
HMCS FORTUNE
151
Bay
Class Minesweeper

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HMCS Fortune 151
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Laid down: 24
Apr
1952
Launched: 14
Apr 1953
Commissioned: 03
Nov 1954
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Paid off: 28
Feb1964
Fate:
Sold in 1966. Still in service as a private yacht - July 2022
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Built by Victoria Machinery Depot, she was
commissioned on 03 Nov 1954. Specification on completion: Displacement: 396
tons, Length: 152 ft, Beam: 28 ft, Draught: 8 ft, Speed: 16 kts,
Complement: 3 officers, 35 men, Armament: 1-40mm. After nine years of naval
service, including acting as the flagship of the Second Minesweeping
Squadron during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Fortune was paid off on 28 Feb 1964. Sold for commercial use, she was
renamed Offshore, then later, Greenpeace Two. As Greenpeace Two she
was used in an unsuccessful effort to hind a nuclear test in the
Aleutians in Nov 1971. She served for many years as MV Edgewater
Fortune as a charter vessel for tours of coastal British Columbia. In
July 2015, she was purchased by Mike and Janice Fournier, renamed 151 Water
Street, and converted to a private yacht in 2015.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
LCdr
John Wake Golby, RCN - 19 Jul 1954 - 02 Nov 1954
LCdr John Barclay Young,
RCN - 03 Nov 1954 - 23 Aug 1955
LCdr Peter Robert Hinton,
RCN - 24 Aug 1955 - 21 Mar 1957
LCdr Christopher Gordon Smith,
RCN - 22 Mar 1957 - 13 Aug 1957 |
LCdr S.G. Moore,
RCN - 14 Aug 1957 - 15 Feb 1959
LCdr Donald Mackenzie Waters,
RCN - 16 Feb 1959 - 09 Jan 1962
LCdr Arthur Bruce Torrie,
RCN - 10 Jan 1962 - 28 Feb 1964 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten

Armstrong,
George G.
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Ashcroft,
Hugh C.
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Barnes,
Jerry T.
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Bradford,
Sydney H.
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Brown, Donald
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Campbell,
Beverley G.
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Clarkson,
Norman
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Cox,
Peter S.
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Dale, T.
Leslie
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Empey,
Frederick W.
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Fowlie,
William D.
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Golby, James W.
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Hagarty,
Edwin F.
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Hinton,
Peter R.
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Jackson,
Roy M.
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Kirkaldy,
Lawrence
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McCallum, Roy
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Michalko, Orest
P. R.
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Mumford,
Victor H.
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Murch, Bruce
G.
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Nickel,
Daniel B.
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Norgaard,
Daniel
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O'Donnell,
Edward T.
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Robertson,
James W.
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Rombough,
Wallace O.
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Seip, Harry
E.
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Smith, Christopher G.
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Smith, S.
Kingston
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Stolee,
Erling B.
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Thomson,
Theodore D.
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Webster,
Ronald D.
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Whyte,
Robert A.
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Young, John
B.
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Former Crew Members
Brower-Berkhoven, Isaac
Shankland,
Leigh, AB.CR
Vowels, Gerry
Photos and
Documents

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MV Edgewater Fortune former HMCS Fortune
at New Westminster, British Columbia, 06 Dec 2009
From the flickr photo collection of Ben
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MV Edgewater Fortune former HMCS Fortune
at New Westminster, British Columbia, 12 Jan 2007
From the flickr photo collection of Ben
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MV 151 WATER STREET (the former HMCS FORTUNE 151) 25
Jul 2022
Courtesy of / © Ben Whiting 2022
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HMCS COMOX 146, HMCS FORTUNE 151 and
HMCS JAMES BAY 152
DND / RCN Photo
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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