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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
FERGUS K686
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS Fergus K686
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Laid down: 10
Dec
1943
Launched: 30
Aug 1944
Commissioned: 18
Nov 1944
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Paid off: 14
Jul 1945
Fate: Wrecked of Cape Pine, Nfld., 22
Nov 1949
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Commissioned at Collingwood
on 18 Nov 1944, Fergus was the last corvette launched for the
RCN. She arrived at Halifax in mid-Dec 1944, and early in Jan
1945, proceeded to Bermuda to work up. Arriving at St. John's on 02
Feb 1945, she joined EG C-9, with which she was to served on North
Atlantic convoy duty until VE-day. She left Greenock early in Jun
1945
for return to Canada, was paid off on 14 July 1945 at Sydney and placed
in reserve at Sorel. Sold for mercantile use in November, she was
renamed Camco II and, in 1948, Harcourt Kent. She was wrecked on
Cape Pine, Nfld., 22 Nov 1949.
Photos and Documents
Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
A/LCdr
Harold Frederick Farncomb,
RCNVR - 18 Nov 1944 - 14 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.
OS R. Barry Robinson, RCNVR - Christmas
1944
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Adams,
Floyd H.
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Dickieson,
James N.
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Eccles,
John A.
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Hamilton,
Robert R.
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Kushner,
Francis J.
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Mawer, William D. |
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Robinson, R.
Barry
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Thomas,
Lloyd V.
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Willetts,
John H.
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Wilson,
Arthur R. |
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Former Crew Members
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James,
Denis Noel Reynette, Slt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1945
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Lambert, Gerard |
Vaudrey, Joseph Paul Eugene Hormidas, A/Wt (E),
RCNR - 18 Jul 1944 |
Photos and
Documents
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HMCS Fergus K686
From the collection of Kenneth Marlatt
Courtesy of Judy Agis |
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(RR02-RR03)
There is no caption with the photos - but it is believed they are of the
commissioning of HMCS FERGUS in Collingwood, ON on 18 Nov 1944
(RR06) HMCS FERGUS K868 (RR07) HMCS WEST YORK K369 - photo taken from
HMCS FERGUS K686
(RR10)
HMCS FERGUS K686 conducting a stern fueling
(RR18)
Signalmen at work on HMCS FERGUS K686 (RR19) HMCS FREDERICTON K245 -
note her artwork on the bridge face
(RR22)
Unknown sailor on a powered twin Oerlikon on HMCS FERGUS K686 (RR23)
Engineering Chiefs and Petty Officers holding the ship's badge for HMCS
FERGUS K686
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(RR25) "Lt" Barry Robinson as Captain for
the Day, HMCS FERGUS K686 - Christmas 1944 (RR26) "OS"
Harold Farncomb and "Lt" Barry Robinson - Christmas Day 1994, HMCS
FERGUS K686
Its
a RCN tradition, where on Christmas day, the Captain and the youngest sailor
on ship exchange places for the day. For Christmas 1944, OS Barry
Robinson and Lt Harold Farncomb, CO of HMCS FERGUS K686 traded places.
(RR27) Bridge and fo'c's'le as seen from the crow's nest
of HMCS FERGUS K686 (RR28)
HMCS FERGUS K86 looking aft from the crow's nest
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RR33
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(RR33)
OS Barry Robinson (right) peeling potatoes with Gerard Lambert
From the collection of R.
Barry Robinson, RCNVR
Courtesy of Bruce Robinson
Photo
credit: The collection of Barry Robinson had been donated to the
Naval Museum of Manitoba. My thanks to their webmaster, Mark
Nelson, for providing scans of the photos to be shared here
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