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HMCS LEASIDE
K492
Castle
Class Corvette
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HMCS LEASIDE K492
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Laid down: 23
Sep
1943 Launched: 10
Mar 1944
Transferred to the RCN:
21 Aug 1944
Commissioned: 21
Aug 1944
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Paid off: 16
Nov 1945
Fate:
Scuttled in Jan 1979
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Laid down and launched as HMS Walmer
Castle K460, she was transferred to the RCN and commissioned on 21
Aug 1944, at Middlesbrough as HMCS LEASIDE K492. Following workups at Tobermory in
Sep 1944 LEASIDE arrived at Londonderry early in Oct 1944 to join EG
C-8, then forming. She sailed on 22 Oct 1944 to meet ON.261, her
first convoy, and served the rest of the war as an ocean escort. On 11 May 1945, HMCS
LEASIDE K492, HMCS Edmundston K106 and HMCS Poundmaker K675 departed
Londonderry for the last time as escort for convoy ONS.50. LEASIDE left St. John's in
Jun 1945 for Esquimalt, where she was
paid off for disposal on 16 Nov 1945. Sold in 1946 to the Union
Steamship Co., Vancouver, she was converted to a coastal passenger
vessel and renamed Coquitlam. In 1950 she was renamed Glacier Queen.
In 1970 she stripped in anticipation of becoming a floating
restaurant but the plans for the restaurant fell thought and she was
left as a hulk. The hulk sank in Cook Inlet, Alaska, on 08 Nov 1978, but was raised and towed to sea and scuttled in
Jan 1979.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell Convoys
escorted during WW2
Commanding Officers
Lt Gordon Guthrie Keith
Holder, RCNVR - 21 Aug 1944 - 15 Jun 1945
Lt Harold Brynolfson, RCNVR - 16 Jun
1945 - 30 Aug 1945
LCdr Charles Patrick Balfry, RCNR - 01 Sep 1945 - 16 Nov
1945 
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
PATERSON,
John A.
SBA,
RCNVR
died - 08 May
1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Burdon,
Thomas H.
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Cockburn,
Alfred J.
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Collishaw,
Walter
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Connor,
Harry P.
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Dubeau,
Edward R.
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Dynes,
Donald V.
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Goodbrand,
Grant E.
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Gray,
John F.
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Gregor,
James H.
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Harnick,
Joseph A.
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Hatfield,
Donald M. |
Holder,
Gordon G.K. |
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Kearney,
George A.
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Kellas,
Archie
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Kidd,
Peter F.
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Kirkpatrick,
William M.
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Lariviere,
Jean |
Mannion, George
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Ross, Frederick
O.
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Saxton,
Joseph P.
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Southee,
George A. |
Wigmore,
Gerald A.
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Williams,
Ronald J. |
Zaphe, Gerald
G.
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Former Crew Members
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Brennen,
Pete
Brine,
Bill, Sto PO - 1945 (of Springhill, NS)
Brockhurst,
Norman William, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
Cahill,
Arthur Patrick - Commissioning crew
Crout,
Leslie Eden, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Apr 1945
Dupre,
Yvon A., Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1944 (Stand by)
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Galarneau,
Andre, AB - 1945 (of Montreal, QC)
Lemon,
Kenneth Armstrong, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 30 May 1945
Mitchell,
Arthur, A/CPO - 1945 (of Calgary, AB)
Mulley,
John Wallace, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jun 1945
Rainboth,
SBA - circa 1945/46
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Reid,
William Charles, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Mar 1945
Stechyson
- 1945
Strackhan,
Hugh, C.E.R.A. - 1945 (of Cumberland, BC)
Tanner,
John James, A/Wt (E), RCN - 29 May 1945
Young,
Paul, Ch/Sto - 1945 (of Halifax)
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Photos and
Documents
(GZ13)
HMCS LEASIDE K492 on her commissioning day (GZ14) Newspaper article on the commissioning of HMCS
LEASIDE K492. Officers mentioned in the article: Lt G.G.K.
Holder, CO; Lt T.H. Burdon, 1st Lt (XO); Lt G.A. Southee, Navo
(GZ15) HMCS LEASIDE - Dedication pamphlet (cover) (GZ16) Two
officers by ship's badge in the wardroom of HMCS LEASIDE K492
(GZ17) Sing-a-long in the Wardroom on HMCS LEASIDE K492
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GZ18 |
(GZ18)
HMCS LEASIDE Christmas Card - 1944
From the collection of Gerald (Gerry) Zaphe
Courtesy of Robert Cooke
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HMCS LEASIDE K492 jacket patch
From the collection of Grant
E. Goodbrand, Tel, RCNVR
Courtesy of Ken turner
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Newspaper article on a sing-along on HMCS LEASIDE
Crow's Nest Newspaper - Apr 1945 |
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HMCS LEASIDE - location unknown
From the collection of Jean Lariviere
Courtesy of Danielle Lariviere |
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"Tiffie Rainboth - on what is believed to
be HMCS LEASIDE, Bedwell Bay, BC circa late1945 early 1946.
This photo was found in an antique store in
BC. If you have any info on Sick Berth Assistant Rainboth,
please contact the Webmaster
Photo courtesy of Charlotte Gorley |
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Pete Brennen on HMCS LEASIDE K492
This photo was found in an antique store in
BC. If you have any info on Pete Brennen, please contact the Webmaster
Photo courtesy of Charlotte Gorley |
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HMCS LEASIDE K492
From the collection of Lt
Richard (Dick) Simon
Courtesy of Rick Simon |
Convoys escorted during WW2
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Convoy Desig. |
Convoy Departs from |
Arrives at |
Join as escort |
Depart Convoy |
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ON.261 |
Southend (20 Oct 1944) |
New York City (05 Nov 1944) |
22 Oct 1944 |
31 Oct 1944 |
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HX.318
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New York City (04 Nov 1944) |
Liverpool (19 Dec 1944) |
10 Nov 1944 |
19 Nov 1944 |
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ON.269 |
Liverpool (29 Nov 1944) |
New York City (15 Dec 1944) |
29 Nov 1944 |
09 Dec 1944 |
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SC.163 |
Halifax (17 Dec 1944) |
Liverpool (31 Dec 1944) |
20 Dec 1944 |
30 Dec 1944 |
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ONS.40 |
Liverpool (12 Jan 1945) |
Halifax (30 Jan 1945) |
13 Jan 1945 |
25 Jan 1945 |
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HX.335
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New York City (28 Jan 1945)
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Liverpool (10 Feb 1945) |
02 Feb 1945 |
10 Feb 1945 |
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ON.286 |
Liverpool (21 Feb 1945) |
New York City (09 Mar 1945) |
21 Feb 1945 |
04 Mar 1945 |
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HX.343
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New York City (09 Mar 1945) |
Liverpool (24 Mar 1945) |
14 Mar 1945 |
24 Mar 1945 |
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ONS.46 |
Liverpool (02 Apr 1945) |
Halifax (20 Apr 1945) |
02 Apr 1945 |
16 Apr 1945 |
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HX.351
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New York City (18 Apr 1945) |
Liverpool (03 May 1945) |
23 Apr 1945 |
03 May 1945 |
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ONS.50
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Liverpool (11 May 1945) |
Halifax (29 May 1945) |
12 May 1945 |
23 May 1945 |
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