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HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE
J253
Bangor
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE J253
DND / RCN photo
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image
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1942-45, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942
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Laid down: 01
Oct
1941
Launched: 21 May 1941
Commissioned: 30
Oct 1941
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Paid off: 29
Oct 1945
Fate:
Sunk 08 Dec 1963. Later raised and broken up.
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Built at Montreal, she was commissioned there on 30 Oct
1941. She arrived at Halifax on 11 Nov 1941 and served
at various times with WLEF, Gulf Escort Force, Halifax Local Defence
Force, and Sydney Force before joining Newfoundland Force in Feb 1944.
On
06 Jul 1942, U-132 torpedoed SS Hainaut, SS Dinaric and SS Anastassior
Pateras in the St. Larwrence near Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec. These ships
were part of Convoy QS15, escorted by HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE, the sole escort.
Following a major refit at Louisbourg, she proceeded
to Bermuda in mid-Aug 1944 to work up, returning to St. John's early
in Oct 1944. The Newfoundland Force was disbanded in Jun 1945, and
from then until Oct 1945 DRUMMONDVILLE was employed at miscellaneous
duties on the east coast. She was paid off at Halifax on 29 Oct
1945, and in 1946 placed in strategic reserve at Sorel. Re-acquired
by the RCN in 1952, she was placed in reserve at Sydney but never
re-commissioned, and in 1958 she was sold for conversion to a
merchant ship. As SS Fort Albany she was sunk by collision near
Sorel on 08 Dec 1963, and raised and broken up there they
following year.
Photos and Documents
Ship's
company photo
Commanding Officers
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Lt James Philip Fraser,
RCNR - 30 Oct 1941 - 16 Jan 1942
Lt James Philip Fraser,
RCNR - 05 Feb 1942 - 12 Jan 1943
Lt Donald McIntosh Stewart,
RCNR - 13 Jan 1943 - 01 Mar 1943
Lt James Philip Fraser,
RCNR - 02 Mar 1943 - 09 May 1943 |
Lt Henry Clifford Hatch,
RCNVR - 10 May 1943 - 07 Apr 1944
Skpr/Lt F.W.M.
Drew, RCNR - 08 Apr 1944 - 09 Apr 1945
Lt George Enderby Cross,
RCNVR - 10 Apr 1945 - 23 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Barwis,
Dewey I.C.
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Bobowski,
Frank
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Carroll,
Gerard R.
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Daley, James
G.
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Davis,
Thomas E.
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Dick,
Sidney A
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Fraser,
James P
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Geddes,
Frederick E.
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Hatch,
Henry C.
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Horner,
Albert
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Johns, William
F.
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Jones,
Walter
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Miller,
Hugh T.
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Murphy, John
H.
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Murray,
Ernest
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Neil,
Glendon
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 Nicholson,
Allan F.
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Norton,
Arthur H.
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Robertson,
Theodore M.
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Scully,
William E.
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Sim, David A.
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Former Crew Members
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Barry,
Tom, Coder
Colter,
Harold Moorhouse, Lt, RCNVR - 10 May 1942
Dawson,
James Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Jul 1944
Dooley,
Bob, Coder
Drysdale,
George, O/Sig
Dupre,
Yvon A., SLt, RCNR - Jan 1943
Flynn,
Jack (Slim), Tel
Grant,
Stephen Robert, SLt, RCNVR - 08 Apr 1944
Halloran,
Leo, Sig
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Horton,
Sam, Coder
Isbister,
Robert David, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Jul 1943
Lawatsky,
Bill, Tel
MacMillan,
Gord, L/Tel
Mansell,
Richard Tennant, SLt (E), RCNVR - 25 Apr 1944
McIlhargey,
Ross Leo, SLt, RCNVR - 05 Jul 1944
McLaughlin,
William Gordon, SLt (E), RCNVR - Jan 1944
Noel,
Joseph Sevrin Roger, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 29 Jan 1945
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Ouiona,
Ed, Yeoman of Signals
Rennie,
Frederick James, Lt (E), RCNR - 18 Jun 1943
Samuelsen,
Sigurd, Cd (E) Lt (E), RCNR - Jan 1942 / 04 Feb 1942 / 13
Mar 1942
Sanderson,
Donald McLean, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Jan 1945
Shove,
Graham Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 12 May 1944 / 15 May 1944
Walker,
Howard, Tel
Watkins,
William John, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Apr 45 |
Photos and
Documents
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Ships in HMC Dockyard, Halifax
Outboard destroyer, HMCS Annapolis I04,
outboard minesweeper, HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE J253
From the collection of Albert William
Abercrombie
Courtesy of Bill Abercrombie
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HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE Adopted by Group Here
The Windsor Star 20 Jul 1943
Courtesy of Anne Gafiuk
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Offices of HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE
Lt
W.J. Wyleth, Vancouver, First Lieutenant; Lt H. Clifford
Hatch, CO; Lt S. Samuelsen, Chief Engineer, Norway; Lt
R.D. Isbister, Second Officeer, Hamilton; SLt D.A. Sim,
Winnipeg, Navigating Officer; SLt N.A. Laughan, Calgary,
Signal Officer; SLt S.A. Dick, Montreal, Second
Engineer; SLt Y. Dupre, Montreal, Gunnery Officer
The Windsor Star 26 Jul 1943
Courtesy of Anne Gafiuk
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(JM26)
HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE J253 - RCN photo
(JM27)
HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE J253, St. John's, Newfoundland - Mar 1942
(JM28)
HMCS DRUMMONDVILLE Christmas Card
From
the collection of John Murphy, ERA 4c,
RCNVR Courtesy
of Thomas Murphy
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