HMCS COWICHAN 147

Bay Class Minesweeper

HMCS COWICHAN 147

Battle honours and awards: Atlantic 1941-43, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944-45

Laid down: 20 Jun 1951

Launched: 12 Nov 1951

Commissioned: 10 Dec 1953

Paid off: 31 Mar 1954

Transferred to French Navy: 31 Mar 1954

Re-commissioned: 31 Mar 1954

Re-classed: 01 Jun 1973

Paid off: 03 Oct 1977

Fate: Scuttled 26 Feb 1984

Built by the Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, Que., she was commissioned on 10 Dec 1963. On 31 Mar 1954, she was paid off and on the same day, transferred to the French Navy and commissioned as the "dragueur" LA MALOUINE M727. On 01 Jun 1973 she was re-classed as a "patrouilleur" pendant number P651. Paid off on 03 Oct 1977, she was scuttled on 26 Feb 1984, 140 miles off of Brest, France.

Photos and Documents La Malouine M727 / P651 - Perso Numericable website

Commanding Officers

LCdr P.H. Cayley, RCN - 10 Dec 1953 - Dec 1953

LCdr A.H. Slater, RCN - Dec 1953 - 15 Mar 1954

Lt James Mortimer Cutts, RCN - 16 Mar 1954 - 31 Mar 1954

Photos and Documents

HMCS COWICHAN 147 in Halifax

RCN Photo # HS-29618

Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

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