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HMCS
MAGOG K673
River
Class Frigate
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HMCS MAGOG K673
Source: Flickr photo
collection of Don
Gorham
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Battle honours and awards: Gulf of St.
Lawrence 1944
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Laid down: 16
Jun 1943
Launched: 22
Sep 1943
Commissioned: 07 May 1944
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Torpedoed:
14 Oct 1944
Paid off: 20
Dec 1944
Fate: Sold
in 1947, broken
up in 1948
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Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd.,
Montreal, she was commissioned in Montreal on 07 Mar 1944. MAGOG arrived at Halifax
on 28 May 1944 and worked up briefly in St. Margaret's Bay before sailing
for Bermuda to complete the process in Jul 1944. She then returned to
Montreal for repairs, subsequently completing these at Halifax in
August. There she joined EG 16, performing A/S duty in the Halifax,
Gaspé, and Sydney areas. On 14 Oct 1944, while escorting
convoy GONS.33 (the Gulf section of ONS.33), she was torpedoed and
badly damaged by U 1223 in the St. Lawrence River off Pointe des
Monts. Lacking 60 feet of her stern, she was towed to Quebec and
there adjudged a constructive total loss. Paid off 20 Dec 1944 to
care and maintenance, she was sold in 1947 to Marine Industries
Ltd., Sorel, who scrapped her in 1948.
RCN Memories:
A
Survivor's Memories - CPO Alfred Lapsley A
Survivor's Memories - CPO Barney Bailey
Away
Sea Boats Crew! Life
on a WW 2 Frigate
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
Lt Lewis
Dennis Quick,
RCNR - 07 May 1944 - 20 Dec 1944
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
(s) -
Survived the Torpedoing of HMCS MAGOG
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Dafoe,
Clarence F. (s)
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Esraelian,
Dick (s)
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Fuchs, Anton
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Gilbert,
Verdun P. (s)
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Guatto, D. Al
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Harris,
Raymond
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Lamey,
Willard D. (s)
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Lapsley, Alfred (s)
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LeBlanc,
Wilfred
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Lusky, Louis
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Maddigan, J.
Patrick (s)
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McKinney,
Joseph G.L.
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Melanson, Louis M.
(s)
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Miess, Malcolm
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Miniely,
Lawrence E.
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Montgomery,
Herbert
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Murphy, John E.
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Oldland,
Gordon R.
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Paterson,
John |
Quick,
Lewis D.
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Robertson,
Harold J.
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Shales,
Donald K.
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Stewart,
Errol
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Taylor,
Roland S.
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Todd, Arthur
N.
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Ward, Thomas
G. (s)
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Watters,
John C. (s)
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Wright,
John A. (s)
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Former Crew Members
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Bailey,
Barney, CPO, HSD - 1944 (s)
Blackwell,
Nelson Alexander - drafted to Magog 30 May 1944
Borassa,
LS
Cox,
James Duncan
Connors,
Patrick M.
Eckhardt,
John William
Gilbert,
Verdun Palmer, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Mar 1944 / 07 May 1944
Grove,
Francis Longton, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 12 Jun 1944
Hammond,
Victor, ERA 3c
Howes,
Norman, Chief Stoker
Hunter,
Gordon, ERA, RCNVR
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Klayh,
Arnold B. 
Larson,
B.F.
Lipsett,
Gordon
Mackay,
Ray A.
Paterson,
John Amesbury, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 / 07 May 1944
Samuelsen,
Sigurd, Lt (E), RCNR - 10 Apr 1944 / 07 May 1944
Stanley,
James D. (Jim), AB, ASDIC Operator (s)
Steele,
N.J., PO
Wise,
Vincent |
Photos
and Documents
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Dick Esraelian, Stoker 1st Class, St.
Catharines, Ont.
John Wright, Stoker 1st Class, Montréal, Que.
From the Esraelian Collection
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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"Buddies"
HMCS
Magog crew members. Photo taken looking back at damage from 12 pound gun
deck
Anton (Tony) Fuchs, 2nd from left, William Lamey 3erd
from left
From the Esraelian Collection
Courtesy of Edison Stewart |
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Looking over the stern at the damage to HMCS Magog
From the World War II photo collection of Errol Stewart
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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"Picking up survivors"
From the Robertson Collection
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Survivors from HMCS Magog
From the collection of Errol Stewart
Courtesy of Edison Stewart |
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HMCS Magog - after attack by U-1223
Source: Library and Archives of Canada,
MIKAN no. 409-0736 Series Title: CN-3820
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HMCS Magog at Quebec City
From the Esraelian Collection
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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HMCS Magog in drydock
From the Esraelian Collection
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Damage
to HMCS Magog being inspected. Note the shadow of the of the man
saluting an officer
From the Esraelian Collection
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Side view of damage to HMCS Magog
From the Esraelian Collection
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Newspaper article from the Globe and Mail,
Wednesday, April 18, 1945 on the torpedoing of HMCS Magog
Courtesy of Edison Stewart |
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Newspaper articles from the Canadian Press on
the torpedoing of HMCS Magog
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Newspaper articles from the Canadian Press on
the torpedoing of HMCS Magog
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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THE TORPEDOING OF HMCS MAGOG by Herb C.
Montgomery, September, 1947
(Courtesy of Edison Stewart) |
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Crew members of HMCS Magog by the damaged
section of the ship
From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN,
Ret'd
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Herb Montgomery sitting by the damaged section
of HMCS Magog
From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN,
Ret'd
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Herb Montgomery
From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN,
Ret'd
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Looking at the mast of HMCS Magog
From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN,
Ret'd
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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Damage to HMCS Magog
From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN,
Ret'd
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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HMCS Magog at sea
From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN,
Ret'd
Courtesy of Edison Stewart
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These
photographs help show the extent of the damage U-1223's torpedo
inflicted on the frigate HMCS Magog. The explosion of the torpedo's
warhead destroyed over 18 meters of Magog's stern, leaving the ship
badly damaged and without propulsion. After being towed to Quebec
City for inspection, the severity of Magog's damage led to its being
written off as a total loss.
Source:
Canadian War Museum George Metcalf Archival Collection CWM
20030315-002_p10
Courtesy
of the Canadian War Museum
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HMCS Magog under tow by HMCS Shawinigan - 14 Oct 1944
DND/RCN photo. Neg # DB0220-2
From the collection of Harry Marshall
Courtesy of Jeff Marshall
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HMCS Magog in drydock after
being torpedoed by U-1223
Source: Canada. Dept. of
National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA
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Letter inviting Mr. Choquette, M.P. of Magog,
Quebec to the launching of HMCS Magog
Courtesy of Edison Stewart |
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The town of Magog remembers - Commemorating the
50th anniversary of the torpedoing of HMCS Magog
Courtesy of Edison Stewart |
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Cenotaph at Magog, Quebec commemorating those
lost on 14 October 1944 |
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A few sailors (looks like they are doing guard
training as they have white belts and bayonets)
John
E. Murphy, 2nd Row, 1st on left
From
the collection of John Ernest Murphy |
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