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HMCS
COWICHAN 162
Bay
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS COWICHAN 162 |
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1941-45, Normandy 1944, English
Channel 1944-45
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Laid down: 10
Jul 1956
Launched: 26
Feb 1957
Commissioned: 12
Dec 1957
Paid
off: 1964
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Re-Commissioned:
Paid off: 22
Aug 1997
Fate:
Sold to private interests. Tied up, neglected, at the wharf of the
now closed Lambert Sawmill, Sooke, BC. Last seen June 2016. |
Built by Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, she was
commissioned on 12 Dec 1957, and was a member of Training Group
Pacific until paid off for the final time on 22 Aug 1997. Her specifications on
completion were: Displacement: 396 tons; Length: 152 ft, Beam: 28 ft;
Draught: 8 ft; Speed: 16 kts; Armament: 1-40mm; Complement: 3 officers, 35
men. COWICHAN was sold to private interests and was last seen in June 2016,
tied up at the the old Lamford Forest Products wharf, Sooke, BC - neglected and
covered in graffiti.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell Commissioning Ceremony
Commanding Officers
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LCdr G.W.S. Brooks,
RCN - 12 Dec 1957 - 27 Aug 1959
LCdr W.C. Wilson,
RCN - 28 Aug 1959 - 30 Aug 1961
LCdr Richard Dezso Okros,
RCN - 31 Aug 1961 - Aug 1963
LT A.P. Howard,
RCN - Aug 1963 - Feb 1964
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LCdr Duncan Edward Miller, C.A.F.
- 1977
LCdr Robert Self, C.A.F. - dates
unknown
LCdr David Cogdon - dates unknown |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anderson,
Thomas R.
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Bond,
James M.
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Boughton,
Benjamin
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Brooks,
George S.W.
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Cogdon,
David
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Derhak,
Wesley G.
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Dunwoody,
Samuel G. |
Fast, Frank
V.
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Hill, Peter
E.
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Hope, Donald
B.
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Jackson,
Peter J.
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Lesiuk,
Dmeytro
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Kellerman,
Wilfred H.J.
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King,
Terry
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Kisby,
Robert W.
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Linscott,
John D.
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McCreedy, Ross H.
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McGowan,
Harold A.
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Okros, Richard
D.
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Paterson,
William A.
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Robertson,
James W.
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Rombough,
Wallace O.
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Roquet, Paul
E.
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Saker,
Donald
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Salaga,
Steven A.
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Sarkany,
James M.
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Self,
Robert D.
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Simpson,
John B.
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VanEk,
Hendrick
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Wickware,
Michael J.
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Willson,
Robert A.
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Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
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HMCS COWICHAN 162 - date unknown
From the collection of Sid Dobing
Courtesy of Brian Dobing |
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HMCS COWICHAN 162
DND / RCN Photo - Crown copyright |
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WP104
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WP105
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WP106
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WP107
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WP108
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WP109
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(WP104-WP105) 4 American and 4 Canadian minesweepers conducting exercises -
1962. HMCS FORTUNE 151, HMCS JAMES BAY 152, HMCS COWICHAN 162 and HMCS
MIRAMICHI 163 (WP106) HMCS COWICHAN flying her "Battle
Flag" (WP107) Sweep Exercise - 1962 (WP108) Lots of kelp on
COWICHAN's minesweeping gear - Sweep Exercise 1962 (WP109) Sweep
Exercise 1962 - HMCS MIRAMICHI 163 off to starboard of HMCS COWICHAN
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WP110
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WP111
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WP112
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WP113
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WP114
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WP115
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(WP110) HMCS MIRAMICHI 163 flying her pirate flag on her jack staff (WP111)
Officers on HMCS COWICHAN - 1962 (WP112) unknown, Frampton and CERA W.
Curry on HMCS COWICHAN (WP113) Engineers on HMCS COWICHAN - 1962
(WP114) Minesweeping squadron heading to Stockton, Ca - 1963 (WP115) HMCS
COWICHAN's Paying-off crew - 1964 From
the collection of William (Bill)
Argyle Paterson, P1BN, RCN / C.A.F. Courtesy
of Bruce Paterson
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Former
HMCS COWICHAN 162 lies neglected alongside the old Lamford Forest
Products wharf, Cooper's Cove, near Sooke, BC.
Photographer / © Derek Lewers 2015, the Sooke
Mirror News
Courtesy of G. Saunders
Historical
note: The area where the former HMCS COWICHAN is tied up was the Sooke
Forest Products (SFP) sawmill for many years. The name changed to the
Lamford Forest Products after a group of employees took over
the mill. The mill is now shut down. |
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Former HMCS COWICHAN, Cooper's Cove, near Sooke, BC - 2017
Photographer / © Doug Clement 2017
Courtesy of Doug Clement of Doug Clement
Photography, Victoria BC |
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The former HMCS COWICHAN 162 at the old
Lamford Forest Products wharf, Cooper's Cove, near Sooke, BC - Apr
2020
Photographer / Courtesy of: David Weldon. Sooke,
BC.
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