HMCS MEON K269 - For Posterity's Sake

HMCS MEON K269

River Class Frigate

HMCS MEON K269

RCN Photo # S-423-R

Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

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Battle honour and awards: Atlantic 1944, Normandy 1944, Arctic 1945

Laid down: 31 Dec 1942

Launched: 04 Aug 1943

Commissioned in the RN: 31 Dec 1943

Paid off: 07 Feb 1944

Transferred to RCN: 07 Feb 1944

Commissioned: 07 Feb 1944

Paid off: 23 Apr 1945

Returned to the RN: 23 Dec 1945

Paid off: 1965

Fate: Broken up in 1966

Named after an English river, HMS MEON was commissioned on 31 Dec 1943 at Glasgow and sailed on 16 Jan 1944, with convoy ON.220 for Canada. Transferred to the RCN, she was commissioned in the RCN at Halifax on 07 Feb 1944, and in Apr 1944 worked up in St. Margaret's Bay. In May 1944 she was assigned to EG 9 and sailed with convoy HXM.289 to join EG 9 in Londonderry. For the next five months she was employed in U.K. coastal waters, and was present on D-Day. She was then transferred to the EG 27, Halifax, as Senior Officer's ship, arriving there on 19 Oct 1944. Employed locally until 31 Mar 1945, she then left Halifax to join convoy HX.347 on passage to Britain, and was returned to the RN at Southampton on 23 Apr 1945.

In 1946 HMS MEON joined the reserve fleet and remained at Harwich until 1952. She then saw active service in the Suez campaign of 1956, and with the Amphibious Warfare Squadron in the Persian Gulf, before being paid off in 1965. On 14 May 1966 HMS MEON (L369) arrived at Hughes Bolckow, Blyth for breaking up.

Photos and Documents Ship's company photos Battle for Convoy BX-141

Commanding Officers

A/Cdr St. Clair Balfour, RCNVR - 07 Feb 1944 - 26 Mar 1945

Lt Nelson William Adams, RCNVR - 27 Mar 1945 - 23 Apr 1945

In memory of those who have crossed the bar

They shall not be forgotten

Perrigo, W. Douglas H.

Ship's Mascot

Former Crew Members

Adams, Nelson William, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Mar 1944 / 04 Jan 1945

Allan, Donald Sutherland, Lt (E), RCNVR - 07 Feb 1944

Anderson, Maurice Fraser, SLt, RCNVR - 11 Feb 1945

Berthelette, Sylvio P. (Bert)

Buisson, Joseph Paul Edouard, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Feb 1944

Ducheseau, Hubert Powell, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jul 1944

Machan, John Colin Malor, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Feb 1944

Mackin, Gerald Francis, SLt (E), RCNVR - 12 Feb 1944

Ross, Andrew William, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Feb 1944

Swan, Thomas Robert, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Feb 1944

Woolley, John Thomas, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945

Photos and Documents

	Unknown sailor by the depth charge storage racks on HMCS MEON From the collection of William Francis Coleman Courtesy of Bill Coleman
	SLt George Hadden on HMCS MEON From the collection of George Hadden Courtesy of Tammi Sawyer
	British aviator, whose body was pick-up from the Bay of Biscay, being given a burial at sea from HMCS MEON - 19 Aug 1944 From the collection of William G. Cummings Courtesy of Robert Cummings
	Ship's Mascot - HMCS MEON From the collection of Mansford Legge, AB, RCNVR Courtesy of Brian Legge
	Captain's Request men at sea on HMCS MEON - L-R: Lt Casey, Lt Nixon, Pay-Lt, Submarine Detector Nicolette, Lt Maybe, Lt Machan, CO St.Clair Balfour, Coxn J. Campbell, Writer Munroe From the collection of Mansford Legge, AB, RCNVR Courtesy of Brian Legge