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HMCS STADACONA
Auxiliary
Patrol Ship
Designated
HMCS
GUELPH
Patrols Depot,
Halifax
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HMCS STADACONA
IWM Photo CN-3275
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image
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Launched:
Commissioned: 13
Aug 1915
Designated:
HMCS GUELPH 01 May 1918
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Paid off: 31
Mar 1920
at Esquimalt, BC
Fate: Burned for salvage
in Jan 1948
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Originally named Columbia, this large yacht was
purchased from her New York owner and commissioned on 13 Aug
1915, for patrol duty out of Halifax. She was also for a time
flagship at Halifax of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Kingsmill. Early in
1919, STADACONA was sent round to the west coast and, after brief
service as a dispatch vessel, paid off 31 Mar 1920. After a few
years' employment as a fisheries patrol and hydrographic survey vessel,
she was sold in 1924 to Central American Shipping of Vancouver and
later sold to Ocean Salvage Co., owner Joseph W. Hobbs. She then achieved a degree of notoriety as a
rumrunner's ship under the name Kuyakuzmt. In 1929 she was
rebuilt at Vancouver and once again became a yacht, successively
named Lady Stimson and moonlight Maid. In 1941 she became a towboat,
and served the U.S. government as such for a time in 1942. She was
burned for salvage at Seattle in Jan 1948.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
LCdr
Russell Adolph Barber, RNR - 01 Mar 1916 - unk
LCdr Russell
Adolph Barber, RNR - 01 May 1918 - unk
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Agnew, Ronald Ian
1895-1949 |
Amos,
Edward Augustus
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Appointed to STADACONA 30 Jul 1919
& 01 May
1918 as Mate, RNCVR |
Bannatyne, Ninian
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Barber,
Russell Adolph
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Commanding Officer
01 Mar 1916
and 01 May 1918
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Betts, Wallace H.
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Bradbrook,
Walter William
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Appointed to STADACONA 01 May 1918
as Bos'n, RCN
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Burney,
Henry D.
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Appointed to STADACONA 01 May
1918 as W/T 4c, RNCVR
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Cairney, _______
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Clark, _______
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Crawford,
Alexander Cree
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Appointed to STADACONA 30 Jul 1917
& 01 May
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Day, _______
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Edwards,
John C.I.
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Gilmour, John
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Appointed to STADACONA 01 May 1918 as
Slt, RNCVR, NavO
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Hassell,
William George
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Appointed to STADACONA 16 Feb 1918 and 01 May 1918 as
W/T 2c, RNCVR |
Hose, Walter
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Jones,
Lewis Stevens
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Appointed to STADACONA on 16 May
1917 and 01 May
1918 as Ch/Art (E), RCN
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Matthews,
Harold E.
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Maude,
George A. |
Moor,
Herbert Hutchison
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Appointed to STADACONA 03 May 1917 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR |
Mortimer,
William R. |
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Saunders,
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Stradder,
Fred O.
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Appointed to STADACONA 01 May
1918 as W/T 4c, RNCVR |
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Photos
and Documents
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HMCS STADACONA (foreground) with HMCS NIOBE
on the far right.
Source: George Metcalf Archival
Collection
CWM 20080060-001_28c
Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum
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Article
on HMCS THIEPVAL, HMCS GIVENCHY, HMCS ARMENTIERES and HMCS STADACONA transiting from Halifax to Esquimalt. THIEPVAL arrived safely in
Esquimalt, while ARMENTIERES and GIVENCHY had to escort / tow STADACONA to
San Francisco after she lost her rudder in a storm
The Daily Colonist, Victoria, BC, Saturday 24 May 1919
Courtesy of Dwight Farrell
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