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HMCS VANCOUVER
K240
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS VANCOUVER K240
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
Click on the above photo to view a larger
image
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HMCS VANCOUVER jacket
patch
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Battle honours and awards: Aleutians
1942-43, Atlantic 1944-45
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Laid down: 16
Jun 1941
Launched: 26
Aug 1941
Commissioned: 20
Mar 1942
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Paid off
for refit:
Re-commissioned:
16 Sep 1943
Paid off: 26
Jun 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in
1946
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Laid down and launched as HMCS
KITCHENER K240,
she was renamed HMCS VANCOUVER K240 in Nov 1941. Commissioned at Esquimalt on
20 Mar 1942, she
joined Esquimalt Force and, on 20 Jun 1942 escorted the torpedo-damaged
SS Fort Camosun to Victoria. In Aug 1942 she left for Kodiak, Alaska,
to perform escort service for several weeks in support of the
Aleutian campaign. On 24 Feb 1943, she again arrived at Kodiak
to serve under U.S. control until the end of May 1943. In mid-Sep
1943
she emerged from three months' refit at VANCOUVER with an extended
fo'c's'le. Reassigned in Feb 1944, to WLEF, she arrived at
Halifax on 25 Mar 1944. After serving briefly with escort groups W-3
and W-1, she was transferred in Jun 1944 to Quebec Force as escort to
Quebec City-Goose Bay convoys for three months. Late in Nov 1944,
after a month's refit at Charlottetown, she proceeded to Bermuda to
work up, and on her return rejoined W-1 for the balance of
hostilities. She was paid off on 26 Jun 1945, at Sorel, she was sold
on 05 Oct 1945 and broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in 1946.
Photos and Documents
Ship's company photos
"UP
SPIRITS" - 2nd Edition
Commanding Officers
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Lt Percival Francis M. DeFreitas,
RCNR - 20 Mar 1942 - 07 Jun 1943
LCdr Arthur Truman Morrell,
RCNR - 15 Jun 1943 - 04 Feb 1944 |
A/LCdr Aubrey Winston Ford,
RCNR - 05 Feb 1944 - 09 Oct 1944
Lt Gordon Cook Campbell,
RCNVR - 10 Oct 1944 - 26 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Bell,
Robert S.
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Bruce, W.
David
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Bugslag,
John C. |
Burton,
George R.
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De Freitas, Pervical
F.M.
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Ellis,
Ronald D.
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Hulme,
George F.
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Lamont,
William |
Parker,
Reginald A.
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Sand,
Erwin H.
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Spershott,
Walter E.
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Steward,
George J.
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Sturch,
Douglas H.
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Wales, John
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Walker,
William J.
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Former Crew Members
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Annear,
Ernest Arthur, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Bragg,
Percival Dean, Lt, RCNVR - 04 Feb 1944 Campbell,
J.D., Tel, RCN Carmichael,
Currie McRae, SLt, RCNVR - 20 May 1942 Dando,
Thoms Arthur, Lt, RCNVR - 04 Feb 1944 Davies,
E.G., Coder, RCNVR Grazier,
W.R., Sig, RCN
Harrington,
J.C., L/Sig, RCNVR
Hesler,
Harrison Howard, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jul 1943
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Jean,
H.W., Tel, RCNVR
Koellmel,
W.J., L/Tel, RCNVR
Laing,
R.P., Sig, RCNVR
Lawrie,
Andrew Hampton, Lt, RCNVR - 11 Feb 1944
Livingstone,
Robert Clarence, Lt, RCNVR - 04 Feb 1944 Martin,
Ian Cameron, A/Wt (E), RCN - 15 Jun 1943 McEvoy,
Johnnie, Sig, RCNVR McGrath,
W.J., Coder, RCNVR |
Moncrieff,
George Glen, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Jun 1942
Mulley,
John Wallace, SLt, RCNVR - 04 Feb 1944
Niemela,
A.T.,Sig, RCNVR
Oakley,
Thomas Eric, SLt, RCNVR - 09 Jun 1944 Robitaille,
Jean Paul, Lt, RCNVR - 17 Jun 1943 Smith,
W.J., Coder, RCNVR Walker,
Frank Bigley, Lt, RCNVR - 04 Feb 1944 Young,
William Arthur, Lt, RCNVR - 05 Apr 1945 |
Photos and Documents
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HMCS VANCOUVER K240
Source: Flickr photo collection
of Ron
Bell
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HMCS VANCOUVER K240 - 21 March
1944
Source: Flickr photo collection
of Ron
Bell
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HMCS VANCOUVER K240
Note the gunshield artwork
From the collection of George J (Paddy) Steward
Courtesy of Ken Nowicki
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