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HMCS MIMICO
K485
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS MIMICO K485
Source: Ministry of Defence Foxhill Collection
of Ship Photographs FL
5458
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Laid down: 22
Feb 1943
Launched: 11
Oct 1943
Transferred
to RCN: Sep 1943
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Commissioned: 08
Feb 1944
Paid off: 18
Jul 1945
Fate:
Sold to commercial use. Last noted in Lloyd's Register in 1977-78.
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Laid down as HMS
BULRUSH, she was transferred to
the RCN and renamed HMCS MIMICO prior to launching. She was
commissioned on 08 Feb 1944 at Sunderland, U.K.
On 18 Apr 1944, after working up at Stornoway, she arrived at Oban,
Scotland, where she was assigned to Western Approaches Command for
escort duty in connection with the invasion. She arrived off the
Normandy beaches with a convoy on the day after D-Day. She remained
on escort duty in the Channel, assigned briefly in Sep 1944 to
Portsmouth Command and, in Oct 1944, to Nore Command, based at
Sheerness. In Feb and Mar 1945, she refitted at Chatham,
then returned to Sheerness and resumed her previous role until late
in May 1945, when she left the U.K. for the last time. She was paid off
on 18 Jul 1945, and laid up at Sorel. After the war, MIMICO was sold to
civilian service and became Honduran Olympic Victor in 1950, Japanese
Otori Maru No. 12 in 1956, Kyo Maru No.25 from 1962-1978.
Photos and Documents
The Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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Lt Francis James Jones,
RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944 - 02 Oct 1944
Lt G.F. Crosby,
RCNVR - 03 Oct 1944 - 20 Nov 1944
Lt Francis James Jones,
RCNVR - 21 Nov 1944 - 25 Jan 1945 |
LCdr William Roland Stacey,
RCNR - 26 Jan 1945 - 01 Feb 1945
Lt Murray William Knowles,
RCNVR - 02 Feb 1945 - 14 Feb 1945
A/LCdr James Boulton Elmsley,
RCNVR - 15 Feb 1945 - 18 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Bailey,
Gillis
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Baxendale,
Francis W.
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Bielby, John
W.
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Chisholm,
Duncan F.
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Colbert,
Kenneth W.
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Drummond,
Robert C.
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Gagne,
Gerard L.
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Graves, Robert S.
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Jones-Francis,
J.
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Kirton
,George A.
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Richardson,
Raymond
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Salmon,
Thomas
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Stacey,
William R.
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Thompson,
Robert K.
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Tough,
William F.
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Turner,
Harry
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Former Crew Members
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Angus, George Alexander, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Belt, Richard James, A/Lt, RCNVR - 30 May 1944
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Crosby, George Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Eckney, Robert Griffiths, SLt, RCNVR - 19 Feb 1945
Edmonds,
Charles Ewart, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
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McDermid, Melville Earl, SLt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Nicol, Archibald John, A/Lt, RCNVR - 29 May 1945
Rodrique, Joseph Theodule Victor, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
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Photos and Documents
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Lt R.S. Graves on HMCS MIMICO K485
From the collection of Robert Graves
Courtesy of Stephen Graves
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Last ensign that was flown on HMCS MIMICO K485
From the collection of Robert Graves
Courtesy of Stephen Graves
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THE KING
GOD BLESS HIM
HMCS MIMICO 1942-1945
From the collection of Robert Graves
Courtesy of Stephen Graves
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Two souvenir jacket patches from the 1988 HMCS MIMICO
crew reunion, Oakville, Ont.
From the collection of Robert Graves
Courtesy of Stephen Graves
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