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HMCS STRATHADAM K682
River Class Frigate
Built at Esquimalt, BC, she was commissioned on 29 Sep 1944, at Victoria, she arrived at Halifax on 21 No 1944 and left a month later for Bermuda to work up. Returning to Halifax, she was assigned to EG 25, Londonderry, and sailed from St. John's on 02 Feb 1945. Except for one trip late that month to Gibraltar, STRATHADAM was employed in U.K. waters until VE-Day. On 07 Mar 1945, with LA HULLOISE and THETFORD MINES, she took part in the sinking of U 1302 in St. George's Channel, and on 11 Apr 1945 she was carrying out another attack when a Hedgehog projectile exploded prematurely, killing six of her crew. She returned to Canada at the end of May 1945, and in Jul 1945 commenced tropicalization refit. This was cancelled 20 Aug 1945 and the ship was paid off at Halifax on 07 Nov 1945, to be laid up at Shelburne. She was sold to Uruguayan interests in 1947 but acquired by the Israeli Navy in 1950 and re-named MISGAV K30. In the last 60s she was paid off and in 1970 was expended as a target for Gabrial missile trials by Israel.
U-Boats Sunk: U-1302 (Kptlt Wolfgang Herwatz) a type VIIC/41 U-boat, sunk on 07 Mar 1945 by HMCS LA HULLOISE K668, HMCS THETFORD MINES K459 and HMCS STRATHADAM K682 in St. George's Channel, position 52-19 N, 05-23 W. Of her crew of 48 there were no survivors.
Photos and Documents Ship's company photos Battle for Convoy BX-141
RCN Memories: Wartime Memories of George (Red) MacNair
Commanding Officers
LCdr Howard Lee Quinn, DSC, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1944 / 29 Sep 1944 - 06 Jul 1945
LCdr S.W. Howell, RCNR - 07 Jul 1945 - 29 Jul 1945
LCdr Howard Lee Quinn, DSC, RCNVR - 30 Jul 1945 - 07 Nov 1945
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(SDM001) HMCS STRATHADAM K682 Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum - photo # VR2005.483.003
(SDM001) HMCS STRATHADAM ship's badge // From the collection of William Owen Redhead // Courtesy of Scott Redhead (SDM002) Casualty list, killed and injured, after the hedgehog explosion on STRATHADAM on 11 Apr 1945 // Globe and Mail, 09 Jun 1945 (SDM003) Newspaper article on casualties from HMCS STRATHADAM // From the Vancouver Daily Province, Sat, 09 Jun 1945 // Courtesy of Barbara Hamlin (SDM004) Newspaper article on the sinking of U-1302 by STRATHADAM, LA HULLOISE and THETFORD MINES // The Hamilton Spectator, 09 Jun 1945 (SDM006) HMCS STRATHADAM K682 // Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum - photo # VR2005.483.003
(AL001) Augustine Lentinello (right) and friend (name not known), Glasgow, Scotland, 1944 (AL002) Stokers on HMCS STRATHADAM K682 // Augustine Lentinello, front row, middle (AL003) Convoy escorts in the North Atlantic, 1944 // Photo taken from HMCS STRATHADAM K682 (AL004) Escorts in line ahead formation, 1944 // Photo taken from HMCS STRATHADAM K682 From the collection of Augustine Lentinello, Stoker, RCNVR Courtesy of Judy Lentinello-Smith
Graves of Dennis McEwan, Jimmy Friend, Clifford Purdy Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland "Graves of three of our shipmates who were killed on HMCS Strathadam, 11 Apr 1945, when a hedgehog exploded during the attack on U-1302" From the collection of Marcel Chasse, Telegraphist, RCNVR (HMCS Orkney K448) Courtesy of Robert Chasse
In 2015, James Friend's daughter, Barbara Hamlin, visited her father's grave. This photo shows the Belfast City Cemetery 70 years later. Photo taken 13 Aug 2015 Courtesy of Barbara Hamlin
Copied written/copied by Frank Cullen while onboard HMCS STRATHADAM Author unknown From the collection of John Francis (Frank) Cullen Courtesy of Fay O'Brien
INS Misgav (K-30) ex-HMCS STRATHADAM
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Lest We Forget
