HMCS QUATSINO J152

 

Bangor Class Minesweeper

 

 

HMCS QUATSION J152

HMCS QUATSINO J152

From the collection of Laurence (Larry) Fricke

Courtesy of Linda Carleton

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Laid down: 20 Jun 1940

Launched: 01 Sep 1941

Commissioned: 03 Nov 1941

Paid off: 26 Nov 1946

Fate: Sold in 1947. Final disposition is unknown

 

Named for QUATSINO Sound, Vancouver Island, she was built by Prince Rupert Dry Dock & Shipyards Co., Prince Rupert, BC and commissioned on 03 Nov 1941. QUATSINO spent her entire service life on the west coast, alternately a member of the Prince Rupert and Esquimalt Force. She was paid off at Esquimalt on 26 Nov 1945, and converted for commercial purposes in 1947, to be re-named Chen Hsin and domiciled at Shanghai. Sold again in 1949, she was renamed Concord. She was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1950. 

 

 

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt S. Douglas, RCNR - 03 Nov 1941 - 14 Dec 1941

A/LCdr T. MacDuff, RCN - 15 Dec 1941 - 27 May 1942

Lt Albert Elliott Gough, RCNR - 28 May 1942 - 02 Apr 1943

Lt A.H. Gosse, RCNR - 03 Apr 1943 - 29 Sep 1943

Lt H.H. Rankin, RCNR - 30 Sep 1943 - 22 Oct 1943

Lt A.H. Gosse, RCNR - 23 Oct 1943 - 02 Jan 1945

A/LCdr Bernard Charles Cook, RCNVR - 03 Jan 1945 - 26 Nov 1945

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Blanchard, Jack Donald, A/Lt, RCNVR - 25 May 1944 / Lt, RCNVR - 24 Jan 1945

 

Bloch-Hansen, Felix Albin Leopold (WT (E), RCNR

 

Brinkman, Ch/Skpr Joseph Cabot, RCNR - 01 May 1945

 

Eady, Earl Ray - Drafted to Quatsino 21 Aug 1942

 

Ferguson, George, Stoker - 1944-1945

 

Garvie, Robert Lloyd, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945

 

Gentles, Roy Allan, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Feb 194

Hamilton, J., Mate, RCNR - 1941

 

Hansen, Felix Albin Leopold Bloch, Wt (E), RCNR - 26 May 1941 (Stand by)

 

Hewitt, John Wiles, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Jun 1943

 

Hodgins, Arthur Moultrie Heathcote, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Jul 1944

 

Mellor, Pat

 

Olsen, Mical Joseph, Skpr, RCNR - 16 Feb 1942

 

Ross, John Wardrop, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Feb 1943 / 01 Mar 1943

Stuhr, George Ernest, Cd (E), RCNVR - 02 Feb 1945

 

Roxburgh, James Maxwell, Lt (E), RCNVR - 07 May 1944

 

Sutherland, Joseph Cunningham, Skpr, RCNR - 10 May 1943

 

Upton, Franklin Howard, Lt (E), RCNVR - Jan 1945

 

Wilson, Thomas Bruce, SLt (E), RCNVR - 22 Jun 1943

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

Lt Fricke on HMCS QUATSINO circa Nov 1941-Feb 1942

From the collection of Laurence (Larry) Fricke

Courtesy of Linda Carleton

 

HMCS QUATSINO (foreground) with S.S. Prince Rupert in the offing - circa Nov 1941 - Feb 1942

From the collection of Laurence (Larry) Fricke

Courtesy of Linda Carleton

HMCS QUATSINO in Queen Charlotte Sound, Jan 1942

From the collection of Laurence (Larry) Fricke

Courtesy of Linda Carleton

Lt Fricke on HMCS QUATSINO 10 Nov 1942

From the collection of Laurence (Larry) Fricke

Courtesy of Linda Carleton

Maurice E. Richards on HMCS QUATSINO - 1942

From the collection of Maurice Richards

Courtesy of Colleen Richards

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Minesweepers nested in Esquimalt. HMCS QUATSINO J152 outboard ship on the left

 

From the collection of L/Stoker George Collison, RCNVR

 

Courtesy of Ken Collison

 

 

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