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HMCS CANSO
J21
Bangor
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS CANSO J21
RCN Photo
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image
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Laid down: 30
Dec
1940
Launched: 09
Jun 1941
Transferred to RCN:
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Commissioned: 06
Mar 1942
Paid off: 24
Sep 1945
Fate: Broken up
in 1948
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Built for the RN at North
Vancouver, she was laid down and launched as HMS CANSO. Transferred to the RCN
on completion, she was commissioned at Vancouver on 06 Mar 1942 as
HMCS CANSO. After
working up, she was assigned to Esquimalt Force from May 1942 to Jul 1943, when nominated for service in the Atlantic. She left
Esquimalt on 08 Jul 1943, arriving at Halifax on 19 Aug 1943, and was
allocated to Halifax Force. On 21 Feb 1944, with GUYSBOROUGH, KENORA, and
WASAGA, she sailed from Halifax via the Azores for
Plymouth, arriving on 08 Mar 1944. She was allocated in turn to the
32nd, 16th and 31st Minesweeping Flotillas, and was on hand on D-Day
as part of the 16th. In Aug 1944 she returned briefly to Canada for a refit at Saint
John, N.B., and in November resumed her task of clearing German
Minefields. She was paid off on 24 Sep 1945, and returned to
the RN at Sheerness, to be broken up at Sunderland in 1948.
Photos and Documents
Ship's Company Photos
Commanding Officers
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Lt Hugh Sinclair MacFarlane,
RCNR - 06 Mar 1942 - 03 Feb 1943
Lt John Kincaid,
RCNR - 04 Feb 1943 - 23 May 1943
Lt Harold Heap Rankin,
RCNR - 24 May 1943 - 05 Jun 1943 |
Lt John Kincaid,
RCNR - 06 Jun 1943 - 04 Oct 1944
A/LCdr J.M. Gracey, RCNVR - 05 Oct
1944 - 24 Sep 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Attaway, Albert
A.
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Bing,
John B.
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Burwash,
Raymond D.
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Carrier,
Lucien
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Crosson,
Abraham B.
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Crowhurst,
Donald W.
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Dean, Gordon
H.
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Ebbels,
William
D.
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Edge,
William A.
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Fraser,
Harold B. |
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Fraser,
Peter
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Gilraine,
Francis J.
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Goodeve,
Arthur G.
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Gracey,
James M.
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Hamilton, James
V.
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Harding,
John E.
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Knowles,
John C.
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Marshall, Harry
S.
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McKay,
Graham A.
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Parsons,
Howard N.
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Smithson,
Stanley L.
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Tedford,
Jack
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Thompson,
Vincent
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Wade,
William J. J.
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Former Crew Members
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Alexander,
Robert Broderick, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Apr 1943
Banwell,
Frank David, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1943
Burns,
Donald Gardiner, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1944
Draney,
Charles Fraser, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Mar 1942
Finlayson,
Donald Grant Lt (E), RCNVR - Jan 1944
Hatch,
Carr, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Feb 1942 - Commissioning crew
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Johnson,
Albert Charles Arthur, Cd (E), RN - 05 Mar 1942 - Commissioning crew
Lang,
Hector Craig, Lt, RCNVR - 23 May 1943
Lloyd,
Douglas, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 13 May 1943
Ness,
George Cairns, Wt (E), RCNR - 04 May 1943
Osmond,
Frederick C., Stoker - crew on D-Day
Ridley,
Frederick Neville, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1943
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Photos and Documents
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HMS
CANSO builder's plaque. Originally laid down for the Royal Navy, she
was transferred to the RCN prior to completion and commissioned as
HMCS CANSO.
From
the collection of Gordon Dean, Stoker, RCNVR
Courtesy
of John Davidson |
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HMCS CANSO J21
"McGregor" is written on the back of
the photo
Photographer: CERA Albert Sayer, RCNVR, on HMCS
GUYSBOROUGH J52
From
the collection of CERA Albert Sayer, RCNVR
Courtesy of Karen Pelton |
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HMCS CANSO J21
"Olchowesky" is written on the back
of the photo
Photographer: CERA Albert Sayer, RCNVR, on HMCS
GUYSBOROUGH J52
From
the collection of CERA Albert Sayer, RCNVR
Courtesy of Karen Pelton |
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Frank Gilraine by the gun turret on HMCS CANSO - 1941
Courtesy of George Gilraine |
(VT02)
HMCS CANSO sailors from Toronto area - L-R: Coder Wiliam Loughheed;
LS G.E. Elliott; Stoker Fred Osmond; AB William Lockett;
AB Charles R. Johnston; Stoker Thomas Hawkes; AB W.W.
Rowe; Cook Vincent J. Thompson; and ERA John A. Murchinson
(VT03)
Shipmates at Trafalgar Square, London, England, 07 Aug 1945 - L-R: Fred C.
Osmond, Stoker, Toronto, Ontario; Vincent J. Thompson,Cook, 600
Ontario St., Toronto, Ontario; and Causy Causgrove, Portland Oregon
(VT04)
Canadian Minesweepers Cleared Invasion Path - Led Everything Else -
Transcription of article from the Toronto Evening Telegram 14 Aug 1944
(VT05)
Ship's company photo - HMCS CANSO J21 dated 1943 - this photo is also posted
on the crew photo page for HMCS CANSO
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LC04 |
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(LC04) HMCS
CANSO J21
(LC05-LC09)
Lucien Carrier on HMCS CANSO J21
From the
collection of Lucien Carrier, Stoker PO,
RCNVR
Courtesy of
Ronald Carrier
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