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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
DAWSON K104
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HMCS Dawson K104
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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Laid down: 07
Sep
1940
Launched: 08
Feb 1941
Commissioned: 06
Oct 1941
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Paid off: 19
Jun 1945
Fate:
Broken up after 1946
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Built at Victoria, Dawson was commissioned on
06 Oct 1941 and, after working up, joined Esquimalt Force for
local patrol duty. On 20 Aug 1942, she arrived at Kodiak,
Alaska, to take part in the Aleutian campaign under U.S. operational
control, returning to Esquimalt 04 Nov 1942. She resumed her duties
with Esquimalt Force until Feb 1943, when she again proceeded
to Alaskan waters to work with U.S. naval units until the end of May
1943. In Sep 1943 she commenced a major refit, including fo'c's'le
extension, at Vancouver, worked up following its completion 29 Jan 1944, and on
14 Feb 1944 left for Halifax. Arriving there 25 Mar 1944, she joined EG W-7, WEF. Early in
Jan 1945, she began a
refit at Dartmouth, on completion of which in Apr 1945 she went to
Bermuda to work up. The European war had ended by the time she
returned, and she was paid off 19 Jun 1945 at Sorel. Sold for scrap; she foundered at her moorings on 22
Mar
1946 at Hamilton. She was later raised and broken up.
Ship's
company photos Photos
and Documents
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Commanding Officers |
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A/LCdr Anthony Hubert Gleadow Storrs, RCNR
- 06 Oct 1941 - 07 Jun 1943
A/LCdr Thomas Philip Ryan, OBE, RCNR
- 08
Jun 1943 - 30 Mar 1944 |
Skpr/Lt Joseph Bernard Cooper, RCNR
- 31 Mar 1944 - 19 Jun 1945 |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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A-B |
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Anderson,
Joseph Clifford
1917-2014 |
Band, John
Trumbell
1915-2005
Drafted to Dawson 19 May 1942 as Slt, RCNVR
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Black, Archie J.
____-2011
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E-F |
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Edge,
William Arthur
1921-2011 |
Eldridge,
Richard
1924-2005
Served in Dawson in 1943 |
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G-H |
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Garayt,
Leslie
1922-2009
The Memory Project |
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I-J |
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James,
William Stanley Gordon
1919-2009
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K-L
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Love,
Alan Tannahill
____-1995
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O-P |
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Patterson,
Henry W.
1919-2016
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Porteous,
Alexander
1922-2010 |
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Q-R |
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Reynolds,
Donald William
____-2016 |
Robertshaw,
Norman James
1925-2013 |
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S-T |
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Storrs,
Antony Hubert Gleadow
1907-2002
1st Commanding Officer |
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W-X |
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Wareham,
Earle A.
1922-2016 |
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Former Crew Members
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Cloke,
John Francis, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 14 Jun 1943 / A/War (E), RCNVR - 27 Jan 1944
Hewat,
Donald Brock, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Feb 1945
Hutcheson,
James Robert McLeod, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1944
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Lawson,
William Powell, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1944
Mark,
James Clarence, Inst/Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1944
Mathewson,
Peter Stanton, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Feb 1945
Parker,
Arthur William, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Ridley
Frederick Neville, Lt, RCNVR - 03 Jul 1943 |
Robinson,
John Beverley, A/Lt, RCNVR - 04 Jul 1944
Short,
Brock Steele, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1944
Simonton,
Joseph Gilliland, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1943
Swain,
Adair Bruce, Slt, RCNVR - 08 Jun 1942 / 10 Jun 1942 |
Photos
and Documents
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HMCS Dawson K104
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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HMCS Dawson K104 when she foundered at the breaker's yard, United
Steel and Metal, at Hamilton, Ontario on 23 Mar 1946 Source: flickr collection of Ron
Bell |
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HMCS Dawson K104 when she foundered at the breaker's yard, United
Steel and Metal, at Hamilton, Ontario on 23 Mar 1946 Source: flickr collection of Ron
Bell |
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HMCS Dawson K104 when she foundered at the breaker's yard, United
Steel and Metal, at Hamilton, Ontario on 23 Mar 1946 Source: flickr collection of Ron
Bell |
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