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HMCS GRANDMERE
J258
Bangor
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS GRANDMERE J258
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Laid down: 02
Jun 1941
Launched: 21
Aug 1941
Commissioned: 11
Dec 1941
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Paid off: 23
Oct 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1947 to private interests. Broken up in 1968.
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Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd.,
Montreal, Que. GRANDMERE was commissioned at Montreal on 11 Dec 1941. En route to Halifax she broke down in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence on 21 Dec 1941, and was towed to Sydney by HMCS KAMSACK. Later that month, while alongside at Sydney undergoing
repairs, she suffered serious damage to her No.2 boiler, and was
taken to Pictou for repairs, which were not completed until May 1942. She finally arrived at Halifax, her original destination, on
05 May 1942. She served for varying periods with WLEF, Sydney Force,
Halifax Force, and Halifax Local Defence Force. On 14 Oct 1942,
while with Sydney Force, she rescued 101 survivors of the passenger
ferry Caribou, torpedoed in the Cabot Strait - 126 passengers and
crew of the Caribou perished. In July 1943, she had
a seven-week refit at Louisbourg and underwent a second major refit
at Sydney and Halifax in Sep 1944, following which she worked
up in Bermuda in Feb 1945. The ship was paid off at Sydney on 23 Oct 1945, and placed in reserve at Shelburne. Sold in 1947,
she operated as the yacht Elda. In 1951, she was converted to a
cargo vessel, 664 gt, and renamed Jack's Bay. She operated under
British registry out of Nassau, Bahamas ports between Florida and
Cuba. In 1961 she was renamed Proton. In Oct 1968, she was broken up
at Pinto Island Metals Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
Lt James Cuthbert,
RCNR - 11 Dec 1941 - 20 Apr 1944
Lt Nelson Walter Winters,
RCNVR - 21 Apr 1944 - 20 Jul 1945
Lt R.C. Hayden,
RCNVR - 23 Aug 1945 - 23 Oct 1945
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
MASON,
Glenn C.
Sto 1c, RCNVR
died
- 05 Aug 1944
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Curry,
Walter
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Fox, William
R. |
Peart,
Hilbert J.
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Hughes,
Arthur
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Laidlaw,
Basil M.
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Masters,
Robert D.
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McIvor,
Donald F.
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McKay,
Graham A. |
Rowlin,
George W. |
Rutledge,
James C.
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Spencer,
Arthur J.
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Spidle,
Harold E.
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Stokvis,
Wilfred D.
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Walker,
Neville E.
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Whitehouse,
Eric
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Williams,
James J.
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Wismer,
Ronald D.
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Ship's Mascot Tippy
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Ship's Mascot Buggs
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Former Crew Members
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Balcom,
Alfred Burpee, Lt (E), RCNVR - 09 Apr 1943
Bates,
Sto - 1945
Brady,
L/Sto - 1945
Brown,
Hugh McKee, Lt (E), RCNR - 06 Apr 1942
Cockell,
PO LTO - 1945
Donague,
AB - 1945
Duchesneau,
Hubert Powell, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Apr 1943
Dyson,
Jack, AB - 1945
Gadway,
Frank, PO Stwd - 1945
Gillespie,
William Mackenzie, SLt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1944
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Graham,
Roderick Lewis, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 19 Mar 1943
Harvey,
William F., SLt, RCNVR - 1944
Hewat,
Donald Brock, SLt, RCNVR - 04 Jan 1942 / Lt - 04 Jan 1943
Hibberd,
Sto 1c - 1945
Holder,
ABSD - 1945
Jones,
(Spike), AB - 1945
Kiely,
James Alfred, SLt, RCNVR - 09 Apr 1945
MacDonald,
Aeneas Benedict Howard, SLt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944
McLeese,
Willis Stewart, SLt (E), RCNVR - 24 May 1943
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Richer,
Jean Herbert, Lt (E), RCNVR - 23 May 1944
Russell,
AB - 1945
Stuart,
Drummond Ross, SLt, RCNVR - 25 May 1942
Thorstienson,
AB - 1945
Walker,
Lloyd Brian, SLt (E), RCNVR - 04 Apr 1945
Wheenan,
Johnnie, AB - 1945
Wilson,
V/A - 1945
Wise,
John, AB - 1945
Withers,
L/Tel - 1945
Yerbury,
L/Sig - 1945 |
Photos
and Documents
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SLt William F. Harvey, RCNVR on HMCS GRANDMERE
Crow's Nest newspaper - May 1944 |
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A couple sailors relaxing on the gun deck of HMCS
GRANDMERE J258, circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Looking forward at the gun deck and fo'c's'le of
HMCS GRANDMERE J258, circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Oerlikon gun on HMCS GRANDMERE J258, circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Pilot boat coming alongside HMCS GRANDMERE J258
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Tippy - ship's mascot of HMCS GRANDMERE J258 on
the forward gun barrel
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Buggs - ship's mascot of HMCS GRANDMERE J258 on
the forward gun barrel
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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ABSD Holder, from Windsor, Ontario, on HMCS GRANDMERE
J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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(L-R) Left P/O Writer, P/O Commando, Sto Bates,
Sto 1/c Hibberd on HMCS GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB Johnnie Wheenan from Fort Francis, Ont on HMCS
GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB Spike Jones, AB Thorstienson on HMCS GRANDMERE
J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB Jack Dyson from Toronto, Ontario, on HMCS GRANDMERE
J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB Jack Dyson on HMCS GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB Jack Dyson on HMCS GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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L/Sto Brady from Windsor, Ontario on HMCS GRANDMERE
J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB Russel and AB Donague on the jetty beside HMCS
GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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ABSD Nicholson of Vancouver, BC on HMCS GRANDMERE
J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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POStwd Frank Gadway from Winnipeg, MB on HMCS GRANDMERE
J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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PO LTO Cockell from Vancouver, BC on the jetty by
HMCS GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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L/Tel Withers from Sydney, Cape Breton, NS on
HMCS GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Buggs and cook peeling spuds on HMCS GRANDMERE J258 circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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L/Sig Yerbury on watch on HMCS GRANDMERE J258
circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB John Wise from Montreal, Quebec on HMCS GRANDMERE
J258 circa 1945. HMCS DUNDURN Z41 in the background
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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V/A Wilson from Galt, Ontario on HMCS GRANDMERE J258, circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Robert Masters, Q.M. on HMCS GRANDMERE J258,
circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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Robert Masters by the forward gun of HMCS GRANDMERE
J258, circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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AB Dyson and AB Wheenan on HMCS GRANDMERE J258,
circa 1945
From the collection of Robert David Masters
Courtesy of Cathy Masters |
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