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HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT K324
River
Class Frigate
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HMCS PRINCE RUPERT K324
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Battle honours and
awards: Atlantic 1944
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Laid down: 01
Aug
1942
Launched: 03
Feb 1943
Commissioned: 30
Aug 1943
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Paid off: 15
Jan 1946
Fate: Scuttled as a breakwater
in 1948
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Commissioned at Esquimalt on 30 Aug 1943, she
arrived at Halifax 21 Oct 1943, worked up at Pictou and, in Jan
1944, joined EG C-3 as Senior Officer's ship. PRINCE RUPERT left St.
John's on 03 Jan 1944 to join her maiden convoy, SC.150, and was
thereafter continuously employed as an ocean escort until late that
year. On 13 Mar 1944, with U.S. naval units and U.S. and British
aircraft, she assisted in sinking U 575 in the North Atlantic. In
Nov 1944, she began a refit at Liverpool, N.S., and on its
completion in Mar 1945, joined EG 27, Halifax. In Jun 1945 PRINCE RUPERT
sailed for Esquimalt, where she was paid off 15 Jan 1946. She was sold in 1947, and her hull expended as a breakwater at
Royston, B.C., the following year.
U-Boats Sunk:
U-575 (Oblt Wolfgang Bohemer) a type VIIC U-boat, sunk on 13 Mar 1944 by
Avenger VC-95 of the USS BOGUE CVE-9; Br. SQNs 172 & 206, USS HAVERFIELD
DE-393, USS HOBSON DD-464, HMCS PRINCE RUPERT K324 & Br. SQN 220 North of the
Azores in position 46-18 N,
27-34 W. Of her crew of 55 there were 37 survivors.
RCN Memories:
Wartime
Memories of George (Red) MacNair
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Song - The
Fighting P.R. - written by a former PRINCE RUPERT crew member
Commanding Officers
LCdr Robert William Draney, DSC,
RCNR - 30 Aug 1943 - 27 Aug 1945
LCdr John Crispo Leckie Annesley,
RCN - 24 Sep 1945 - 15 Jan 1946
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Adams,
Alan A.
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Allan,
John N. M.
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Annesley,
John C. L.
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Archer,
William L.
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Brown,
John Q. H.
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Burnett,
Edward C.
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Clarke,
Lyle R. |
Colbert,
Kenneth W.
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DeFrane,
Alfred
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Déry,
Stanislas
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Desjardins,
Romeo E.
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Dickieson,
John
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Dryden,
Henry N.
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Edge,
William A.
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English,
John C.
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Egan,
Joseph M.
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Howarth, William
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Huget,
Roy E.
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Hundleby,
Louis R.
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Johnston,
Joseph D.
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King,
Clarence A.
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MacLean,
Donald
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Macnab,
William M.
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MacNair,
George M.
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McEntee,
James J.
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McMurray,
Leonard D.
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Molyard,
John M.
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Morris,
William F.
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O'Hara,
George D.
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Robertson,
J. Everett
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Rolland,
Joseph W.
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Romanchuk,
William
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Rostrup,
Gunnar M.
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Simpson,
Gilbert C.
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Steen,
Charles S. |
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Stephenson,
James N.
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Strabel,
Norman E.
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Stuart,
George E.
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Stubbs,
Herman S.
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Vachon,
Marcel
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Venator,
George F.
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Watson,
Hector G.
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Weir, Jack
B.
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Whitten,
Hallett, J.
