
HMCS
DUNVEGAN K177
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS DUNVEGAN K177
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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Laid down: 30
Aug
1940
Launched: 11
Dec 1940
Commissioned: 09
Sep 1941
Paid off: 03
Jul 1945
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Sold:
1946 to Venezuelan Navy
Commissioned:
1946 as Indepencia
Paid
off:
Fate: Broken up in 1953
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Named after a village in Nova Scotia,
DUNVEGAN was commissioned at Sorel on 09 Sep 1941, and arrived at
Halifax a week later. She joined Sydney Force after working up, but
in mid-Nov 1941 was transferred to Newfoundland Command, leaving St.
John's on 18 Nov 1941 as ocean escort to convoy SC.55 as far as
Iceland. On her return she underwent repairs at Halifax, and on
their completion in Jan 1942, was assigned briefly to WLEF. On 27
Jan 1942, while escorting convoy HX.172, both engines of HMCS
Annapolis stopped because of water in the oil fuel. HMCS DUNVEGAN comes
to her aid. While trying to pass a line for a tow, DUNVEGAN fouled
the line in her own propeller. With rapidly deteriorating weather,
Annapolis drifted into DUNVEGAN and sustained damage to her own
propellers and substructure. As a result of the collision, the two
ships limped into Halifax Harbour with Annapolis towing her would-be
rescuer.
Resuming her duties as ocean escort with Newfoundland Command, she
arrived at Londonderry on 10 Mar 1942. In succeeding weeks she made two
more round trips to 'Derry, leaving that port for the last time in
mid-Jun 1942. On reaching Halifax, she was assigned to WLEF and,
in Jun 1943, to its EG W-8. In Oct 1943, she proceeded to
Baltimore, Md., for a refit which included fo'c's'le extension and
lasted until the end of the year. She then carried out workups off
Norfolk, Va., completing the process in Bermuda after some repairs
at Halifax. On her return she resumed her duties with WLEF, from Apr 1944 onward as a member of EG W-6. On
07 May 1945, she left
Halifax as local escort to convoy SC.175, but was detached on 10 May
1945 to act, with HMCS Rockcliffe, as escort to the surrendered U 889.
She was paid off on 03 Jul 1945, at Sydney, and sold in 1946 to the
Venezuelan Navy, serving as Indepencia until broken up in 1953.
Photos and Documents
Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
Lt James Arthur Tullis, RCNR - 09 Sep
1941 -
05 Feb 1943
Lt Joseph Eric Hastings, RCNR - 06 Feb
1943
- 30 Jun 1943
Lt James Arthur Tullis, RCNR - 01 Jul
1943 -
05 Jul 1944 |
Lt James Arthur Rankin, RCNR - 06 Jul 1944 -
11 Mar 1945
Lt Robert Laird Borden Hunter, RCNVR
- 12 Mar 1945
- 03 Jul 1945 |
Captain for the day Captain
for the day is a tradition in the RCN where during the ship's
Christmas celebrations, the Commanding Officer changes places with
the youngest member of the ship's company.
Thomas Allan Anderson - 1944
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten

Aird,
John B.
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Anderson,
Thomas A. |

Arnold, Ralph
E. |

Campbell,
William R.
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Cleough,
Leonard R.
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Cox, Norman
G.
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Dickie,
Alan A.
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Diggins, Jerry |

Fenn,
Gordon
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Fick,
Walter C.
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Hall, Harold
G. |

Johnston,
Lloyd A.
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Molyard,
John M.
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Neil,
Douglas
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Pearce,
James
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Pratt,
James C.
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Pullan,
Selwyn L.
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Reid,
William P.
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Richardson,
Albert A.
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Taggart,
James
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Wallace,
Ron
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Former Crew Members
Agar,
Harold Arthur, SLt, RCNVR - 04 Apr 1942
Best,
Russell John, SLt, RCNVR - 17 Jul 1944
Burris,
Samuel Archibald, Mate, RCNR - 26 Jan 1943
Doughty,
Norman Howard, SLt, RCNVR - 25 Apr 1942
Errett,
Ronald Barrie, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Hazelwood,
James Maurice, SLt, RCNVR - 17 Jun 1944
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Hodgkins,
Arthur Moultrie Heathcote, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Apr 1941
LaRose,
Henri Charles, Lt, RCNVR - 24 Feb 1945
McLeod,
George
Mears,
Merrill Arthur, A/Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
Moore,
James Doran, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Apr 43 |
Romands,
SLt Henry Manners, SLt, RCNVR - 25 Feb 1944
Sanford,
Jeffrey, SLt, RCNVR - 14 Mar 1945
Tullis,
James Arthur, Lt, RCNR - 23 May 1941 (Stand by)
Tupholme,
George William, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1943
Weir,
John Arnold, Lt, RCNVR - 25 Mar 1945 |
Photos
and Documents

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HMCS DUNVEGAN K177
Source: the Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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HMCS DUNVEGAN K177
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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HMCS DUNVEGAN K177 on the Dartmouth slips, Halifax
Shipyards - circa Jan 1942
Photo taken from HMCS BADDECK K147, also on the
Dartmouth slips.
From the collection of Kenneth Medford
Courtesy of Gary Medford
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HMCS DUNVEGAN K177 in drydock
From the photo collection of Gerald (Jerry)
Cox, RCNVR
Courtesy of Sean Cox |

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HMCS DUNVEGAN K177
Courtesy of the CFB
Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
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HMCS DUNVEGAN K177
From the collection of John C. Orr
Courtesy of John P. Orr
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Lt.
John E. Heward, HMCS ROCKCLIFFE; Lt. Bob Hunter, HMCS DUNVEGAN; LCdr
Richard (Dick) Williams, HMCS SASKATOON; LCdr Jim Pratt HMCS OSHAWA
(OTC), on board U 889 in Halifax May 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |

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