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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
STORMONT K327
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HMCS Stormont K327
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Battle honours and awards: Arctic
1944, Atlantic 1944-45, English
Channel 1944, Normandy 1944
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Laid down: 23
Dec
1942
Launched: 11
Jul 1943
Commissioned: 27
Nov 1943
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Paid off: 09
Nov 1945
Fate: Still in active service as a
luxury yacht
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Commissioned at Montreal on 27 Nov
1943,
Stormont arrived at Halifax in Dec 1943, worked up in St. Margaret's
Bay and in mid-Mar 1944, sailed for Londonderry to join EG 9. She
was present on D-Day, and in Jul 1944 assisted the damaged HMCS
Matane toward Plymouth. In Oct 1944 she escorted a convoy to
Gibraltar and, in Dec 1944, escorted convoy JW.62 to Kola Inlet and
RA.62 back. She left 'Derry on 09 Dec 1944, for Halifax and
tropicalization refit at Shelburne. The latter, begun in Jun 1945, was discontinued
on 20 Aug 1945 and the ship was paid off 09 Nov 1945. She was
sold in 1947 to a Montevideo buyer for conversion to a merchant
ship, but was re-sold in 1951. Converted at Kiel, 1952-54, to a
luxury yacht for Aristotle Onassis, she was re-named Christina. After the elder Onassis died in 1975, Christina
inherited the yacht, and gave her to the Greek government as a
presidential yacht in 1978. She was renamed Argo for a number
of years, but was eventually allowed to deteriorate. In 1998, she
was purchased by another Greek ship owner, John Paul Papanicolaou,
who restored her and renamed her Christina O. She continues
to sail.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos Canadian
Warship Turned Luxury Yacht Opens to London Sightseers
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Commanding Officers |
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A/LCdr George Abraham Myra,
RCNR - 27 Nov 1943 - 09 Nov 1945 |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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A-D
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Beatty,
Harry
William
1923-2011
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Carson,
Douglas
W.
1923-____
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Cross, R.
Errol
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Cumming,
Edwin Keith
1922-2018
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Donmoyer,
Robert George ____-1957
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E-J
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Eddy,
Roy Ernest
1924-2018
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Holmes,
Andy
____-2008
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Howorth,
Edward Albert
1925-2012
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Jobb,
Earl
Martin
1924-2009
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Johnston,
Donald
Shillington
1927-2010
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K-N
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LeBlanc, Leon., ERA
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LeClair,
Francois
1925-2013
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Mac Donald, Basil
____-1992
Served in Stormont as a SA
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Morris,
Gerald L.
1919-1999
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Neilson,
Paul David
1924-2009
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O-P
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Pierce,
Frederick Lawrence
____-1998
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Pierce,
Jeffrey E.
1922-1996
Served in Stormont as an AB
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Price,
William Ralph
1925-2010
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S-T
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Saulnier,
Dennis W.
____-2010
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Scales,
James W.
____-2018
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Small,
Robert Johnston
1923-2013
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Smith,
Brien Kemp
____-2010
Drafted to Stormont on 19 Apr
1943 as Slt (E), RCNVR
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W-X
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Webber,
Weir Bredin
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Former Crew Members
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Allan W., OS
Baillie, J., PO Tel
Beatty, H., ERA
Beaulieu, G.F., CPO, TC
Benner, L., Sig
Blair, M., LS
Blair, M., LS
Boorman,
Kenneth Lloyd, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Feb 1945
Borland, J., SPO
Butler, E.U, Lt, Signal Officer
Cainflone, F., AB
Campbell, D., AB
Campbell, J., LS Sto
Campbell, Patrick Gregory, Slt (E), A/Engineer Officer - 27 Feb 1944
Carney, G., SPO
Carte, C., OS
Connelly, H.R., SA
Corkum, R., OS
Cross, Robert Errol, AB
Daigneault, M., AB
Dangerfield,
Jack Wilbur, Lt, RCNVR - 14 Mar 1945
Davis, C., LS
Delvillano, J., AB
Dickey, H., AB
Dods, G.H., L/Sto
Donmoyer, H., Tel
Earl, E., Sig
Empey, F.,
Evans, E., ERA
Floyd, C., LS
Francis, A., O/Cdr
Fraser, C, SPO
Fraser, R., ERA
Galant, J., AB
Gentles, R., OS
Godfrey, E.D., AB
Goodman, L., PO, Yeo/Sits
Gore, F., L/Stwd
Gray, W.D., LT, NavO
Hagel, W., OS
Hamilton, R.J., PS, HSD
Hammel., ERA
Hartmann, C., LS
Heddern, G.B., LCdr
Higgins,
Patrick William Edward, Slt, RCNVR - 29 Jan 1945
Hollinger, F., OS
Hughes, A., Tel
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Humeniuk, M., AB
Kamis, W., AB
Keeping, Victor., AB
Kennedy, H., AB
Kilgour, G., PO
Kotteff, C., CK(S)
Kreller, R., CK(S)
Kristiansen, E., AB
La Fave, R., OS
Laird, C.S., L/Wtr
Lambie, J., Sig.