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Former Crew Members
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Butcher,
Alan - 1944
DeMerchant,
Melville - 1944
Douglas,
Alan St. Clair, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1944
Draney,
Robert William, LCdr, RCNR - 15 Jul 1943
Galloway,
Frederick Ernest, Lt (E), RCNR - 08 Jul 1943
George,
Philip Henry, SLt, RCNVR - 29 Jan 1945
Greene,
Arthur Henry, SLt, RCNVR - 18 Apr 1945
Irwin,
Robert
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Isard,
John Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 24 Mar 1944
Johnson,
Ernest Edward, Lt, RCNVR
Josey,
Aubrey Edward, Lt, RCNVR - 17 Jul 1944
Levy,
John Gibson, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - Jan 1944
MacLennan,
John Graham, A/Surg/LCdr, RCNVR - 27 Apr 1945
McCaffrey,
Keith Allan, Lt (E), RCNVR - Jan 1945
McMurray,
Leonard Denison, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1944
Medley,
Ralph Cyril, Cdr, DSO, RN - 23 Mar 1944 |
Paddon,
Oswald Orr, Lt, RCNVR - 18 May 1945
Robinson,
Peter Lewis, Lt, RCNVR - 19 Mar 1945
Simpson,
Roy James, Lt, RCNVR - 24 Mar 1944
Thompson,
Theo Walter, A/LCdr, RCNVR - 23 Jun 1943
Townsend,
Robert Grant, Surg-Lt, RCNVR - 19 Jul 1944
Warren,
Donald Cameron, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jul 1944
Weir,
James, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945 |
Photos
and Documents
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HMCS PRINCE RUPERT K324
From the collection of Robert Macklem
Courtesy of Kelly Macklem
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Drawing by a crew member of U 575 in memory of the
sailing on HMCS PRINCE RUPERT 1944 after their U-boat was sunk
Source: Homepage
for U-575
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WR06
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Alberta sailors on HMCS PRINCE RUPERT take part in sinking of U-boat - The
Edmonton Journal 13 Jun 1944
Sailors mentioned in the article: AB Eric Grommers of
Edmonton; Tel William Romanchuk of Edmonton; Sig Peter Hamilton
of Calgary; Stoker Frank Wood of Calgary; AB Richard McHugh of
Edmonton; ERA Dave Wallace of Calgary; Stwd Richard Humphreys-Jones
of Alhambra; CPO Don McCulloch of Edmonton. Absent: L/Sig
Clifford Johnston of Edmonton
From the collection of William Romanchuk
Courtesy of Ken Romanchuk
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Hedgehog Crew after their sinking of U-575 off the
Azores on 13 Mar 1944
From the collection of George (Red) MacNair
Courtesy of Sandra Lansing
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Three New Brunswickers from HMCS PRINCE RUPERT'S
Hedgehog crew - L-R: Alan Butcher, Melville DeMerchant, and George MacNair
From the collection of George (Red) MacNair
Courtesy of Sandra Lansing
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HMCS PRINCE RUPERT as convoy escort
From the collection of Jeffrey Pierce
Courtesy of Jim Pierce
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The remains of PRINCE RUPERT at
Royston, British Columbia.
Picture from the Flickr collection of Scott
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The stern of the PRINCE RUPERT K324 at Royston, British
Columbia, 24 Feb 1997
Source: CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
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(HS02)
V.E. Day celebrations on HMCS PRINCE RUPERT - PO Steen, AB Dann, PO Murphy, AB Latimer, AB
Mott
(HS03) VE Day - Officers on HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT. CO
Robert Draney addressing the crew
(HS04)
Painting of HMCS PRINCE RUPERT. The artist, who is unknown, served in HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT.
From the collection of Herman
Stubbs, RCNVR
Courtesy of Deegan Stubbs
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JR76
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JR77
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(JR76-JR77)
Believed
to be the commissioning of HMCS PRINCE RUPERT
(JR78)
"Taken from crow's nest HMCS PRINCE RUPERT
(JR79)
Quarterdeck of HMCS PRINCE RUPERT in heavy seas
(JR80) Forward gun mount
on HMCS PRINCE RUPERT
(JR81) Sailors by after gun on HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT
(JR82) HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT
(JR83)
Rescuing of survivors from U-575. USN destroyer in upper left corner of photo.
HMCS PRINCE RUPERT right had side with the lines for the ship's boat hanging
down
(JR84) HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT rescuing German sailors. The black spots in water are
the German sailors
(JR85)
Names of German sailors rescued by HMCS PRINCE RUPERT
(JR86) Article on HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT'S battle with U-575
(JR87) Admiral Taylor on bridge of HMCS
PRINCE RUPERT in St. John's after
action against U-575
From
the collection of Joseph W. Rolland,
RCNVR
Courtesy
of Jordan McCallum
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