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HMCS
ROYALMOUNT K677
River
Class Frigate
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HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944-45
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Laid down: 07
Jan 1944
Renamed:
05 Apr 1944
Launched: 15
Apr 1944
Commissioned: 25
Aug 1944
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Paid off: 17
Nov 1945
Fate: Sold for scrap in
1947. Final disposition unknown
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Laid down as HMCS
ALWINGTON K677 at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, she was named after a
historic house in Kingston, Ont. In Apr 1944 she was renamed HMCS ROYALMOUNT
K677, to commemorate Mount Royal, PQ. ROYALMOUNT was commissioned
at Montreal on 25 Aug 1944, arrived at Halifax on 08 Sep 1944
and carried out working-up exercises in Bermuda later that month.
She arrived at St. John's on 15 Nov 1944 to join EG C-1, and spent
the remainder of the war with the group as a mid-ocean. She left
Liverpool 21 Apr 1945 and escorted
convoy ONS.48 on her homeward passage to refit, from 26 May to 05
Oct 1845, at Sydney. She was paid off at Halifax on 17 Nov 1945, and placed in reserve in Bedford Basin until 1947, when a New
York buyer purchased her for scrap.
Photos and Documents
A
Sailor and the Christmas Tree
Commanding Officers
LCdr
James Sinclair (Foghorn) Davis, RCNVR - 25 Aug 1944 - 10 May 1945
Lt John
Hugh Dunne, RCNVR - 11 May 1945 - 08 Aug 1945
LCdr J.S. Davis, RCNVR - 09 Aug
1945 - 17 Nov 1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Bleau,
Louis |
Bondy,
Harry D.
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Bowen,
Gerald R. |
Clark, Gavin
C.
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Clarke,
James M.
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Dalgleish,
William
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Degelman,
Leo A.
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Devey,
Ronald J.
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Gabany,
Alexander F. |
Hanlon,
John
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Hobbs,
John E.
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Pawsey,
Leslie L.
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Robbins,
William R.
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Spencer,
James E.
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Spencer,
Leonard
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Stewart,
Kenneth A.
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Wall, Henry
A.
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Wareham,
Earle A.
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Whittall,
David H. |
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Former Crew Members
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Barrett,
Harry Bemister, SLt, RCNVR - 14 May 1945
Beedell,
John William, Lt (E), RCNR - 15 Jun 1944
Davis,
James Sinclair (Foghorn), LCdr, RCNVR - 17 Jul 1944, CO
Dunne,
John Hugh, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1945
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Hutchison,
William Glen, Radar - 1944-45
Kilgour,
Douglas Urquhart, SLt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944
Norton,
Arthur Harold, Lt (E), RCNVR - 01 Apr 1945
Olsen,
Kaare, SLt, RCNVR - 21 May 1945
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Photos
and Documents
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HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677
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John
Hanlon holding a newspaper saying "Germany Quits" 2 days
after Germany surrendered
Source:
The
Westman Journal
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HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677
From the collection of Sid Dobing
Courtesy of Brian Dobing
Note: She must be fresh from the builders as
she does not have any armament in this photo.
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HMCS MAHONE J159 outboard of HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677, St. John's, Newfoundland - date unknown
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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(left to right) - HMCS
ROYALMOUNT K677, unknown
corvette, HMCS MAHONE J159, unknown tug at St. John's, Newfoundland
- date unknown
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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