
HMCS
INCH ARRAN K667 / 308
River
Class / Prestonian Class Frigate
Post wartime badge |

HMCS Inch Arran K667
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Laid down: 25
Oct
1943 Launched: 06 June 1944
Commissioned: 18
Nov 1944
Paid off: 28
Nov 1945
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Re-commissioned: 23
Aug 1954
Paid off: 23
Jun 1965
Fate: Scrapped sometime after 1970
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Built at Lauzon, Que, she was commissioned on 18
Nov
1944, at Quebec City. Inch Arran left for Halifax on 03 Dec 1944,
visiting Dalhousie en route. In Jan 1945 she proceeded to Bermuda to
work up, and on her return to Halifax on 04 Feb 1945, she was
assigned to EG 28. She served for the rest of the war on A/S and
supported duties out of Halifax, and on 13 May 1945 escorted the
surrendered U 889 into Shelburne. Tropicalization refit, commenced
on 06 Jun 1945 at Sydney, was suspended on 20 Aug 1945, and the ship was
paid off on 28 Nov 1945. Placed in reserve at Shelburne, she
was sold in 1946 to Marine Industries Ltd., but re-acquired in 1951
by the RCN for conversion to a Prestonian class ocean escort at
Saint John. She was re-commissioned on 23 Aug 1954, serving on
the east coast as a training ship until finally paid off on 23 June
1965. She was then acquired by the Kingston Mariners' Association
for conversion to a nautical museum and youth club, but was
eventually scrapped in 1970.
Webmaster's note: Inch Arran was supposed to have been broken up
in 1970, but there is a photo of her at anchor, with RMC 72 spray
painted on her hull.
Photos and
Documents The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
A/LCdr Joseph William
Eric Hastings,
RCNR - 18 Nov 1944 - 15 Mar 1945
LCdr Frederick Allan Beck,
RCNVR - 16 Mar 1945 - 23 Mar 1945
A/LCdr Joseph William
Eric Hastings,
RCNR - 24 Mar 1945 - 20 Jun 1945
Lt Thomas Smith Dobson,
RCNVR - 21 Jun 1945 - 07 Aug 1945
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LCdr L.P. Denny,
RCNR - 08 Aug 1945 - 28 Nov 1945
LCdr Philip Chesshire Hamel Cooke,
RCN - 25 Nov 1959 - 11 Sep 1961
LCdr B.A. Mitchell,
RCN - 09 Sep 1961 - 24 Jul 1963
LCdr Charles Robin Manifold,
RCN - 24 Jul 1963 - unk
LCdr Eric Arthur Makin,
RCN - unk - 23 Jun 1965 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten

Ashton,
William
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Bernard, Pierre Y.
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Benson, John
R.
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Broe, Howard
E.
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Buchan, James E.
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Cooke,
Philip C.H.
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Cotnam, Thomas
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Davies,
Harold L.
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Deluca,
Robert J.
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Dobson, Thomas S.
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Dubé, Roger A.
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Frizzell, Wayne
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Gardner,
Peter A.
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Guignion,
Robert N.
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Hayes,
Denis W.
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Hoffman,
Herman E.
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Houston,
Alexander T.
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Howard,
Edward I.
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Hunt,
Raymond C.
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Jacobs, Jack
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Leduchowski,
Sidney C.
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MacDonald,
Leo I.
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Manifold, C.
Robin
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McClean,
Ralph L.
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Moffat,
William J.B.
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Peterson,
Lloyd E.
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Potvin,
Maurice J-P
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Read,
Frederick C.
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Richardson,
Stanley
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Rikely,
William P.
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Robinson,
George W.
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Stanbrook,
Wilfred T.
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Stewart,
Harold D.
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Thompson,
John
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Shephard,
Wilfred E.
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Valiquette,
Joseph B.
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Walter, John
R.T.
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Watts, M.
Keith
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Whyte,
Robert A.
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Former Crew Members
Apple, Barnabas William Nixon, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Apr 1945
DeWolf, Edward Gerald, SLt (E), RCNVR - 06 Feb 1945 / 06 Jun 1945
Franks, Frederick Franz, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1945
Lancaster,
John Evan Paterson, Lt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1945
Lund,
John Dolphin, SLt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1945
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Musgrave,
Milton Grant, Lt (S), RCNVR - 05 Jul 1945
Pastachak,
William, Radar/Sonar
Rayner,
Jim, BN
Silvester,
Jim Clark, PO.QR2
Walsh,
Duncan Campbell, SLt, O-75890, RCNVR - 30 Oct 1944 (Navy List Nov
1944). Appointed Lt 15 Feb 1945 (Navy List Mar 1945)
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Photos and
Documents
HMCS Inch Arran K667

