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HMCS MIRAMICHI
J169
Bangor
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS MIRAMICHI J169
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Laid down:
03 Nov 1940
Launched: 02
Sep 1941
Commissioned: 26
Nov 1941
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Paid off: 24
Oct 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1946. Final
disposition unknown.
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Commissioned at Vancouver on 26 No 1941,
MIRAMICHI spent her entire service career on the west coast,
alternating between Esquimalt Force and Prince Rupert Force. In the
summer and fall of 1943, while serving with Esquimalt Force, she was
used occasionally for training purposes. She was paid off at
Esquimalt on 24 Oct 1945, and is thought to have been broken up
at Vancouver in 1949, having been purchased in 1946 by the Union
Steamship Co. for conversion that was never proceeded with.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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Lt W.G. Johnstone,
RCNR - 26 Nov 1941 - 26 Oct 1942
Lt G.H. Matheson,
RCNR - 27 Oct 1942 - 23 Jan 1944 |
Lt Ronald John Williams,
RCNVR - 24 Jan 1944 - 21 Jun 1945
Skpr/Lt Walter Raymond Chester,
RCNR - 22 Jun 1945 - 24 Oct 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
MAKARSKY,
Lee W.
L/Writer,
RCNVR
died - 02 Sep 1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anderson,
Alexander C.
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Arthur,
Robert H.
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Campbell,
James
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Carnes,
William G.
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Carson, Rodney
W.
G.
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Crang, William R. N.
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Desjardins,
Romeo E.
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Diebel,
John K.
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Erickson,
Walton E.
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Flesher,
Richard A.
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Hawthorne, Charles
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Hansen,
Trevor
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Hathaway,
Norman B.
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Hawes,
Steven W.
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Huntbatch,
N. George |
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Lourie,
Norman W.
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Love, Gage
H.
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MacLachlan,
James
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MacLachlan,
Peter
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Makarsky,
Lee W.
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Mennell, W.
Reginald
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Michols,
L. Murray
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Neilson,
Walter E.
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Nickels,
John M.
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Nickels,
Martin J.
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Smith,
Robert L.
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Tedford,
Jack
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Webb,
Cecil T.
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Former Crew Members
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Ayre, Anthony, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jun 1943
Boorman, William I., RCNVR - 1941-1942
Campbell, Robert Douglas, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Jun 1944
Dempster, Wilfred John A/Lt, RCNVR - 18 May 1945
Gale, Robert Read, Lt, RCNVR - 18 Feb 1943
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Johnston, William Arnold, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Apr 1943
Levevre, Fernand, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Apr 1942
Pederson, Kay Ragmar Lystrup, Skpr, RCNR - 31 May 1943
Roseboom, Edward Henry, A/War (E), RCNR - 18 Feb 1944
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Story, John Herbert, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Jun 1945
Turner, John Hyde, Lt, RCNVR - 04 Apr 1944
William, Evan, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 16 Feb 1945
Wills,
Kenneth Archibald, SLt, RCNVR - 24 Apr 1943 |
Photos
and Documents
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Lowering the seaboat - HMCS MIRAMICHI J169
From the collection of George Huntbatch
Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch
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Our seaboat crew
From the collection of George Huntbatch
Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch
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HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 in the slips
From the collection of George Huntbatch
Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch
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HMCS MIRAMICHI J169
From the collection of George Huntbatch
Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch
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HMCS MIRAMICHI J169
From the collection of George Huntbatch
Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch
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HMCS
MIRAMICHI J169 - (1) Port Thrower (2) The .5s (3) a
pontoon (4) Our 4-inch gun (5) Starboard side looking aft on
HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (6) Looking down from the bridge - the 4-inch gun
and foc'sle (7) Looking after from the crow's nest on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (8) 2-pdr QF gun aft - this gun replaced the .5 mounts that were
moved to the bridge wings.
From the collection of George Huntbatch
Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch
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(1)
Reg Burr on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (2) Doug Dixon (left) and Stanbridge
(3) "Wash day" (4) Doug Dixon (5 & 6) three
unknown sailors on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (7) James MacLachlan on the
4-inch gun of HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (8) Two unknown sailors by the
4-inch gun on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169
From the collection of George Huntbatch
Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch
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(1)
unknown sailor by the 4-inch gun on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (2) George
Huntbatch by the 4-inch gun on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (3) Two unknown
sailors with the catch-of-the-day on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (4) unknown
sailors scurbbing the sweep deck / quarter deck on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169
(5) unknown sailor in the .5 machinegun tub on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (6)
unknown sailor catching some rest on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 (7 & 8)
Sailors relaxing on the quarter deck / sweep deck of HMCS MIRAMICHI J169
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Lt Johnstone (left) Commanding officer HMCS MIRAMICHI
J169
From the collection of George Huntbatch Courtesy
of Ross Huntbatch
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Action Stations on HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 -
L-R/Back to Front - Edge, Sullivan, Huntbatch, Julius, Laughlin,
Johnstone, Bailey, Burr
From the collection of George Huntbatch Courtesy
of Ross Huntbatch
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HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 in the slips
From the collection of George Huntbatch Courtesy
of Ross Huntbatch
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Sailors from HMCS MIRAMICHI J169 relaxing ashore
(1) Baker, Rita, Gelner, Gablehouse,
James MacLachlan,
Sullivan (2) "Horizantal" (3) Baker, Julius, Bailey,
Tian, Gablehouse, James MacLachlan, Sullivan
From the collection of George Huntbatch Courtesy
of Ross Huntbatch
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Unknown minesweeper coming alongside HMCS MIRAMICHI
J169 - possibly HMCS Bellechase J170
From the collection of George Huntbatch Courtesy
of Ross Huntbatch
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