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HMCS SUNBEAM
Z42
Auxiliary
Tanker
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HMCS SUNBEAM
Source: The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces
1910-1981 by Ken Macpherson and John Burgess
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Acquired
by RCN: 1940
Commissioned: 11
Nov 1940
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Paid off: 13
Dec 1945
Fate: Broken up in 1968
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Built in Port Glasgow, NS, she was
launched in 1911. Formerly the Department of
Transport Hopper Barge No. 4, she was acquired by the RCN in 1940
and converted to a fuel oil carrier. SUNBEAM was commissioned on 11
Nov 1940, and served as a lighter at Halifax and St. John's
and occasionally as a transport. Paid off on 13 Dec 1945, and
sold into commercial service, she was renamed BIRCHBRANCH in 1949.
Her register was closed in 1968, as she had been broken up.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Skpr
Edward Walker
Hannaford, RCNR - 08 May 1941 - 27 June 1943
Skpr/Lt Stanely Francis Ellis,
RCNR - 28 Jun 1943 - unk
Lt James
Arthur Aldhouse, RCNR - 30 Mar 1944 - unk |
Ch/Skpr Ernest Lyman Thompson,
RCNR - 01 Jul 1944 - unk
Skpr/Lt Frederick Joseph James Henderson, RCNR - 22 May
1945 - unk |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
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Beck,
David Edward, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 13 Apr 1942
Davie,
Joseph, Skpr, RCNR - 19 Jun 1941
Digout,
Charles Simon, Skpr, RCNR - Jan 1945
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Rose,
George Thomas Clayton, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 18 Apr 1945
Thompson,
Ernest Lyman, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 28 Jun 1943 / 01 Mar 1945 |
Photos and
Documents
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Two HMCS SUNBEAM Christmas cards
From the collection of John
Staples, LSA, RN
Courtesy of Brian Staples
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Unidentified rating on HMCS SUNBEAM
From the collection of John
Staples, LSA, RN
Courtesy of Brian Staples
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Unidentified sailors by the ship's boat on HMCS
SUNBEAM
From the collection of John
Staples, LSA, RN
Courtesy of Brian Staples
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Stoker Sydney Drew on
HMCS SUNBEAM
From the collection
of Sydney Drew, RCNVR
Courtesy of Sydney
Drew (grandson)
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