From the collection of H.S. (Tim) Lee
Courtesy of Ryan Lee |

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HMCS Inch Arran K667
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |

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Reviewing officer inspects HMCS Inch Arran's commissioning guard.
Guard officer - Lt Robert Whyte. LCdr Philip Cooke, CO,
behind reviewing officer
From the collection of Philip Cooke
Courtesy of David Cooke |

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Lt Alex Houston on HMCS Inch Arran
From the collection of Philip Cooke
Courtesy of David Cooke |

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HMCS INCH ARRAN 308 - undated
DND / RCN photo
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HMCS Inch Arran 308 - circa 1959-61
From the collection of Philip Cooke
Courtesy of Robert Cooke |

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Bridge of HMCS Inch Arran - somewhere down
south - circa 1959-61
From the collection of Philip Cooke
Courtesy of Robert Cooke |

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Wedding Reception Karen and Robert Whyte (far
right) in HMCS Inch Arran’s Wardroom - 21 Dec 1960
From
Left to right: Lt Peter Gardner (Supply Officer) and wife Jeanine,
Lt Alex Houston (Communications Officer), Lt Howard Broe
(Engineering Officer), Mrs. Thelma Houston, Officer unknown, LCdr
William P. (Bill) Rikely (Executive Officer), Woman unknown, Officer
unknown, Officer with glasses unknown, Woman in white dress unknown,
LCdr Phil Cooke (Captain) Mrs. Margaret Cooke, Officer unknown, Mrs.
Karen Whyte, Lt Robert Whyte (Operations Officer). |

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The Queen Mum visits HMCS Inch Arran 308
This
pic is from 13 June 1962 and was taken in Prescott On. HM the Queen
Mother was on board for an afternoon cruise up the St. Lawrence
Seaway, through a couple of locks to Prescott. It was an “afternoon
off” so only one official was taken and it was as she departed,
but not before requesting our C.O. to “splice the main brace”
which of course he did!!!
Chuck O'Neill 1st in line, bottom right corner
of photo
Courtesy of Charles (Chuck) O'Neill
Click
here to read the article from the Jul/Aug 1962 edition of The
Crowsnest magazine on the Queen Mum's Visit aboard HMCS Inch Arran
308 |

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Former HMCS Inch Arran 308
Photo taken some time after she
was paid off. Her pendant number has been painted over with an
X
Courtesy of John Rochon |

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Former HMCS Inch Arran 308
Photo taken some time in or
after 1972. Her pendant number has been painted over with an
X. Additionally, someone painted RMC 72 and PUEBLO on her
hull. On her bridge above the 308, someone spray painted R71.
Courtesy of John Rochon
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HMCS Inch Arran - date unknown
Courtesy of John Rochon |

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HMCS Inch Arran - date unknown
Courtesy of John Rochon |

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Jack Jacobs
HMCS Inch Arran
Photo
of Jack Jacobs at HMCS Cornwallis. Jack served in HMCS Inch Arran
during his time in the RCN
Courtesy of Don Crackel |

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HMCS Inch Arran Christmas card from Jack Jacobs
Courtesy of Don Crackel |

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HMCS Inch Arran jacket patch - showing a
serpent capturing a U-boat.
From the collection of Thomas Cotnam
Courtesy of Andrea Woods
Thomas
Cotnam designed this patch when he was serving in HMCS Inch Arran
during the Second World War. The patch depicts a serpent capturing a
U-Boat. Since Inch Arran was not credited with any U-boat
kills - this patch most likely refers to the surrender of U-889 in
which HMCS Inch Arran was part of the EG that participated in the
surrender. |
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