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HMCS BROCKVILLE
J270 / 178
Bangor
Class Minesweeper
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Post wartime badge |
HMCS Brockville J270 in New Brunswick during WW
II
From the collection of Sid Bailey, CPO1, RCN
Courtesy of Don Ballantyne
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1943-44, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944
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Laid down: 09
Dec
1940
Launched: 20
Jun 1941
Commissioned: 19
Sep 1942
Paid off: 28
Aug 1945
Transferred to the RCMP: 1945
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Re-acquired by RCN: 1950
Commissioned:
05 Apr 1951
Paid
off:
Re-commissioned:
22 Apr 1954
Paid off: 31
Oct 1958
Fate: Broken up in 1961
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Built at Sorel, Que., she was
commissioned there on 19 Sep 1942. She
arrived at Halifax on 20 Oct 1942 in need of two weeks' repairs,
having grounded at Rimouski in en route. After working up, she was assigned
briefly to WLEF and then to Halifax Force. In Mar 1943 she was
transferred back to WLEF and when that force was divided into escort
groups in Jun 1943, she became a member of EG W-3. In May 1944,
Brockville returned to Sydney Force, remaining with it until Jun
1945. She had two wartime refits: one at Dalhousie, N.B., lasting
seven weeks in Aug and Sep 1943; the other a three-month
refit at Lunenburg at the end of 1944, followed by workups in
Bermuda in Mar 1945. On 28 Sep 1945, she was paid off at
Halifax, transferred to the marine section of the RCMP and renamed
Macleod. Brockville was re-acquired by the RCN in 1950 and
re-commissioned on 05 Apr 1951. After modernization at Lauzon in
1952 she was assigned to Point Edward naval base at Sydney and later
transferred to the west coast. She was paid off into reserve at
Esquimalt on 31 Oct 1958, and broken up three years later.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Lt Charles Peterson,
RCNR - 15 Jun 1942 - 13 Mar 1943
Lt Richard Cassels Chenoweth,
RCNVR - 14 Mar 1943 - 17 Jul 1943
Lt Charles Peterson,
RCNR - 18 Jul 1943 - 23 Jul 1943
Lt Breen Philip Young,
RCNR - 24 Jul 1943 - 17 Sep 1943
Lt F.K. Elles,
RCNVR - 18 Sep 1943 - 02 Aug 1944
Lt Malcolm George McCarthy,
RCNVR - 03 Aug 1944 - 17 Dec 1944
Lt J.R. Bell,
RCNVR - 18 Dec 1944 - 07 Feb 1945
Lt John Oscar Laybourne Lake,
RCNR - 08 Feb 1945 - 14 May 1945 |
Lt Hugh Russell Knight,
RCNR - 15 May 1945 - 24 May 1945
Lt John Oscar Laybourne
Lake,
RCNR - 25 May 1945 - 16 Jul 1945
Lt Edward Ernest MacInnes,
RCNR - 30 Jul 1945 - 28 Aug 1945
LCdr John Herbert Maxner,
RCN - 01 Nov 1950 - unknown
LCdr Roderick Darell Hayes,
RCNR - 22 Apr 1954 - 11 Jan 1955
LCdr Ernest Sidney Cassels,
RCN - 12 Jan 1955 - 12 Dec 1956
LCdr Lloyd Irwin Jones,
RCN - 29 Aug 1958 - 31 Oct 1958 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Allan,
Gordon
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Bailey,
Sidney C.
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Bazan,
Andrew
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Bell, Wesley
G.
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Benson,
George F. A.
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Book,
Kenneth E.
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Crich,
James A.
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Ferguson,
David A.
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Forrester,
Charles M.
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Fournier,
Sylvio A.
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Graham,
Cecil C.
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Granahan, E.
John
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Grayston,
Frederick G.
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Harvey-Smith,
Derek
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Heath, John
R.
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Hendry,
Ian G.
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Johnston,
Lloyd A.
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Jones,
Lloyd I.
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Leigh,
Laithwood L.
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Norgaard,
Daniel
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O'Donnell,
Edward T.
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Orrick,
Robert C.
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Rayment,
Lloyd
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Rayner,
Robert F.
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Regan,
Wallace J.
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Roberts, Joseph
A.
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Rowland,
Arthur F.
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Rusk,
Harry
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Shuttleworth,
John
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Stevens,
Harold
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Thomson,
Theodore D.
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Vecqueray,
Richard J.
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Walsh,
Gerald F.
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Woolford,
John
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Young,
Breen P.
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Former Crew Members
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Bell, John Richard, Lt, RCNVR - 20 May 1944
Bohme, John David, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Jul 1942
Brown, George King, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
Browne, Arthur Dalzell, Lt, RCNVR - 17 Feb 1945
Burnett, James Evelyn, Lt, RCNVR - 17 Jun 1942
Curry, Thomas Allison, Lt, RCNVR - 25 Jan 1943
Lake,
John Oscar Laybourne, Lt, RCNR - 25 May 1945
Lane,
Francis Henry, SLt, RCNVR - 11 Jun 1944
Mantle,
Thomas Owen, Lt (E), RCNVR - 20 Jul 1943
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Margesson,
Robert James, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Jul 1942 / Lt, RCNVR - 02 May 1943
Morgan, John Anderson, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Feb 1945
Mullinger, Herbert Hugh, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Mar 1944
Prudence, John Roberts, Cd (E), RCNR - 18 Feb 1941/ Lt (E), RCNR - 31
Mar 1943
Scotckwell, Ronald James, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
Simpson, James Holmes, SLt, RCNVR - 25 Feb 1945
Taylor, Richard Claude - Motor Mechanic
William, Donald Jeffery, Skpr, RCNR - 14 Mar 1943
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Photos and
Documents
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HMCS Brockville J270
From the collection of Richard (Dick) Price
Courtesy of Dan Clermont
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HMCS BROCKVILLE J270
RCN photo
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Article on the re-commissioning of HMCS
Brockville at Halifax on 22 Apr 1954 for Great Lakes Naval Reserve
summer training
The Halifax Chronicle-Herald 23 Apr 1954
Research by / Courtesy of George Newbury
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Travel
case belonging to Fred Grayston, RCNVR
Courtesy
of Jaeger Mah
Note:
Jaeger purchased this case from a gentleman who was selling antiques /
garage sale items on a roadside in Vancouver
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HMCS Brockville 178 arriving at Quebec City -
Sep 1954
From the collection of Francis Walsh
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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(1)
unknown sailor on HMCS Brockville 178. HMCS Digby 179 in background -
1954 (2) Mothballed USN ships at Long beach, Calif. 1954.
Photo taken from HMCS Brockville (3) HMCS Brockville somewhere
on the west coast - 1954
From the collection of Francis Gerald (Gerry)
Walsh
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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HMCS Brockville 178
RCN photo
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