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HMCS GANANOQUE J259 / 184
Bangor Class Minesweeper
Built at Toronto, she was commissioned there on 08 Nov 1941. GANANOQUE arrived at Halifax on 23 Nov 1941. She was assigned to Halifax Local Defence Force and subsequently for brief periods to Halifax Force, St. John's Local Defence Force, Gulf Escort Force, and Sydney Force. In Jan 1943, she was assigned to WLEF, returning to Halifax Force in Jul 1943, and to Sydney Force once again in May 1944. During this period she had the distinction of twice refitting at other than Atlantic coast ports: in May 1943, she underwent a six-week refit at Quebec City, and in Jul 1944, an eight-week refit at Charlottetown. In Feb 1945, she was allocated to Newfoundland Force, based at St. John's, until the force was disbanded in Jun 1945, whereupon she went to Atlantic Coast Command. GANANOQUE was paid off at Sydney on 13 Oct 1945, and laid up at Shelburne. Placed in strategic reserve at Sorel in 1946, she was re-acquired by the RCN in 1952 but not re-commissioned, and in Feb 1959, she was sold for scrap.
Commanding Officers
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(GNQ001) Article on HMCS GANANOQUE crew donating blood // S/PO W. Mowatt, S/PO E.S. Whiteley, AB Michael Conway, AB David Dunsford, EA G.B. Thompson and Wren SBA Audrey Hill // Crow's Nest newspaper - Apr 1944 (GNQ002) HMCS GANANOQUE's crew holds blood donor record // Crow's Nest newspaper - Apr 1944 (GNQ003) HMCS GANANOQUE J259 // DND / RCN Photo - Crown Copyright (GNQ004) HMCS GANANOQUE J259 // "I would like them to come and take a ride on my boat in winter, they would really see what comfort is, you should have seen the boat today ... it was a real monument of ice - I have never seen anything like this - we had to use picks and axes when we came to dock in order to make holes to pass our moorings", Pierre Boutin, RCNVR, December 20, 1942. // Credit: P19 Fonds Emeril Blais, Collection Musée naval de Québec / Naval Museum of Québec
(JHLF028) HMCS GANANOQUE J259 "Under the White Ensign" (JHLF029) Two sailors and the ship's mascot on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF030) R & R on the sweepdeck of HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF031) Quartermaster or Bos'n's Mate making a pipe on the Bos'n's call on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF032) Sailors on the sweepdeck of HMCS GANANOQUE J259
(JHLF033 - JHLF035) Crew target shooting on the sweepdeck of HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF036) Scrubbing the deck on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF037) Jacking around while scrubbing the deck on HMCS GANANOQUE J259
(JHLF038) unknown sailor on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF039) unknown sailor on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF040) HMCS GANANOQUE J259, Starboard side looking aft (JHLF041) The fo'c's'le of HMCS GANANOQUE J259. Photo taken from the crows nest (JHLF042) Unknown sailors on HMCS GANANOQUE J259
(JHLF043) Unknown sailor by the gun mount on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF044) Unknown sailor in the crows nest on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 (JHLF045) Unknown sailor up the stick (mast) on HMCS GANANOQUE J259 Lionel served in HMCS GANANOQUE Jan - Mar 1943 From the collection of Joseph Henri Lionel Forget, Acting Stoker 1st Class, RCNVR Courtesy of Johnny Forget
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
