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CD 20
Auxiliary Patrol Drifter
(designated HMCS GUELPH)
From the book, The Seabound Coast - "the increased number of personnel required for the expanded patrol service led to a reorganization of the service's shore establishments. Whereas all patrol personnel had previously been carried on the books of HMCS STADACONA, commencing on 01 May 1918, the sailors of patrol vessels based at Halifax and Sydney were given their own organizations. .... Patrol personnel based at Halifax, meanwhile, had been transferred to the books of HMCS GUELPH, represented afloat by drifter CD 20, commanded by acting Commander P.F. Newcombe." (Source: Quote from The Seabound Coast - The Official History of the Royal Canadian navy, 1867-1939 - by William Johnston, William G.P. Rawling, Richard H. Gimblett, and John MacFarlane)
Commanding Officers
Skpr Obed Chut Giffin, RCN - 01 Mar 1918 - unk
Mate, Louis Dicks, RNCVR - 01 May 1918 - unk
They shall not be forgotten
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
