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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
CHARLOTTETOWN K244
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HMCS Charlottetown K244
DND/RCN photo #MC-2181
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1942, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942
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Laid down: 07
Jun 1941
Launched: 10
Sep 1941
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Commissioned: 13
Dec 1941
Fate: Sunk by torpedo on 11
Sep 1942
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Built by the Kingston
Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, Ont., she was commissioned at Quebec City on
13 Dec 1941 and arrived at Halifax on 18 Dec 1941. She was a member of
WLEF until mid-Jul 1942, when she was transferred to Gulf Escort
Force owing to increased U-boat activity in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. She was employed as escort to Quebec-Sydney convoys until
11 Sep 1942, when she was torpedoed and sunk by U 517 in the
St. Lawrence River near Cap Chat, Que. Six of her crew were lost
that day, 4 later died of wounds resulting from the sinking. She had earlier delivered convoy SQ.35 to Rimouski and
was en route back to Gaspé, her base, at the time.
Photos and Documents
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt J.W.
Bonner, RCNR - 13 Dec 1941 - 11 Sep 1942 |
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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BONNER,
John Willard
LCdr, RCNR
MPK - 10 Sep 1942 |
BOWSER,
Donald St Clair
AB, A 5207, RCNR
DOW - 11 Sep 1942 |
GARLAND,
John Charlie
OS, V/2703, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Sep 1942 |
GRANT,
John Alexander
Stoker PO, A/1871, RCNR
DOW - 22 Oct 1942 |
LOVAT,
Peter Kenneth
ERA, V/27067, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Sep 1942 |
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LUNDRIGAN,
John
Stoker, A/2985, RCNR
MPK - 10 Sep 1942
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MACDONALD,
Thomas Allan
ERA 4c, 21749, RCN
DOW - 13 Sep 1942 |
ROBINSON,
Edmund Charles
L/Tel,
V/9661, RCNVR
DOW - 13 Sep 1942 |
TODD,
David
ERA, V/5970, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Sep 1942 |
WHARTON,
Leonard Arthur
AB, V/27329, RCNVR
MPK - 10 Sep 1942 |
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Former Crew Members
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Gregory,
George Frederick Thompson, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1942
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Hoar,
Lyle Robert, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1942 |
Saunders,
Edward Heaty, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1942 |
Photos
and Documents (below)
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Funeral of Able Seaman Donald Bowser
A
member of HMCS Charlottetown's crew, Bowser died after the German
submarine U-517 sank his ship in the St. Lawrence River in
September 1942. Charlottetown had been sailing with HMCS Clayoquot
and, as the ships had not been "zig-zagging," they presented
less-difficult targets for U-517. Most of Charlottetown's
crew survived the torpedoing but several, including Bowser, were severely
injured by depth charges which exploded as their ship sank. His funeral at
St. Paul's Anglican Church in Gaspé, Quebec, emphasized the proximity of
the battle of the St. Lawrence to the Canadian home front. Source: Canadian
War Museum George Metcalf Archival Collection CWM
20070195-008a_front
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AB Leonard Arthur Wharton, RCNVR
Born: 1920 MPK: 10 Sep 1942 as the
age of 22
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