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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS MACDONALD
Z07
Former
RCMP MACDONALD
Then
Fishers Patrol Vessel HOWAY
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HMCS Macdonald Z07 |
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Commissioned: 11
Oct 1939
Paid off: 28
Jan 1945
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Fate:
Registry closed in 2013. Last seen as derelict vessel near
Mission, BC. |
MacDonald and her sister Laurier were built by Morton
Engineering and Dry Dock Co. Ltd, Quebec. Launched there on 20 Aug 1936 she
was assigned for use to the RCMP. She transferred to the West Coast and
patrolled out of Vancouver until 11 Oct 1939 when she was transferred to the
RCN and was renamed HMCS Macdonald with pendant number Z07 and P07. She was
initially stationed at the Ucuelet BC Air Station as a rescue boat until
1940 when she was transferred to the East Coast. She was employed as a
patrol boat and operated out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1945 she was
returned to the RCMP but she was not put into service. She was transferred
to the Department of Fisheries, and on 20 Feb 1947, renamed Fisheries
Protection Vessel Howay and transferred to the West Coast. Howay had wheelhouse was replaced in 1949. On 24 Jul
1981 her engines were run off for the final time. In 1982 she was sold out of government
service and re-named Jenny Marcel. Her registry was closed n 07 Jan 2013.
Last seen, she was a derelict vessel laying
in the mud on the banks of the Fraser River near Mission, BC.
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt Albert
Rudolph
Ascah, RCNR - 11 Oct 1939 - 01 Mar 1943
Ch/Skpr
George Billard, RCNR - 02 Mar 1942 - 04 Nov 1942
Ch/Skpr
E.W. Suffield, RCNR - 05 Nov 1942 - 17 Dec 1943
Skpr/Lt K.
Bennett, RCNR - 18 Dec 1943 - 26 May 1944 |
Ch/Skpr
Reginald Whitbourne Sparkes, RCNR - 27 May 1944 - 28 Jan 1945
As Fisheries Vessel
Ship's Master W. Redford - 01 Aug
1947 |
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Former Crew Members
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Isnor,
John William, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 27 May 1944
Lessel,
John Raymond, Slt, RCNVR - 09 Jun 1941
MacIntosh,
Marshall, Skpr, RCNR - 27 Mar 1943
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MacLeod,
Neil Campbell A/War (E), RCNR
McCombe,
William, Skpr, RCNR - 27 Mar 1943
McKinnon,
Donald Wellwood, Slt, RCNVR - 01 Apr 1942 |
Tough,
Robert Linton, Skpr, RCNR - 12 Jun 1944
Wootton,
George Edward, Skpr, RCNR - 26 Feb 1942
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Photos and Documents (below)
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The launching of Laurier and Macdonald in 1936
Courtesy of Rod McNairnay
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HMCS Macdonald near Bella Coola BC
Courtesy of Rod McNairnay
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FPC Howay
Courtesy of Rod McNairnay
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FPC Howay, Victoria, BC
Courtesy of Rod McNairnay
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Chief Officer (1st Mate) Dave Sinclair, Capt Roger Myerscoff and Harold
Sloman on FPC Howay
Courtesy of Rod McNairnay
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Harold Sloman on the helm and Capt Roger
Myerscoff on FPC Howay
Courtesy of Rod McNairnay
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Chief Engineer Kevin Delaney and Capt Roger
Myerscoff on FPC Howay after her engines were run off for the final
time, 24 Jul 1981
Courtesy of Rod McNairnay
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