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HMCS
BRANDON K149
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS Brandon K149
Source: Flickr photo
collection of Ron
Bell
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1941-45, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1945
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Laid down: 10
Oct 1940
Launched: 29
Apr 1941
Commissioned: 22
Jul 1941
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Paid off: 22
Jun 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in 1945
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Built at Lauzon, Que, she was
commissioned at Quebec City on 22 Jul 1941. Brandon arrived at Halifax
on 01 Aug 1941. She joined Newfoundland Command
in September after working up and left St. John's 26 Sep 1941 for
her first convoy, SC.46. She served as an ocean escort to and from
Iceland until Dec 1941, when she arrived in the U.K. for three
months' repairs at South Shields. From mid-Mar 1942, after three
weeks' workups at Tobermory, she served on the "Newfie-Derry"
run almost continuously until Sep 1944. From Dec 1942,
onward, she served with EG C-4, helping defend the hard-pressed
convoy HX.224 in Feb 1943, and in the following month
escorting convoys to and from Gibraltar. In Aug 1943, she had a
three-month refit at Grimsby, England, including fo'c's'le extension.
She left Londonderry 02 Sep 1944, to join her last
transatlantic convoy, ONS.251, and, after two months' refit at
Liverpool, N.S., worked up in Bermuda. On 05 Feb 1945, she
arrived at S. John's to join EG W-5, Western Escort Force, in which
she served until the end of the war. Paid off at Sorel on 22 Jun
1945, she was broken up at Hamilton, Ont. in 1945.
Photos
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company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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A/LCdr John Coldecott Littler, RCNR -
03 Jun 1941 / 22 Jul
1941 - 19 Aug 1942
Lt R.J.G.
Johnson, RCNVR - 20 Aug 1942 - 20 Sep 1942
A/LCdr
J.C. Littler, RCNR - 21 Sep 1942 - 24 Nov 1942 |
Lt H.E.
McArthur, RCNVR - 25 Nov 1942 - 25 May 1944
Lt John
Forbes Evans, RCNVR - 26 May 1944 - 26 Apr 1945
Lt Philip Joseph
Lawrence, RCNR - 27 Apr 1945 - 22 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Bennett, James
C.
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Barron,
Frank H.
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Casey, Gordon
A.
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Charnell,
Robert F.
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Todd, Clarke
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Epstein,
Irving
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Fram,
Joseph
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Hainsworth,
John
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Hall,
Edward G.
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Johnston,
Glen A.
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Laroque, Gerald
T.
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MacDonald,
Bernard I.
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McLeod,
Daniel
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McMurdo,
Stephen B.
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Melanson,
Louis M.
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Miller,
William J.
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Morin, Romeo
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Rogers,
Jack D.
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Saari,
Ossie
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Schneider,
Lloyd C.
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Shipman, Edwin
L.
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Stanger, E.T.
Peter
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Wilson,
H. Grant
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Would,
Thomas A.
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Young,
Gaston G.
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Former Crew Members
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Briggs,
John Gordon Wilson, SLt, RCNVR - 29 Apr 1942
Gansler,
William George, SLt, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1944
Graham,
John Boyd, Lt, RCNVR - 25 Jun 1942
Hermann,
Charles Bismarck, SLt, RCNVR - 11 May 1942
Menzies,
Peter
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Murray,
John Clayburn, Slt, RCNVR - 19 Jul 1943
Patterson,
Gordon Henry, Lt, RCNVR - 09 Jun 1941 / Commissioning crew
as Lt, RCNVR.
Price,
Robert Alfred, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Mar 1944
Webster,
Walter Cyril Leslie, Lt, RCNVR - 02 Jun 1943
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Photos
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HMCS Brandon K149 - date unknown
Harbour craft HC146 alongside HMCS Brandon
From the collection of Edwin Leonard (Ted)
Shipman
Courtesy of Scot Urquhart
Submission
from Donald (Bud) Rose: HMCS Brandon is secured to a mooring buoy in
the Bedford Basin, the town of Bedford can be seen in the back
ground, and she appears to be "swinging her compass";
Hence the presents of the harbour craft. In this photo the ship has
already had her bow extension which was done in Halifax. (Note the
draft markings well back from the forepeak). As the mast has not as
yet been relocated to aft the bridge, which was done during the
South Shields England refit in Jan 1942, this photo would have had
to be taken in 1941 prior to leaving for St. John's in Sept. 1941
for convoy duty. Note that she is also wearing Western
Approaches paint scheme.
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HMCS Brandon K149 - date unknown
From the collection of Edwin Leonard (Ted)
Shipman
Courtesy of Scot Urquhart
Submission
from Donald (Bud) Rose: This photo was taken ca. mid 1943. The ship
is still painted in the classic Western Approaches scheme, but the
colours are more now more pronounced. Note also the type 291 air
warning radar located aft of the funnel. This was a 1943 technical
improvement. The other improvement of late 1943 was the Rocket
Launcher attached to the side of her forward gun turret.
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Sailors working on the quarterdeck of unknown
corvette
In the background, left to right are HMCS
Collingwood K180, HMCS Brandon K149, HMCS Orillia K119, HMCS Chambly
K116
From the collection of Edwin Leonard (Ted)
Shipman
Courtesy of Scot Urquhart
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HMCS Brandon K149 alongside - date and place
unknown
Note the Brandon Bull on her gunshield and
outboard of her the gunshield art of HMCS Drumheller K167
From the collection of Edwin Leonard (Ted)
Shipman
Courtesy of Scot Urquhart
Submission
from Donald (Bud) Rose: this photo was taken at HMC Dockyard St.
John's Nfld. As the ship is still "prim" and the gun art
still in place, it is obvious that the photo was taken prior to her
first Artic convoy. Also, the mast has not been relocated aft the
bridge, done in Jan 1942 refit. The most probable date of photo
would be around Sep 1941.
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HMCS Brandon K149 at sea - date unknown
From the collection of Edwin Leonard (Ted)
Shipman
Courtesy of Scot Urquhart
Submission
from Donald (Bud) Rose: HMCS Brandon circa 1945. Note the Western
Approaches Admiralty Disruptive Paint Scheme. Also, the rocket
launchers mounted on the gun turret housing are quite visible, as
are the changes to the radar and communication aerials and the
superstructure. This is how all the corvettes were meant to look.
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Onboard HMCS Brandon K149 - 1944
(1)
Sailors on HMCS Brandon - back row standing PO Glen Johnston (6ft
3inches) (2) Petty Officers of HMCS Brandon - PO Glen Johnston
(centre) (3) Petty Officers on HMCS Brandon - PO Glen Johnston
(left) (4) PO Glen Johnston on HMCS Brandon (5) HMCS
Brandon at anchor, Ireland (6) sailors on HMCS Brandon - PO
Glen Johnston (front, centre) (7) Sailors on HMCS Brandon - PO
Glen Johnston (sitting, 3rd from right)
From the collection of Glen A. Johnston
Courtesy of Glen F. Johnston
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