HMCS MALASPINA Z00

 

Auxiliary Patrol Ship

 

 

HMCS MALASPINA

 

Laid down: 1913

Launched: 1913

Acquired by RCN: 1917

Commissioned: 15 Dec 1917

Paid off: 31 Mar 1920

Commissioned: 06 Sep 1939

Paid off: 31 Mar 1945

Fate: Sold for scrap in 1946

 

HMCS MALASPINA was a Canadian government fisheries patrol vessel pressed into service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1917 and again in 1939 and which therefore saw service during the First World War and Second World War. During WW 2 she served as an examination vessel and training vessel.  MALASPINA was serving as a tender to HMCS Royal Roads when she was paid off in 1946.

 

 

RCN Memories:     MALASPINA Memories

 

Photos and Documents

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt Holmes Newcombe, RNCVR - 01 Dec 1917 - 31 Mar 1920

LCdr W. Redford, RCNR - 06 Sep 1939 - unk

Lt G.S. Hall, RCNR - 14 Nov 1940 - unk

Ch/Skpr Walter Raymond Chaster, RCNR - 17 Apr 1941 - unk

Ch/Skpr J.M. Richardson, RCNR - 21 Nov 1941 - unk

Ch/Skpr Alan Whittaker Ogden, RCNR - 28 Jan 1942 - unk

LCdr John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR - 08 Mar 1943 - unk

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Brinkman, Joseph Cabot, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 08 Mar 1944

 

Francois, John Eugene, A/Skpr, RCNR - 05 Feb 1940

 

Harvey, George Robert, Skpr, RCNR

Lloyd, Douglas, Skpr, RCNR - 02 Mar 1942

 

Love, Gage Hayward, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Apr 1943

 

Pearo, Lester Peter, Skpr, RCNR - 22 Jun 1941

 

Rhodes, Harry, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 29 Jul 1942

Scott, David, Lt (E), RCNR - 01 Jul 1941 / 01 Jul 1943

 

Silvester, Jim Clark, OS/AB, QR3, RCNVR

 

Smith, James R., Skpr/Lt, RCNR - 01 May 1944

 

Young, Henry Esson, RCNR - 23 Apr 1941

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

MAL001

MAL002

MAL003

(MAL001) Sketch of HMCS MALASPINA by L.P. Cox  //  Courtesy of Mario Talbot  //  It is not known the time frame this sketch was made nor is there any information available on the artist, L.P. Cox

(MAL002) HMCS MALASPINA  //  Walter E. Frost Collection  //  City of Vancouver Virtual Archives

(MAL003) HMCS MALASPINA  //  Walter E. Frost Collection  //  City of Vancouver Virtual Archives

 

 

JW048

JS049

JS050

JS051

JS052

(JS048) Cooks Flunky on HMCS MALASPINA - 1941

(JS049) View of the bow of HMCS MALASPINA - 1941

(JS050) Jim Silvester and Bob on HMCS MALASPINA - 1941

(JS051) HMCS MALASPINA - 1941

(JS052) MALASPINA digging in - 1941

 

JS053

JS054

(JS053) Coaling party on HMCS MALASPINA, 1941  //  Leatham, Gilmour, Bertrand, Jim Silvester, and Gil  //  "The Mal was an old coal burner and when our coal supply got low we would head up to get loaded. Our coaling party looked a lot like Al Jolson when we were finished." 

(JS054) Two Jims on the quarterdeck of HMCS MALASPINA, 1941

 

Courtesy of Jim Silvester, PO1, RCN

 

 

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