr 1947
Smedley,
Ernest, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Tilford,
N. Allan, UNTD - summer 1951
Theriault,
Robert (Bob), SG
Whiteford,
William Stuart, A/Lt, RCNVR - 15 Jun 1944 / 04 Jul 1944
Wilkens,
George Arthur, Lt (E), RCNR - 26 Apr 1944
Wright,
John Allan, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1944 / 04 Jul 1944
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Photos
and Documents
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Christening
ceremony for baby Mark Osburn (being held by his mother) on HMCS ANTIGONISH K661, Jul 1944. His father, Lt Anthony George Osburn, XO of
ANTIGONISH, is 3rd from left. 1st on left, Tom Nichol; 1st on right LCdr
Raiffe Dillon Barrett, RCNR, CO.
From the collection of Anthony Osburn
Courtesy of Mark Osburn
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HMCS ANTIGONISH K661 - 15 Nov 1944 |
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Transcription of
newspaper article on HMCS ANTIGONISH search for survivors of HMCS
SHAWINIGAN
Source: Service file
of Tel Howard Barlow |
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Unknown sailor as Quartermaster on HMCS ANTIGONISH
K661
From the collection of Ron Critchley
Courtesy of Diane Brown |
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HMCS ANTIGONISH pulls away from the jetty -
1948
From the collection of Thomas
Smith, C2ET, RCN |
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HMCS ANTIGONISH in Drydock May
1965
Courtesy of Robert Berbeck
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Mike on HMCS ANTIGONISH 301
Courtesy of Jim Dobell |
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HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 - Welcome Aboard Booklet |
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Jim Dobell on the 4-inch guns of HMCS ANTIGONISH
in 1961
Courtesy of Jim Dobell |
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Larry Dunlop (left) and Jim Dobell at Longbeach,
1961
Courtesy of Jim Dobell |
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HMCS ANTIGONISH
Employment Programme 1961-1962
Courtesy of Jim Dobell
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HMCS
ANTIGONISH 301 shown approaching HMCS Cape Breton off the West Coast of
Vancouver Island during the 'Cuban Missile Crisis' November 1962.
© 1962
Ken Watson RCN 1961-1968
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HMCS ANTIGONISH 301, Esquimalt, Part of the 4th Escort
Squadron, circa 1961-1962
Courtesy of Michael Forshaw
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HMCS ANTIGONISH 301
Courtesy of the CFB
Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum |
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Crossing the line on HMCS ANTIGONISH enroute to
Rio - Feb 1966
ABBN John Helgason on the right
Courtesy of Robert Berbeck |
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Left
to right: HMCS Cape Scott 101, HMCS Grilse 71, and HMS Acheron.
Foreground: HMCS St. Croix (left), HMCS ANTIGONISH (right). Recife,
Brazil, Feb 1966
Courtesy of Robert Berbeck |
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Canadian sailors being tourists on Copacabana
Beach, Rio de Janerio - Feb 1966
Courtesy of Robert Berbeck |
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HMCS
Grilse 71 and HMCS ANTIGONISH proceeding through the first lock on
the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal, heading back to Esquimalt -
Feb 1966
Courtesy of Robert Berbeck
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HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 - 17 Sep 1965
Photographer Walter E. Frost
Source: City of Vancouver
Archives |
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Station Card for OSTR Steve Hlasny, 1952
From the collection of Steve
Hlasny, CPO2.LT |
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HMCS ANTIGONISH 301
From the collection of Sid Dobing
Courtesy of Brian Dobing |
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HMCS ANTIGONISH 301
From the collection of Laithwood Leigh
Courtesy of Judy Saunders |
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Dan
McLean, off HMCS STE THERESE 309 (right) at a party with unknown
female friend and a friend off HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 - location
unknown From
the collection of Donald A. J.
McLean, EM, RCN
Courtesy of Dan
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HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 (BT02) Sigs up the stick on HMCS ANTIGONISH
301 (BT03) Time to scrub the yardarm on HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 (BT04) Painting the yardarm on HMCS
ANTIGONISH 301
(BT05) Bob Theriault on the bridge
of HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 (BT06) Bob Theriault on the
bridge of HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 (BT07) "Dick gave the CO
the day off" - Dick in the CO's chair on the bridge of HMCS ANTIGONISH
301
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Unidentified Sig on HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 (BT10) Unidentified
rating on 4-inch gun on HMCS ANTIGONISH K301 (BT11) Bob
Theriault on 4-inch gun on HMCS ANTIGONISH K301 - 1951 (BT12)
The bunting tossers (Signalmen) on HMCS ANTIGONISH K301 (BT13)
Jerry Sinclair (Suma Champ) painting the bridge on HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 (BT14) Bob Theriault on the bridge of HMCS
ANTIGONISH 301 (BT15) Unidentified rating on the bridge of HMCS
ANTIGONISH 301
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Crossing the Line ceremony on HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 (BT19) HMCS ANTIGONISH
301 sailors ashore in Panama (BT20) "Ready for
a diving test". Bob Theriault on HMCS ANTIGONISH 301
(BT21) Bob Theriault by the flag locker on HMCS ANTIGONISH 301 -
1951
From the
collection of Robert (Bob) Theriault, P1SG, RCN
(JM190)
HMCS ANTIGONISH Crossing the Line (Equator) Certificate - 09 Feb 1960 during
the 4th Escort Squadron 1960 South American Cruise
(JM191)
HMCS ANTIGONISH Crossing the Line (Equator) booklet - 09 Feb 1960
(JM192)
HMCS ANTIGONISH Realm of the Golden Dragon Certificate 28 Jun 1960 - from
the 1960 Far East Cruise
From the collection of C1CK
John McGowan, RCN
Courtesy of Taryn McGowan
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