HMCS CARIBOU
S12 / Z25
Armed
Yacht
HMCS CARIBOU S12
Launched: 1928
Commissioned: 27
May 1940
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Paid off: 20
Jul 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1946. Final disposition unknown
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Built in 1928 by Defoe
Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich, USA. Her specification were: Length:
142 ft, Beam: 23 ft, Draught: 9 ft, Speed: 11 kts, Complement: 5
officers, 35 men, Armament: 1-12pdr.
Commissioned on 27 May
1940, at Halifax, CARIBOU left the following day for Quebec City for
conversion and arming. On completion of this, in mid-Nov
1940, she returned to Halifax and was employed until Aug 1941,
as guard ship at the entrance to Bedford Basin. Early in Oct
1941, following refit, she had her first taste of patrol duty, but a
serious galley fire on 19 Nov 1941 put her out of action until Feb 1942, while repairs were made at Lunenburg. In
Mar 1942
she was transferred to saint John, N.B. Force. On 31 Jul 1942 she
arrived at Halifax for survey and was declared unfit for active
patrol duty. Relegated to training service at HMCS CORNWALLIS,
she had been transferred to Saint John in the same capacity by Sep 1943 and, in
Apr 1944, to Digby again. She
remained there until the war's end and was paid off on 20 Jul 1945
and sold for commercial use the following year.
Commanding Officers
Lt Alexander Keith
Young, RCNR - 27 May 1940 - unk
Lt J.H.
Marshall, RCNR - 19 Sep 1941 - 25 Mar 1942
Lt John
Evelyn, RCNR - 26 Mar 1942 - 18 Sep 1942
Mate J.M. Moncrieff, RCNR - 18 Sep
1942 - 10 Feb 1943 |
Lt Donald
Davis, RCNVR - 11 Feb 1943 - 11 Aug 1943
Lt R.K. Bythell, RCNVR - 12 Aug 1943 - 1944
Lt John Carman
Fritz, RCNVR - Aug 1944 - 20 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Berthelet,
Alfred Z.
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Beauchamp,
Joseph F. A.
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Cathcart,
Norman
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Cathrine,
Robert T.
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Cosgrove,
Canniff T. J.
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Cowe,
James W.
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Dennison,
Foster K.
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Dupuis, R.
Joseph
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Farley,
Gerald R.
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Garrett,
Dudley M.
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Leroux, Leo
J.
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MacArthur,
David A.
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Marklinger, John A.
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McGrath,
James D.
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McGregor,
Martin
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McLean,
Wallace A.
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Millman,
Frederick A.
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Munn,
Melvin
A.
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Murray,
James B.
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Piontek,
Jack W.
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Rourke,
Thomas J.
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Thomas,
James E.
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Ware,
William J.
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Woods, Harold
G.
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Former Crew Members
Crawford, William
Duncan
Duchesneau,
Hubert Powell, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Jul 1942
Fritz,
John Carman, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1943
Hyson,
Moyle Alexander, A/Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 27 May 1940
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Johnson,
Gordon Harold, Lt, RCNVR - 30 Jan 1942
Page,
Marcel Raymond, Skpr, RCNR - 27 May 1940
Rankin,
Angus Hetherington, Lt, RCNR - 22 Jul 1940
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Roach,
Charles Earl, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 22 May 1940
Stringer,
Alexander John, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1942
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