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HMCS FUNDY
J88
Fundy
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS FUNDY J88
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Laid down: 24
Jan
1938
Launched: 18
Jun 1938
Commissioned: 01
Sep 1938
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Paid off: 27
Jul 1945
Fate: Broken
up in 1987
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Built at Collingwood, Ont., she was commissioned
there on 01 Sep 1938. She was at Halifax when the war began, and served almost
continuously as a member of Halifax Local defence Force on local
minesweeping duties. In Jul 1942, her one change of occupation
occurred when she escorted on convoy to Boston and another back to
Halifax. On 15 Jan 1945, with COMOX, she rescued survivors of
the torpedoed Martin van Buren. FUNDY was paid off at Halifax on 27
Jul 1945. She was sold in 1947 to Marine
Industries Ltd., Sorel, Quebec and converted to mercantile - became
the coaster AIGLE MARIN and then the ANNE R.D. She was broken up at La
Malbaie, Quebec in 1987.
Photos and Documents
The Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Joseph Wilton
R. Roy,
RCNR - 02 Sep 1938 - 14 Dec 1938
LCdr A.R. Pressey,
RCN - 15 Dec 1938 - 26 Dec 1939
LCdr Owen
C. S.Robertson,
RCNR - 27 Aug 1939 - 22 Feb 1940
A/LCdr Alfred
G. Stanley,
RCNR - 23 Feb 1940 - 07 Mar 1941
Lt A. Moorhouse,
RCNVR - 08 Mar 1941 - 02 Aug 1941 |
Lt A.M. McLarnon,
RCNR - 03 Aug 1941 - 17 Aug 1941
Lt Arthur Moorhouse,
RCNVR - 18 Aug 1941 - 28 Oct 1941
Mate
John B. Raine,
RCNR - 29 Oct 1941 - 09 Mar 1942
Skpr/Lt Fred
A. Heckman,
RCNR - 10 Mar 1942 - 27 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Adlington,
Alan K.
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Bellazzi,
Joseph O. F.
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Corkum,
Gordon F.
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Digou,
Raymond F.
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Hicks, Earl
C.
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Hornsby,
Charles A.
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Irons,
Donald B.
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Jones, Hugh
J. F.
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Kent,
Donald A.
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Latreille,
Theodore J.
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Lawrence
Frank W.
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Macklin,
Lloyd
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McCready,
Samuel R.
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McGee,
Aubrey F.
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Milledge,
John R.
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Naysmith,
David M.
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Oliver, Robert
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Parnell,
George F.
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Pettipas,
Guy D.
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Raine, John B.
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Robertson, Owen
C. S.
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Roy,
Joseph W. R.
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Silvester,
Charles V.
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Spicer, Robert
B.
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Stephenson,
John F.
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Todd, David
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Ward, Vernon
M.
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Former Crew Members
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Baker,
Herman, A/Skpr, RCNR - 05 Feb 1940
Batt,
George Charles, Wt (E), RCNR - 26 Feb 1941
Buttler,
Louis Lorne, SLt, RCNVR - 12 Jul 1943
Boult,
Joseph Ernest Frederick, Skpr, RCNR - 18 Jul 1941
Carmichael,
Angus Hector, A/Skpr, RCNR - 21 May 1940
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Gillespie,
Ian Antony, SLt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1941
Hilder,
John William, SLt, RCNVR - 08 Apr 1944
Meredith,
Ralph Morton, A/Lt, RCNR - 21 Apr 1940
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Milledge,
John Reuben, SLt, RCNVR - 11 May 1942
Newton,
Lawrence, Sto 1c, V37708, RCNVR - 05 Dec 1942
Stanley,
Alfred George, Lt, RCNR - Jan 1940
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Photos and Documents
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Newspaper article on the launching of HMCS FUNDY
J88
From: The Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin
Courtesy of Alexina Reid |
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HMCS FUNDY J88 - 23 Aug 1988
From: The Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin
Courtesy of Alexina Reid |
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HMCS FUNDY J88 |
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HMCS FUNDY J88
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell |
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HMCS FUNDY J88 |
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HMCS FUNDY J88
From the collection of Glendon Oliver
Courtesy of Keith Oliver |
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HMCS FUNDY J88
From the collection of Henry
J. (Hank) Winsor, RCNVR
Courtesy of Roger Litwiller |
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