HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677

 

River Class Frigate

 

 

HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677

 

Battle honours and awards:  Atlantic  1944-45

 

 

Laid down: 07 Jan 1944

Renamed: 05 Apr 1944

Launched: 15 Apr 1944

Commissioned: 25 Aug 1944

Paid off: 17 Nov 1945

Fate: Sold for scrap in 1947.  Final disposition unknown

 

Laid down as HMCS ALWINGTON K677 at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, she was named after a historic house in Kingston, Ont. In Apr 1944 she was renamed HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677, to commemorate Mount Royal, PQ. ROYALMOUNT was commissioned at Montreal on 25 Aug 1944, arrived at Halifax on 08 Sep 1944 and carried out working-up exercises in Bermuda later that month. She arrived at St. John's on 15 Nov 1944 to join EG C-1, and spent the remainder of the war with the group as a mid-ocean. She left Liverpool 21 Apr 1945 and escorted convoy ONS.48 on her homeward passage to refit, from 26 May to 05 Oct 1845, at Sydney. She was paid off at Halifax on 17 Nov 1945, and placed in reserve in Bedford Basin until 1947, when a New York buyer purchased her for scrap.

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

LCdr James Sinclair (Foghorn) Davis, RCNVR - 25 Aug 1944 - 10 May 1945

 

Lt John Hugh Dunne, RCNVR - 11 May 1945 - 08 Aug 1945

 

LCdr J.S. Davis, RCNVR - 09 Aug 1945 - 17 Nov 1945

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Barrett, Harry Bemister, SLt, RCNVR - 14 May 1945

 

Beedell, John William, Lt (E), RCNR - 15 Jun 1944

 

Davis, James Sinclair (Foghorn), LCdr, RCNVR - 17 Jul 1944, CO

 

Dunne, John Hugh, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1945

Hutchison, William Glen, Radar - 1944-45

 

Kilgour, Douglas Urquhart, SLt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944

 

Norton, Arthur Harold, Lt (E), RCNVR - 01 Apr 1945

 

Olsen, Kaare, SLt, RCNVR - 21 May 1945

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

RMT001

RMT002

RMT003

RMT004 / RDM083

RMT005 / RDM084

(RMT001) HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677

(RMT002) John Hanlon holding a newspaper saying "Germany Quits" 2 days after Germany surrendered  //  Source: The Westman Journal

(RMT003) HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677  //  From the collection of Sid Dobing  //  Courtesy of Brian Dobing  //  Note: She must be fresh from the builders as she does not have any armament in this photo

(RMT004) HMCS MAHONE J159 outboard of HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677, St. John's, Newfoundland - date unknown  //  From the collection of Robert David Masters, Signalman, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Cathy Masters

(RMT005) (left to right) - HMCS ROYALMOUNT K677, unknown corvette, HMCS MAHONE J159, unknown tug at St. John's, Newfoundland - date unknown  //  From the collection of Robert David Masters, Signalman, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Cathy Masters

 

 

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