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HMCS CHIGNECTO
160
Bay
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS CHIGNECTO 160
DND/RCN photo
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Laid down: 22
Oct
1955
Launched: 17
Nov 1956
Commissioned: 01
Aug 1957
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Paid off: 19
Dec 1998
Fate: Broken up after 1998
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Built by G.T. Davie &
Sons, Lauzon, she was commissioned on 01 Aug 1957, and with her sisters,
was eventually transferred to Esquimalt and formed part of the Training Group
Pacific until paid off on 19 Dec 1998. Sold to Budget Steel of
Victoria, she was scrapped shortly thereafter.
On
26 Jun 1967, CHIGNECTO departed Jetty 1 in Halifax to Shediac, NB; Cap aux
Meules; Seven Islands; Sept Is; Tadoussac, PQ, Chicoutimi; Murray Bay;
Quebec City; Murray Bay; Rimouski; Matane; Cap Chat; Chandler; Dalhousie;
Richbuctou; Bathurst 2 Aug to 4th; Ramea; Fortune; St. John's; Clarenville;
Burin; and returned to Jetty 5, Halifax 17 Aug 1967.
RCN Memories:
My
First Ship
Photos
and Documents Ship's
Company Photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Robert Claude Kenrick Peers,
RCN - 01 Aug 1957 - 10 Mar 1958
LCdr Channing Deacon Gillis,
RCN - 11 Mar 1958 - 03 Nov 1959
LCdr J.I. Manore,
RCN - 04 Nov 1959 - 10 Sep 1961
LCdr D.G. Wales,
RCN - 11 Sep 19 61 - 25 Jul 19 63 |
LCdr Eric Arthur Makin,
RCN - 26 Jul 1953 - unk
Lt Marsh Brock Dempster - 14 Apr
1969 - unk
Lt John W. Alexander - 15 Apr 1970
LCdr Gerry H. Gadd - 1979 - unk
LCdr John Scott Dewar - 1989- unk |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Abraham,
John E.
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Briand,
Daniel R. A.
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Bruce,
William E.
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Gillis, Channing D.
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Cogdon,
David
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Cormier,
Clarence N.
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Dewar,
John S.
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Einarson,
Howard G. H.
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Ford, R. Kim
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Gadd,
Jeremy S. H.
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Greco,
Vincent C.
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Hoskins,
William B.
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Jippes,
Albertus
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Kisby, Robert W.
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Labelle, John H.
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Linscott,
John D.
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Logie, David
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McIntyre,
Earl L.
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Milburn,
Robert D.
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Peers,
Robert C. K.
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Power, Leonard
M.
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Reilly,
Harold W.
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Van Der
Pluijm, Peter
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Young,
Ronald M.
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Former Crew Members
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Bakody, David,
Able Seaman Engineering Mechanic
Edison,
William G. H. (Bill), Able Seaman Electrician's Mate
Frigault, Philippe - 1967
Ingram Russ
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King, T.
Michael, Master Seaman Boatswain
McDougall,
Keith, Leading Seaman Engineering Mechanic TG2, Apr 1967 - Oct 1967 
Miller,
Duncan E.
Newbury,
George
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Photos and
Documents
HMCS CHIGNECTO 160
From the collection of Sid Dobing
Courtesy of Brian Dobing
HMCS CHIGNECTO 160
DND / RCN Photo
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