Lawson, G., Tel
Lawson, G., Tel
Leclair, A., OS
Lyon, H., OS
MacAulay, M., Sto 2c
MacDonald J., LS
MacDougall,
John Malcolm, Slt, RCNVR - 10 May 1945
Manahan, W., AB
Martin, G., OS
Martin, G., Tel
Mason, W., Sto 2c
Maxymowich, W., OS
McAulay, R., OS
McDonald, A., Shpt
McDonald, C., OS
McDonald, Dl., LS
McDougall, G., OS
McKenzie, G., Sto 2c
McLean, H., Cdr
McLennan, R., Stwd
McClure,
Allan Samuel, Slt, RCNVR - 19 Feb 1945
McPherson, D.K., Cdr
McRae, F., Sto 2c
Miller, L.L., OS
Mills, J., OS
Milne, J., Sig
Moores, J., AB
Morriss, D., AB
Morse, D., AB
Munro, R., AB
Murray, A., L/SBA
Murray, A., OS
Murray, J., Sto 2c
Myra, G.A., Skpr Lt, Captain
Nelson, W., Sto 2c
Newell, G., Sto 2c
Nichols, T., Sto 1c
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Noble, G.J., Sto 2c
Obermeyer, F., OS
O'Hearn, W.D.A., LT, A/S, CommO
Oliver, K., ERA
Paquin, P., AB
Patterson, F., SP
Paul, R., Sto 2c
Phelan, T., Sto 2c
Pike, R., ERA
Pilon, H., AB
Powley, S., EA
Purcell, J., L/Tel
Rath, V.A., PO, QR 2
Robertshaw, E., LS
Ross, A., Sto 2c
Ross,
Robert Ian, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Mar 1945
Rowbottom, H., OS
Russell, G., AB
Saunders, D.H., Lt, 1st
Sdmith, B.K., Lt (E), Engineer Officer
Skinner, D., OS
Smith, C., Tel
Snyder, W., ERA
Soper, R., OS
Steinman, R., OS
Stevenson, J., OS
Stevenson, J., OS
Taylor, William Ronald., Surg-Lt, MedO - Jan 1944
Templeton, W., OA
Tobin, J., Sto 2c
Turcotte, L., LS
Tyrell, A.H., ERA
Verrault, Y., AB
Vincent, J., Tel
Waller,
Durrant Ewertt, Lt, RCNVR - 24 Mar 1945
Watson, William Wallace, Lt, GunneryO - Jan 1944
Watt, W., Tell
Webb, G., AB
Whitfield, J., AB
Whiting, Douglas Paterson, Slt, RCNVR - 18 Feb 1944
Whiting, G., Slt, TO
Whittaker, M., L/Ck
Willard, R., AB
Wilson, J., Stwd
Wood, E.M., Stwd
Wright, E.C., LS
Young, B., C/ERA
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Photos and
Documents
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Ship's bell for HMCS Stormont K327 located at
RCSCC Stormont, Cornwall Armoury, Cornwall, Ont.
Courtesy of Natalie Deschamps-Martin |
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HMCS Stormont refueling from the escort carrier
HMS Emperor |
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Wheelhouse of HMCS Stormont, Halifax, Jan 1944
DND/RCN photo
From the collection of Jeffrey Pierce
Courtesy of Jim Pierce |
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Radar on HMCS Stormont, Halifax, Jan 1944
DND/RCN photo
From the collection of Jeffrey Pierce
Courtesy of Jim Pierce |
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20 mm Oerlikon hydraulic mount on HMCS
Stormont, Halifax, jan 1944
DND/RCN photo
From the collection of Jeffrey Pierce
Courtesy of Jim Pierce |
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HMCS Stormont - date and location unknown
From the collection of Jeffrey Pierce
Courtesy of Jim Pierce |
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HMCS Stormont at Scapa Flow, 1944
From the collection of Jeffrey Pierce
Courtesy of Jim Pierce |
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The boys on the Stormont circa 1944-45
Top L-R: Whitfield, LaFave, F. Obermeyer,
E. Cross
Bottom L-R: R. McAuley, J. Scales, LaFave
From the collection of Robert Errol Cross
Courtesy of Penny Duncan |
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The boys on the Stormont circa 1944-45
Errol Cross (right) and shipmates on HMCS
Stormont
From the collection of Robert Errol Cross
Courtesy of Penny Duncan |
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The boys on the Stormont circa 1944-45
Back row L-R: Whitfield, Lafave, F. Obermeyer,
E. Cross
Front L-R: Scales, LaFave, unknown
From the collection of Robert Errol Cross
Courtesy of Penny Duncan |
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F. Obermeyer (left) and Errol Cross
From the collection of Robert Errol Cross
Courtesy of Penny Duncan |
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Depth charge exploding astern of HMCS Stormont
From the collection of Robert Errol Cross
Courtesy of Penny Duncan |
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Searchlights over Gibraltar
From the collection of Robert Errol Cross
Courtesy of Penny Duncan |
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Letter to Jeffrey Pierce that was with his
certificate for crossing the Arctic Circle while on board HMCS
Stormont while en route to Murmansk.
From the collection of Jeffrey Pierce
Courtesy of Jim Pierce |
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Luxury Yacht Christina O. |
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