HMCS
CHAUDIERE 235
Restigouche
Class Destroyer
FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE |
HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 - 11 Jul
1970
Photographer: Walter E. Frost
Source: City of Vancouver
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944, Normandy 1944, Biscay 1944
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Laid down: 30
Jul 1953
Launched: 13
Nov 1957
Commissioned: 14
Nov 1959
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Paid off: 23 May 1974 Fate:
Sunk as an artificial reef on 05 Dec 1992 |
Built at Halifax Shipyards and the last of her
class, CHAUDIERE was commissioned on 14 Nov 1959. On 02 Oct 1967, she left Halifax to serve on the west coast. Her intended
conversion to an IRE was abandoned for reasons of economy, and in
1970 her complement was reduced to training level. On 23 May 1974,
she was paid off and thereafter used as a source of spare parts for
others of her class. Her bow was removed in 1989 to replaced that of
Kootenay, which had been damaged in a collision. CHAUDIERE was sunk
as a sport divers' wreck in Sechelt Inlet, B.C., on 05 Dec 1992.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
Cdr V.J. Wilgress,
RCN - 14 Nov 1959 - 25 Apr 1961
Cdr Philip John Pratley,
RCN - 24 Apr 1961 - 11 Apr 1963
Cdr Robert Hilborn Falls,
RCN - 11 Apr 1963 - 25 Aug 1964
Cdr George Richard MacFarlane,
RCN - 25 Aug 1964 - 17 Jan 1966
Cdr John Irwin Manore,
RCN - 17 Jan 1966 - 26 Aug 1967 LCdr
W.G. Brown, RCN - 26 Aug 1967 - 24 Nov 1967 |
LCdr J.L. Woodbury,
RCN - 24 Nov 1967 - 08 Dec 1967
LCdr Philip G. Bissell,
RCN - 08 Dec 1967 - 20 Jan 1970
Cdr Harry Rusk - 20 Jan 1970 - 30 Jun
1971
LCdr David Redford
Donaldson - 30 Jun 1971 - 23 May 1973 LCdr
Joseph Guy Comeau
- 24 May 1973 - 23 May 1974 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
WILLDEY,
Jack R.
LCdr, RCN died - 03 Oct 1958
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Baillargeon,
Raymond G.
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Bassingthwaite, James
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Beckett,
Brian H. |
Bédard, Cécilien
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Bélanger,
Marcel H.
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Belisle,
Alphonse J.
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Bissell, Philip G.
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Bowman,
Donavin B.
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Brassard,
Louis F.
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Brind'Amour,
Claude J.
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Bull,
William F.
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Burck,
David
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Cairns,
Peter W.
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Cathcart,
Donald S.
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Chadwick,
Edward A.
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Chauvin, Guy
H.
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Collins, Harry
E.
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Collins, James
E.
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Conway, Jeremy
D.
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Cooper,
Ralph
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Crabbe,
Kenneth B.
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Cripps,
Keith N.
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MacFarlane,
George R.
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Mack, Andrew
L.
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Mackie,
Edward |
Mackie,
William A.
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MacMullan,
Benedict
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Malkewich,
Laurie J.
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Martin,
Blair J.
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Mason,
John W.R.
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McArdle,
Christopher
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McCall,
Thomas J. K
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McKay,
Gordon E.
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McLean,
Gilbert B.N.
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Mielke,
Gordon A.
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Memnook, Ned
W. M.
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Merritt,
James
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Mueller,
Ernest W.
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Murch, Bruce
G.
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Former Crew Members
Adams, Garry, OSRP - 1961
Adamthwaite, Dave V., Lt (N), OpsO, WpnsO,
TrgO - Jan 1974 - Jun 1974
Arsenault, Steve - 1967
Ashton,
Cliff J.
