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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS TIMMINS
K223
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HMCS Timmins K223
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Laid down: 14
Jun 1940
Launched: 26
Jun 1941
Commissioned: 10
Feb 1942
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Paid off: 15
Jul 1945
Fate: Foundered
on
03 Aug 1960
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Built
at Esquimalt, she was commissioned there on
10 Feb 1942.
Timmins served with Esquimalt Force until transferred to the east
coast. Upon arrival at Halifax on 13 Oct 1942 she was assigned to
WLEF. With its division into escort groups in Jun 1943, she became
a member of EG W-6, transferring to W-2 in Apr 1944. She
commenced a two-month refit at Liverpool, N.S., late in Jun 1943,
followed by workups at Pictou. A second refit, again at Liverpool,
was carried out between late Jun and mid-Oct 1944. It included
the extension of her fo'c's'le and three weeks' working-up in
Bermuda followed. Timmins was paid off on 15 Jul 1945, at Sorel,
and sold later that year for commercial use. She entered service in
1948 as the Honduran-flag Guayaquil and, ironically, foundered at
Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 03 Aug 1960.
Photos and Documents
Ship's company photos
The Ship's Bell
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt James Albert Brown,
RCNR - 10 Feb 1942 - 18 Aug 1942
LCdr A.T. Morrell,
RCNR - 19 Aug 1942 - 30 Aug 1942
Lt J.M. Gillison,
RCNR - 31 Aug 1942 - 11 Jan 1943
Lt Neville Spencer
Charles Dickinson,
RCNVR - 12 Jan 1943 - 19 Mar 1943 |
LCdr J.H.S. MacDonald,
RCNR - 20 Mar 1943 - 18 Apr 1943
A/LCdr Herries Stirling Maxwell,
RCNVR - 19 Apr 1943 - 29 Jun 1944
Lt R.G. James,
RCNVR - 02 Sep 1944 - 15 Dec 1944
Lt
John Kincaid,
RCNR - 16 Dec 1944 - 15 Jul 1945 |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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Barwis,
Dewey
Ira Charles
1924-2008 |
Chanter,
Charles E.
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Clark,
James
1922-2013 |
Devey,
Ronald Joseph
____-2006 |
Hulley,
Kenneth
____-1948
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Lapp,
John R.
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Ryder,
Lawrence
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Smith,
Jack Newton
1919-2003 |
Sobkow,
Walter J.
1921-2012 |
Tustian,
Allan E.
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Wales, John
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Woods,
George F.
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Former Crew Members
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Alcock,
William Gordon, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 19 Jul 1944
Beharriell,
Stanley Ross, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
Gilmore,
Robert Hugh, Stoker - Robert
Hugh Gilmore - The Memory Project
Jones,
Archibald Roy Campbell, Slt, RCNVR - 26 Jul 1943
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Lovell,
William Ashton, Slt, RCNVR - 01 May 1942 / 21 Jun 1942
Newton,
John Amyas, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Feb 1942
Parker,
Richard Allan, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Feb 1942
Samis,
John Clouston, Slt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944 |
Taylor,
William Robertson, Slt, RCNVR - 19 May 1943
Thompson,
Frederick Stafford, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Ward,
James Barlow, Mate, RCNR - 11 Feb 1942 / 06 Jul 1942
Wilson,
Milton Thomas, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 May 1944 |
Photos and Documents
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HMCS Timmins K223
From the
collection of George Huntbatch,
LTO, RCNVR Courtesy of Ross
Huntbatch
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GW01 |
GW02 |
GW03 |
GW04 |
GW05 |
GW06 |
gW07 |
(GW01)
HMS PUNCHER (GW02) Dutch sub at Hamilton, Bermuda. Fos's'le / gun deck
of HMCS TIMMINS in the foreground (GW033) HMCS TIMMINS alongside a
Liberty ship at sea (note: possibly transferring stores by jackstay)
(GW044) Unknown sailor in the crows nest on HMCS TIMMINS (GW055)
Bridge, Gun Deck and Foc's'le of HMCS TIMMINS - taken from the crows
nest (GW06) PO George Woods on HMCS TIMMINS (GW07) .5 on HMCS
TIMMINS. Merchant ship visible in the distance.
From
the collection of George F. Woods, PO,
RCNVR
Courtesy
of Eleanor Woods and family
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HMCS Napanee K118 (left) and HMCS Timmins K223 (right)
at St. John's, Nfld
From the
collection of Dalton Kaye, Tel, RCNVR
Courtesy of Steve Kaye
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