HMCS UNGAVA 148

 

Bay Class Minesweeper

 

 

HMCS UNGAVA 148

 

Battle honours and awards:  Atlantic  1941-44,   Gulf of St. Lawrence  1944

 

 

Laid down: 17 Dec 1951

Launched: 20 May 1953

Commissioned: 04 Jun 1954

Paid off: 23 Aug 1957

Transferred to Turkish Navy: 31 Mar 1958

Re-commissioned: 31 Mar 1958

Paid off: 1991

Fate: Broken up 2002 at Aliaga, Turkey

 

Built by the Davie Shipbuilding Co., Lauzon,UNGAVA was commissioned on 04 Jun 1954, and paid off on 23 Aug 1957. She was transferred on 31 Mar 1958 and renamed TCG Tekirdag. The ship remained in service until 1991. Tekirdag was broken up for scrap at Aliaga, Turkey in 2002.

 

 

The Ship's Bell

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

LCdr Edmund James Semmens, RCN - 04 Jun 1954 - 04 May 1955

 

LCdr Robert MacKenzie Young - 05 May 1955 - 11 Apr 1957

 

LCdr Thomas Freeborn Owen, RCN - 12 Apr 1957 - 23 Aug 1957

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

  

HMCS UNGAVA 148

DND / RCN Photo

 

 

HMCS UNGAVA 148 in Halifax

Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax

 

 

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