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HMCS VEGREVILLE
J257
Bangor
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS VEGREVILLE J257
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Battle honours and awards: Gulf of St.
Lawrence 1942, Atlantic 1944,
Normandy 1944
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Laid down: 02
Jun 1941
Launched: 07
Oct 1941
Commissioned: 10
Dec 1941
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Paid off: 06
Jun 1945
Fate: Broken up
in 1947
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Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd.,
Montreal, Que., she was commissioned at Montreal on 10 Dec 1941. VEGREVILLE
arrived at Halifax on 18 Dec 1941 and was assigned to
WLEF. She was re-assigned to Gulf Escort Force in Jun 1942, and
transferred in Sep 1942 to Newfoundland Force. In Jan 1944,
she was assigned to invasion duties, and sailed on 19 Feb 1944 from
Halifax for Plymouth via the Azores, in company with CARAQUET, COWICHAN, and
MALPEQUE. Arriving at Plymouth on 13 Mar 1944, VEGREVILLE was assigned successively to the 32nd, 14th and 31st Minesweeping
Flotillas, and was present on D-Day as part of the 14th. In Sep 1944, she
proceeded to Canada to refit at Sydney, returning to Plymouth on 04
Feb 1945. On 23 Apr 1945, while operating off the French coast,
she was damaged by a mine and sustained severe damage to her port engine. Dockyard survey at
Devonport indicated that she was not worth repairing at that stage of
the war, and she was laid up at Falmouth in Jun 1945. Paid off on 06
Jun 1945, she was broken up at Hayle, U.K., in 1947.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Cdr F.A. Price,
RCNVR - 10 Dec 1941 - 19 Jan 1942
LCdr Thomas Harold Beament,
RCNVR - 20 Jan 1942 - 11 Jan 1943
Lt Thomas Bottrell Edwards,
RCNR - 12 Jan 1943 - 06 Nov 1944 |
LCdr A. Sagar,
RCN - 07 Nov 1944 - 03 Feb 1945 Lt
John Wardrop Ross, RCNVR - 04 Feb 1945 - 06 June 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anglin,
Douglas G. |
Buffett,
Clifford E.
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Charles,
Ernest D.
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Cramp,
William J.
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Cruickshank,
Richard A.
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Ertel,
Wilfred E.
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Gudewill,
Edward H.
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Harris,
Edward
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Head,
Cecil A.
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Laidlaw,
Basil M.
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Livingston,
C. Bruce
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Mann, Dennis
H.
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Martin,
Jack W.
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Nye, Wilfred
D.
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Piers,
James
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Richardson,
Earol G.
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Spicer, Robert
B.
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VanBuskirk,
Roderick
A.
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Ward, Howard
H.
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Welsh,
George H.
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Woodward,
Kenneth B.
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Former Crew Members
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Burnett,
Edward, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 24 Jun 1943
Chenoweth, Ian Bryce, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Apr 1942 / Lt, RCNVR - 01 May
1943
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Cruickshank, Richard Alexander, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1942
Extence, Alan Barr, SLt (E), RCNVR
Graham, Roderick Lewis, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 10 Feb 1944
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Irving, John Richard, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1943
Lee, Robert Elias, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Jul 1943
Simpson, John William, SLt, RCNVR - 01 May 1942
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Photos and Documents
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HMCS VEGREVILLE J257 |
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Front of HMCS VEGREVILLE Christmas card
Courtesy of Terry Gunn |
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HMCS VEGREVILLE silk napkin
Courtesy of Terry Gunn |
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HMCS VEGREVILLE, a Bangor class minesweeper,
painted on the wall of the RCL Branch #39, Vegreville, AB.
Courtesy of Nick Standen |
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HMCS VEGREVILLE J257 pillow case
From the collection of George A. Chamberlain
Courtesy of John Chamberlain |
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