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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
SUSSEXVALE K683 / 313
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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 1955
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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
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Commanding Officers |
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LCdr Louis Raymond Pavillard,
DSC, 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 - 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 |
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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COLLINS,
Ralph Norman
LS, N24238
died - 19 Jun 1961  |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be forgotten |
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A-B |
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Anderson,
Joseph Clifford
1917-2014 |
Bell,
James Duncan
1926-2015 |
Bemister, Herbert
George
1929-2013 |
Bradford,
Sydney Howard 1929-2016 |
Bugslag,
John Charles 1922-2013 |
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C-D |
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Cathcart,
Donald Stuart
1931-2017
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Clackson,
Donald Richard
1935-2014
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Clark,
Donald Stanley
____-1963
Served in Sussexvale as LT (P), RCN
as DeckO, WeaponsO and OpsO |
Colclough,
Frederick John
1931-2003 |
Crickard,
Frederick William
1930-2012 |
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Donaldson,
George, C2WS
1922-2009
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E-F |
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Erkkila,
Reino Leo Johannes
____-2012 |
Fenwick,
Charles Wayne
1942-2006 |
Ferris,
Leonard Rowland
1921-2015
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Fisher,
Brian John
____-2017
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Fisher,
Eric
1936-2017
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Fortier,
Louis-Philippe
1925-2015
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Fraser,
Norman Lloyd
1927-2014 |
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G-H |
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Gorman,
Andrew Drummond
1931-2007 |
Gould,
Sidney Charles
1922-2016
Served in Sussexvale in 1966 as LCdr,
RCN, XO |
Gouldie,
Gordon Charles
1925-2015 |
Guy,
Allan Ross
1925-2016 |
Guy,
Rex Geoffrey
____-2006 |
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Hamel,
Doug
____-1999 |
Hawkey,
Robert Clarence
1927-2018 |
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I-J |
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Jack,
Andrew McQueen
1919-1987 |
Johnson,
Edward R.
____-1998
Served in Sussexvale during WW 2 |
Joy,
Henry Donovan
1925-2015 |
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K-L |
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Leir,
Richard Hugh
1921-2015
2nd Commanding Officer |
Lourme,
Ernest Patrick
1929-2013
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M-N |
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Mattice,
Gerald B.
1925-2006 |
Murphy,
Vincent
John
1923-2011 |
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Parsons
Peter
1946-2007 |
Perkins,
Edward John
1941-2006 |
Pike,
Raymond
1919-2006 |
Porter,
Henry Allan
1920-2016
Served in Sussexvale as Commander
4th Canadian Escort Sqn |
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Q-R |
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Rayment,
Lloyd
1934-2016
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Reiter,
Karl Harold
1933-2014 |
Rowse,
Arthur William
1931-2017
Served in Sussexvale in 1955 as Sea
Training Officer |
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S-T |
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Silvester,
Henry
1919-2013
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Sommerville,
Wilfred J.
____-1996
Commissioning Crew
2nd Commission |
Sophonow,
________
1940-2017 |
Stanbrook,
Wilfred Thomas
____-2000
Served in Sussexvale 14 Jun 1957 - 22
Jun 1958
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Stevens,
Harold
1920-1985
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Tierney,
Patrick
____-2006
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Tudor,
David T.
1926-2008
Served in Sussexvale in 1960 as CPO
Radioman
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Wight,
Clifford
____-2005
Drafted to Sussexvale 26 Feb 1945 as
a Lt, RCNVR |
Williams,
William Robert
1925-2001
Served in Sussexvale 27 Oct
1955 - 11 Dec 1955 as a P1ET, RCN
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Willment,
Irving
Frank Ashley
1925-2011
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Wright,
James Edward 1926-2005
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Y-Z |
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Yanow,
Robert D.
1933-2017
Served in Sussexvale in 1954 |
Young,
John Barclay
____-2016
3rd Commanding Officer
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Zerbin,
Helmut
1927-2016
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Former Crew Members
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Anderson, Ted, Signalman
Armour, Peter George Douglas, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Borthwick, James, Lt (S), RCNVR - 08 Jul 1945
Cale, K. Donald (Don), OSER-ABER - 1965 - 1966 
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Duhamel, Alf, Sig - 1959 - 1960
Dobell, Jim
Hughes, Cyril
McKee, Walter Albert, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
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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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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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Alf Duhamel sending flashing light on HMCS Sussexvale
at anchor off Mexico circa 1959-1960
Courtesy of Alf Duhamel
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HMCS Sussexvale 313
Courtesy of Wayne Egeland
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