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HMCS COMOX
J64
Fundy
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS COMOX J64
Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and
Military Museum Image # VRS1992.60.48
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Laid down: 05
Feb
1938
Launched: 09
Aug 1938
Commissioned: 23
Nov 1938
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Paid off: 27
Jul 1945
Sold:
1946
Fate:
Final disposition unknown
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Commissioned on 23 Nov 1938,
COMOX was
stationed at Esquimalt at the outbreak of the war, and carried out
local patrol duties until Mar 1940, when, with Nootka, she was
ordered to the east coast. Arriving at Halifax in Apr 1940, she spent
the entire war on local minesweeping duties with Halifax Local
Defence Force. On 15 Jan 1945, with Fundy, she rescued
survivors from the U.S. liberty ship Martin van Buren, torpedoed off
Halifax. She was paid off 27 Jul 1945. Sold for commercial use in 1946
she was converted to a tug, the Sung Ming.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Henry
W. S. Soulsby,
RCNR - 23 Nov 1938 - 26 May 1940
A/LCdr Dickson
C. Wallace,
RCNR - 27 May 1940 - 27 Jul 1940
A/Cdr Henry
W. S. Soulsby,
RCN - 28 Jul 1940 - 09 Oct 1940
Lt R.R. Kenny,
RCNR - 10 Oct 1940 - 22 Jun 1941
A/Lt Thomas Gilmour,
RCNR - 23 Jun 1941 - 02 Aug 1941 |
Mate J.R. Biggs,
RCNR - 29 Sep 1941 - 25 Mar 1942
Lt Frank Goddard Hutchings,
RCNR - 26 Mar 1942 - 03 Aug 1942
Lt J.P.A. Duggan,
RCNR - 04 Aug 1942 - 13 Apr 1944
Lt Joseph Eudore
N. Vezina,
RCNR - 14 Apr 1944 - 27 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Arsenault,
Gerald
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Asselton,
John D.
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Bowling,
Harold M.
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Bridgman,
Arthur L.
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Chandler,
Thomas H. |
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Clark,
John W.
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Cook, John
F.
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Dowling,
Herbert E.
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Goldsmith,
Thomas H. H.
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Greco,
Vincent C. |
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Heath, John
R.
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Hicks,
Arthur J.
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Hiron,
Bernard E.
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Johnstone,
William R.
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Kitchen,
Cyril F.
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Langille,
Ernest G.
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Leggett,
William
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Littlefair, W.
Kenneth
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McLean,
Alexander
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Mills, Frank
W.
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Morrow,
David J.
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Motley,
David C.
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Oliver,
Robert
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Snyder,
Arthur D.
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Stuart,
George E.
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Tomalty,
Leonard
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Walker,
Leslie
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Wallace,
Dickson C.
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Wight,
Clifford
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Young,
Breen P.
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Former Crew Members
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Beaubien,
Joseph Albert Paul Andre, A/Skpr, RCNR - 28 Apr 1940
Bewley,
Albert Leslie, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Burke,
Alexander James, Skpr/Lt, RCNVR - 11 Apr 1945
Gain,
Howard Francis, SLt, RCNVR - 08 Jun 1943
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Hutton,
Noel Harry, Skpr, RCNR - 22 May 1940
Lawless,
Howard Blais, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 02 May 1941
McPherson,
Douglas Cluny, SLt, RCNVR - 24 Mar 1942
Robinson,
Ben Norman, SLt, RCNVR - 30 Jun 1944 |
Rowbotham,
Henry Slater, SLt, RCNVR - 12 Mar 1945
Vezina,
Joseph Eudore Napoleon, Skpr, RCNR - 27 Mar 1942
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Photos
and Documents
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HMCS COMOX J64 - undated
DND / RCN photo
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Officers of HMCS COMOX J64
Chief Skipper J.N. Vezina,
RCNR; Lt H.J. Fry, RCNVR; and CO, Lt J.E. Duggan, RCNR
From the collection of J.
Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR
Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor
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Article on minesweeping operations off Halifax harbour
- 21 Sep 1943
Mentioned in the article:
Chief Skipper J.N. Vezina,
RCNR; Lt H.J. Fry, RCNVR; and CO, Lt J.E. Duggan, RCNR - HMCS COMOX
Lt
Robert Stark, RCNVR; ERA John Cooper, RCNVR; AB Russel Cossman,
RCNVR; LS James Clayton, RCNVR; PO John Sainiuk, RCNVR;
CERA Walter Layzell, RCNR, SLt Jack Cavanagh, RCNVR - HMCS SUDEROY VI
From the collection of François
Messier, AB, RCNVR
Courtesy of Denis Messier
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