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HMCS
LEVIS K400
River
Class Frigate
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HMCS Levis K400
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Battle honours and awards: Gulf of St.
Lawrence 1944, Atlantic 1941, 1944-45
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Laid down: 25
Feb
1943
Launched: 26 Nov 1943
Commissioned: 21
Jul 1944
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Paid off: 15
Feb
1946
Fate:
Scuttled as a breakwater in 1948
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Commissioned at Quebec City on 21 Jul
1944 she
arrived in Bermuda at the end of Aug 1944 to work up, and a month
later left for Halifax to join the newly formed EG 27. She spent the
balance of the war with the group, on patrol and escort duty out of
Halifax, and on 04 Jun 1945 commenced tropicalization at Lunenburg, N.S.
The work was completed 26 Nov 1945 and she sailed a month later for
Esquimalt, arriving 30 Jan 1946. Paid off on 15 Feb 1946 to
reserve there, she was sold in 1947 and her hull expended the
following year as part of a breakwater at Oyster Bay, B.C.
Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Philip
Cabell Evans,
RCNR - 05 Jun 1944 - 06 Sep 1944
Lt P. T. Molson,
RCNVR - 07 Sep 1944 - 17 Sep 1944 |
LCdr Philip
Cabell Evans,
RCNR - 18 Sep 1944 - 19 Sep 1945
LCdr Philip
Cabell Evans,
RCNR - 23 Oct 1945 - 30 Jan 1946 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
WORTMAN,
Robert C.
AB,
RCNVR
died - 04 Sep 1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be forgotten
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Anderson, Alexander
C.
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Burnes, M.
Carleton
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Burwash,
Raymond D.
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Clarke,
Kenneth D. A. |
Collins,
Robert C.
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Copley,
Lloyd G.
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Drew, Sydney G.
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Dunbar,
Daniel L.
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Evans, Philip C.
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Graham,
Maxwell E.
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Gustafson,
Thomas G.
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Haggis, George
P.
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Hayes, Edwin E.
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Honsberger, John
A.
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Johnston, Donald E.
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Lake, Merton W.
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Landry,
Clarence B. M.
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Miller,
William P.
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Peterson,
Ralph
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Putnam,
Howard E.
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Roberts, A.
Edward
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Robinson,
John D.
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Tibbles,
Lorne C.
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Titterton,
John W.
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Vitale,
C. Carl
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Wolfenden,
John E.
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AB Terry - Ship's Mascot
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Former Crew Members
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Douglas,
David Bruce, Lt
Doyle,
Richard (Dick), PO
Flemming,
Donald Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 30 Apr 1945
Garrett,
Andrew Boyd, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1944 / A/Lt, RCNVR - 21
Jul 1944
Givens,
William Wallace, SLt, RCNVR - 30 Apr 1945
Hunter,
Arthur Rollo, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Mar 1945
Lawrence,
Philip Joseph, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1944 / Lt, RCNVR - 21
Jul 1944
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Lithenhaus,
Raymond Arthur, Lt (E), RCNVR - 18 Apr 1944
Manson,
George John, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1944 / Lt, RCNVR - 21 Jul
1944 
McClelland,
Thomas, John, Lt (El), RCNVR - Jan 1945
Molson,
Percival Talbot, Lt, RCNVR - 05 Jun 1944 / Lt, RCNVR - 21
Jul 1944
Pretty,
Norman Orval Hamilton, A/Lt, RCNVR - 17 Jun 1944 / 21 Jul 1944,
A/Lt, RCNVR
Syme,
Thomas D., SLt, RCNVR - 16 Apr 1945 |
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LVI001 |
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(LVI001)
SLt A-Roberts with Able Seaman Terry, the mascot of the frigate HMCS LEVIS,
Lauzon, Quebec 6 June 1944 // Credit: The Library and Archives of
Canada a150420-v6
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DD210 |
DD211 |
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(DD210)
HMCS LEVIS ship's sweater (DD211)
HMCS LEVIS K400 painting. This painting was kept in the wardroom of
HMCS LEVIS K400 (pronounced "Lay Vee") From
the collection of Dan L. Dunbar, AB,
RCNVR Courtesy
of Dan Dunbar
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