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HMCS SUDEROY
VI - J05
Minesweeping
Auxiliary
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HMCS SUDEROY VI - J05 - HMCS LLEWELLYN in background
Source: The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces
1910-1981 by Ken Macpherson and John Burgess |
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Built: 1930
Acquired
by RCN: 1940
Commissioned: 19
Mar 1941
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Paid off: 31
Aug 1945
Fate:
Final disposition unknown |
Chartered in 1940 and
commissioned on 19 Mar 1941, this whale-catcher had been the
British Southern Gem before her sale to Norwegian owners. She
served with Halifax Local Defence Force throughout the war as an
auxiliary minesweeper. Paid off on 31 Aug 1945, she was returned
to her owners.
Photos
and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Lt
Roderick John Cornell
Pringle, RCNVR - 19 Mar 1941 - 20 Aug 1941
Lt A.M.
McLarnon, RCNR - 21 Aug 1941 - 06 Sep 1941
Lt
Roderick John Cornell
Pringle, RCNVR - 07 Sep 1941 - 15 Mar 1942
Lt Walter
Russell, RCNR - 16 Mar 1942 - 02 Apr 1942
Lt
Roderick John Cornell
Pringle, RCNVR - 03 Apr 1942 - 24 Apr 1942
Lt Walter
Russell, RCNR - 25 Apr 1942 - 24 Dec 1942
Lt Peter Malcolm MacCallum, RCNVR - 25 Dec
1942 - 29 Jan 1943
Lt Robert
Stark, RCNVR - 30 Jan 1943 - 07 Nov 1943
Skpr/Lt William Harold Crocker, RCNR - 08 Nov
1943 - 24 Nov 1943 |
Lt J.C.
Smith, RCNR - 25 Nov 1943 - 23 Feb 1944
Lt David
Ireland
McGill, RCNVR - 24 Feb 1944 - 26 May 1944
Lt Dirk John
Van Brommel, RCNVR - 27 May 1944 - 11 Jun 1944
Lt David Ireland
McGill, RCNVR - 12 Jun 1944 - 20 Dec 1944
Lt J.S. Barrick, RCNVR - 21 Dec 1944 - 08 Apr
1945
Skpr/Lt William Harold Crocker, RCNR - 09 Apr
1945 - 26 Apr 1945
Lt John Allister MacKinnon, RCNR - 27 Apr
1945 - 10 May 1945
Lt James Sidney Barrick, RCNVR - 11 May
1945 - 14 Jun 1945
Lt Dirk John
Van Brommel, RCNVR - 15 Jun 1945 - 04 Aug 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
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Barrick,
James Sidney, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944
Belgrave,
Henry Kelvin, SLt, RCNVR - 08 Apr 1944
MacCallum,
Peter Malcolm, SLt, RCNVR - 19 Mar 1941 / 07 May 1941
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MacKinnon,
John Allister, Lt, RCNR - 26 Apr 1945
McPhee,
Ian Archibald, SLt, RCNVR -30 Jun 1942
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Reynolds,
William Jardine, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1942
Stark,
Robert, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Jun 1941
Tait,
John Cameron, SLt, RCNR - Jan 1945
Wittingham,
Maurice Alfred, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Feb 1944 |
Photos
and Documents
(SDY-VI-001) HMCS SUDEROY VI
Z06 // RCN Photo # O-273-1 // Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum
(DL53) HMCS
SUDEROY VI J05 // From the collection of Doug
Lester, Lt, RCNVR, RCN // Courtesy of Matt D'Entremont
(DL54) HMCS
SUDEROY VI J05 - in line ahead // From the collection of Doug
Lester, Lt, RCNVR, RCN // Courtesy of Matt D'Entremont
(FM877) Article on minesweeping operations off Halifax harbour
- 21 Sep 1943
Mentioned in the article:
Chief Skipper J.N. Vezina,
RCNR; Lt H.J. Fry, RCNVR; and CO, Lt J.E. Duggan, RCNR - HMCS COMOX
Lt
Robert Stark, RCNVR; ERA John Cooper, RCNVR; AB Russel Cossman,
RCNVR; LS James Clayton, RCNVR; PO John Sainiuk, RCNVR;
CERA Walter Layzell, RCNR, SLt Jack Cavanaugh, RCNVR - HMCS SUDEROY VI
From the collection of François
Messier, AB, RCNVR
Courtesy of Denis Messier
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