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HMCS
SUSSEXVALE K683 / 313
River
Class / Prestonian Class Frigate
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Post WW2 Badge |
HMCS SUSSEXVALE K683
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1945
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Laid down: 15
Nov
1943
Launched: 12
Jul 1944
Commissioned: 29
Nov 1944
Paid off: 16
Nov 1945
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Re-Commissioned: 18
Mar 1955
Paid off: 30
Nov 1966
Fate:
Broken up in 1967
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Launched on 12 Jul 1944, she was the last frigate launched for the
RCN. SUSSEXVALE was commissioned on 29 Nov 1944, at Quebec City,
and arrived at Halifax on 16 Dec 1944. She left on 08 Jan 1945,
for a months' workups in Bermuda, on completion of which she was
assigned to EG 26. She arrived in Londonderry to join the group on
06 Mar 1945 and spent the remainder of the war in U.K. waters, based
primarily at Portsmouth. She returned home in May to begin
tropicalization refit at Shelburne, but this was called off and the
ship was paid off at Sydney on 16 Nov 1945. Placed in reserve at
Shelburne, she was subsequently sold to Marine Industries Ltd., but
re-acquired by the RCN and converted to a Prestonian class ocean
escort. Re-commissioned 18 Mar 1955, she served as a training
ship until paid off on 30 Nov 1966. Sold in Dec 1966 to Kennedy
& Mitsui, Vancouver, BC. She was scrapped in Japan
in 1967.
RCN Memories:
SUSSEXVALE's
Missing Helm
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Louis Raymond
Pavillard, RCNR - 29 Nov 1944 - 16 Nov 1945
Cdr Richard Hugh Leir, RCN - 18 Mar
1955 - 25 Aug 1955
LCdr John Barclay Young,
RCN - 26 Aug 1955 - 02 Jan 1957
LCdr Edward Pearce Shaw,
RCN - 03 Jan 1957 - 23 Jun 1958
Cdr V.J. Murphy,
RCN - 28 Nov 1958 - 26 Apr 1960 |
LCdr Henry Donovan Joy,
RCN - 27 Apr 1960 - 17 May 1962
LCdr Anthony Norman Turner,
RCN - 18 May 1962 - 24 Nov 1963
LCdr R.K. Niven, RCN - 15 Nov 1963
- 26 Jul 1964
LCdr Trevor Cole Shuckburgh,
RCN - 27 Jul 1964 - 20 Jun 1965
LCdr Fred William Crickard, RCN - 21 Jun
1965 - 30 Nov 1966 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
COLLINS,
Ralph Norman
LS, N24238
died - 19 Jun 1961
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Anderson,
Joseph C.
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Armour,
Peter G.D.
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Bell,
James D.
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Bemister, Herbert G.
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Bradford,
Sydney H. |
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Broster, G.
Arnold
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Bugslag,
John C.
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Cale, K.
Donald
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Cathcart,
Donald S.
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Clackson,
Donald R.
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Clark,
Donald S.
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Colclough,
Frederick J. |
Cooke, Ron
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Crickard,
Frederick W.
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Donaldson,
George
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Erkkila,
Reino L.J.
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Fenn, Frank |
Fenwick,
Charles W.
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Ferris,
Leonard R/
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Fisher,
Brian J. |
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Fisher,
Eric
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Fortier,
Louis-P.
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Fraser,
Norman L.
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Gorman,
Andrew D. |
Gould,
Sidney C.
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Gouldie,
Gordon C.
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Grossman,
Henry
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Guy,
Allan R.
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Guy,
Rex G. |
Hamel,
Doug
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Harrison,
Kenneth
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Hawkey,
Robert C.
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Hawrysh,
Frederick J.
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Hodgkins,
Frederick W.
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Hutchings,
Curwen J.
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Jack,
Andrew Mc.
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Johnson,
Edward R.
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Johnstone,
William R.
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Jones,
Keray
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Joy,
Henry D.
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Jupp,
Robert H.
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Kazmiruk,
George D.
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Larone,
Ronald T.
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Leir,
Richard H.
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Lourme,
Ernest P.
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Lundy,
John G.
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Lysne,
Jack M.
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Mattice,
Gerald B.
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Murch, Bruce
G.
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Murphy,
Vincent J.
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Parsons
Peter
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Peressini,
Luigi A.
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Perkins,
Edward J.
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Phillips,
Edward C.
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Pike,
Raymond
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Porter,
Henry A.
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Rayment,
Lloyd
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Reiter,
Karl H.
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Roberts, Trevor
J.F.
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Robertson,
Robert
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Rostek, Arthur
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Rowse,
Arthur W.
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Schuckburgh,
Trevor C.
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Seip, Harry
E.
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Silvester,
Henry
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Sommerville,
Wilfred J.
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Sophonow,
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Stanbrook,
Wilfred T.
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Steed, Roger
G.
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Stevens,
Harold
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Tierney,
Patrick
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Tudor,
David T.
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Turner, Anthony N.
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Whyte,
Robert A.
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Wight,
Clifford
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Williams,
William R.
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Willment,
Irving F.A.
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Woychuk,
Wilfred F.
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Wright,
James E.
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Yanow,
Robert D.
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Young,
Gaston G.
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Young,
John B.
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Zerbin,
Helmut
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Former Crew Members
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Anderson, Ted, Signalman
Borthwick, James, Lt (S), RCNVR - 08 Jul 1945
Dobell, Jim
Duhamel,
Alfe, AB.CV1
Farley, Norman, Stoker
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Hughes, Cyril
McKee, Walter Albert, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Paul, Stewart, L/Coder, RCNVR
Stew, George E., Signalman - 1960
Sparrow, Ken, ER, 39776E, RCN
Theobalds, Arthur Charles, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 25 Feb 1945
Trusler, John Edward, A/Lt, RCNVR - 27 Feb 1945
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Photos and
Documents
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HMCS SUSSEXVALE K683 with her wartime disruptive paint
scheme
Courtesy of Wayne Egeland
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Jacket patch for HMCS SUSSEXVALE - time frame unknown
From the collection of Harold Stevens
Courtesy of Rob Stevens
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Article on HMCS Swansea performing sea trials after
being re-commissioned
Halifax Mail-Star 28 Mar 1955
Research by / Courtesy of George Newbury
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Helm stolen from HMCS SUSSEXVALE
Source: Victoria Daily Times, Saturday,
April 27, 1963
Courtesy of Jim Dobell
Read the story behind this article - RCN
Memories - SUSSEXVALE's Missing Helm
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HMCS SUSSEXVALE 313 in 1964
Source: City of Vancouver
Archives
Photographer: Walter E. Frost
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HMCS SUSSEXVALE 313 in 1959
Source:
City of Vancouver Archives
Photographer: Walter E. Frost
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Alfe Duhamel sending flashing light on HMCS SUSSEXVALE at anchor off Mexico circa 1959-1960
Courtesy of Alfe Duhamel,
C2SG, RCN / C.A.F.
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HMCS SUSSEXVALE 313 - undated
DND / RCN photo
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HMCS SUSSEXVALE 313
Courtesy of Wayne Egeland
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