HMCS BORDER CITIES J344

Algerine Class Minesweeper

Built at Port Arthur, Ont., she was commissioned at there on 18 May 1944. BORDER CITIES arrived at Halifax in mid-Jun 1944, and on 08 Jul 1944 proceeded to Bermuda to work up. Returning to Halifax on 03 Aug 1944, she was assigned to Senior Officer's ship to EG W-2 of WLEF. In Jun 1945, she was assigned to Atlantic Coast Command and, in Aug 1945, placed temporarily in maintenance reserve at Sydney. On 10 Nov 1945 she left, with four sisters, for the west coast, and on 15 Jan 1946, was paid off into reserve at Esquimalt. She was sold for scrap in 1948 and broken up at Victoria soon afterward. Her hulk was scuttled as a breakwater (possibly at Kelsey Bay).

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Commanding Officers

LCdr Breen Philip Young, MBE, RCNR - 18 May 1944 - 23 Jul 1945

Lt James Butterfield, RCNR - 24 Oct 1945 - 15 Jan 1946

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

Photos and Documents

(BDC001) HMCS BORDER CITIES J344 with Christmas trees hanging from the rigging in 1944  //  Source: Canadian War Museum George Metcalf Archival Collection CWM 20000224-005 _2  //  Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum

(BDC002) HMCS BORDER CITIES J344  //  From the collection of William (Bill) Dougall, LTO (LP), RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Grant Dougall

(BDC003) HMCS BORDER CITIES J344  //  DND / RCN Photo

(BDC004) The End - Former HMCS BORDER CITIES J344 scuttled as a breakwater, possibly at Kelsey Bay  //  © / Courtesy of Ron Greene, Capital Iron and Metal