Baillie, Larry - 1967
Becevel, Michael, Radioman
Biccum,
Terry
Bowman, Don, AB.LM - 1961
Bracken, J., OS.FC - 1961
Brewer, Jim, OS.EM - 1961
Brooks, John
Caine, M., PS.BN - 1961
Charter, Jim, P1ER - 1961
Crocket, Harry - P2RP - 1961
Davis, Ken - LS.WS - 1961
DeCosta, EM - 1961
Derosie, K, LS.EM - 1961
Dingle, George, OS.FC - 1961
Dixon, OS.RP - 1961
Dorion, OS.LM - 1961
Dubetz, Al, OS
Easton, William, P1ET - 1961
Gilmore, D., OS.RP - 1961 |
Gosslin, OS.RP - 1961
Hall, Pat
Hansen, H.P., SLt, Assistant NavO - 1961
Hogue, Lloyd, OS Weapons - 1961
Holmes, Douglas, OS.RP - 1961
Holston, (Hammer), OS.LM - 1961
Jones, Brian, OSLM - 1961
Kalkman, Ben - 1967
Kelly, Dennis, OS.RP1
Leblanc, Edward, OS.RP - 1959-1962. Commissioning crew
Lemay, AB.RA - 1961
Lesuik, Les, P1RM - 1969
Letourneau, LS.RA - 1961
Little, P2ET - 1961
MacIntosh, John or Bruce, OS.RP - 1961
Makin, E.A., Lt, Gunnery Officer - 1961
Martin, E., PO Shipwright - 1961
Mason, William, OS.RP - 1961
McAuliffe, William "Bill", OS.LM - 1961
Merritt, Jim, OS.RP - 1961
Miller,
Duncan E.
Morgan, Tony, FC
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O'Dale, Charles (Chuck)
Paterson, Bruce - 1971
Patrick, Larry, OS.EM - 1961
Players, Reg., C1BN, Cox'n - 1961
Poirier, Wayne - 1966-1967
Pratt, J., AB - 1961
Rayner,
Jim, Bos'n
Richmond, Robert (Bob), ABLT1
Rockwell,
Rod L. (Rocky), OS.LM / AB.LM
Ruhloff, Udo, OS.RP - 1961
Sawyer, Ralph, AB.LM - 1961
Scrivens, C., P1BN, Buffer - 1961
Shoemaker, Jim - 1967
Simmons, Duane, SN - 1960s
Smith, Mark, AB.LM - 1961
Squires, Bill, LS.RP - 1961
Steffens, J., LS.SN - 1961
Sutherland, Ted, OS.RP - 1961
Thomas, LS.RA - 1961
Thriverge, Rob, BN - 1961
Tremblay, OS.LM - 1961
Watts, Randall John
Wills, Al, FC - Apr 1969 - Jan 1970
Young, A.E., Lt, NavO and CommO - 1961
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Photos and
Documents
Commissioning
14 Nov 1959 |
Hot Pot Newspaper
1963 - 6 issues |
Ship's Programme
Expo '67 |
Welcome Aboard
Circa May 73-May 74
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Paying-off
1974 |
CHD001 |
CHD002 |
CHD003 |
CHD004 |
CHD005 |
(CHD001)
HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 - undated // DND photo
(CHD002)
HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 circa 1965 // Photographer: Raymond Cumby on HMCS OTTAWA 229
(CHD003)
HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 - 11 Apr 1969 // Photographed by Walter E. Frost
// Source: City of Vancouver Archives
(CHD004)
George (Cowboy) Watt, RT (left) and Les Lesuik, P1RM, 3
Mess, HMCS CHAUDIERE, 1969 // From the collection of George Watt
// Courtesy of Christopher Watt
(CHD005)
Donavin (Don) Bernhard Bowman as helmsman on
HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 // © / Courtesy of Brian Lapierre
(CHD006-CHD008)
HMCS CHAUDIERE conducting a personnel transfer via jackstay //
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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(CHD009) HMCS
CHAUDIERE Engineering Sketchbook belonging to (then) ABER2
Ned Memnook // Courtesy of Don Mazuriuk
(CHD10)
Article on HMCS CHAUDIERE from "The Lookout", CFB Esquimalt 30 Mar
1972
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(EL01) L-R: McCully,
Dixon, Edward Leblanc on HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 - 1959-1962
(EL02) Looking aft
from CHAUDIERE'S quarterdeck at destroyers following astern
Courtesy of Edward
Leblanc, RCN
HMCS CHAUDIERE - 1971
(BP01)
LSWU Del Kolrus (?sp) in HMCS CHAUDIERE'S mortar well
(BP02) HMCS
CHAUDIERE'S mortars. Note the bit of smoke drifting from the mortar
barrels
(BP03) Mortars landing
(BP04) Cleaning the
mortars on HMCS CHAUDIERE after a shoot
(BP05) HMCS CHAUDIERE in drydock in Esquimalt, BC
Courtesy
of Bruce Paterson
From the collection of Terrance O'Hearn
HMCS CHAUDIERE
conducting her paying-off sail past
Former HMCS CHAUDIERE being sunk as an
artificial reef 05 Dec 1992
Source: Artificial
Reef Society of BC
Topographical
map showing the approx location of the diving wreck of the former
HMCS CHAUDIERE 235 sheltered waters of Sechelt Inlet. From
the collection of Ben Whiting Courtesy of Ben Whiting
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