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HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279
Llewellyn
Class Minesweeper
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post wartime badge |
HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279
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Launched: 14
Nov 1941
Commissioned: 24
Aug 1942
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Paid off: 16
Jul 1948
Fate: Unknown
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Built at Chantier Maritime
de St. Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Que., she was commissioned at Quebec
City on 24 Aug 1942. She was assigned to Halifax Local
Defence Force, and spent her wartime career on precautionary sweeps
of the Halifax approaches. After the war she served as guard
vessel for the reserve fleet. In May 1947 she was performing
Bathythermographic duties. Paid off on 16 Jul 1948, she was sold in 1949.
Photos and Documents
The Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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Lt G.F. Crosby,
RCNVR - 24 Aug 1943 - 11 Oct 1943
Ch/Skpr William
H. Crocker,
RCNR - 12 Oct 1943 - 07 Nov 1943
* unknown 08 Nov 1943 - 24 Nov
1943
Ch/Skpr William
H. Crocker,
RCNR - 26 Nov 1943 - 23 Feb 1945
Lt John Franklin Stevens,
RCNVR - 24 Feb 1945 - 08 May 1945
Skpr/Lt Claude
K.
Darrach, RCNR - 09 May
1945 - 23 Jun 1945 |
Skpr/Lt Eugene Augustus
Codner,
RCNR - 24 Jun 1945 - 08 Jan 1946
Bos'n James Robert Addison, RCN -
09 Jan 1946 -
27 Jan 1946
Skpr/Lt Eugene Augustus Codner,
RCNR 28 Jan 1946 - 03 Mar 1946
Bos'n James Robert Addison,
RCN - 04 Mar 1946 - 07 May 1946
Lt Lloyd John MacGregor, RCN(R) - 08 May
1947 - 21 Jun 1948
Lt Kenneth Albert Stone,
RCN - 22 Jun 1948 - 16 Jul 1948 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
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Craik,
Egill Christian, SLt, RCNVR - 18 Feb 1945
Lansfield,
Charles, PO Motor Mechanic
MacPherson,
John Adam, A/Lt, RCNVR - 15 Feb 1945
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Ogden,
Kenneth Walter, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
William,
Donald Muro, Lt, RCN(R) - 21 Jun 1945, XO |
Photos and Documents
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HMCS
LLEWELLYN J278 and HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279 under construction at the Île
d’Orléans shipyard, Quebec
Source: virtual.museum.ca |
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Crew members on the fo'c's'le of HMCS LLOYD GEORGE
J279 - June 1943
Source: Library
and Archives of Canada
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Personnel handling the magnetic
minesweeping cable aboard the minesweeper HMCS LLOYD GEORGE off Halifax
Source: Library
and Archives of Canada
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PO Motor Mechanic Charles Lansfield
Source: City
of Kawartha Lakes digital archives |
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