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HMCS WINNIPEG J337 / 177
Algerine Class Minesweeper
Commissioned at Port Arthur on 29 Jul 1943, she arrived at Halifax in mid-Sep 1943 and, after working up at Pictou, was assigned to EG W-7 of Western Escort Force. In Dec 1943 she was transferred to W-6, acting as Senior Officer's ship from Feb to Apr 1944. WINNIPEG then joined W-5, again as S.O., and served with that group until it was disbanded in Jun 1945. In Aug 1945 she was placed in reserve at Sydney, but was re-activated for passage to Esquimalt, where she arrived on 21 Dec 1945. She was paid off into reserve there on 11 Jan 1946, but in 1956 she was brought around to the east coast and, on 07 Aug 1959, handed over to the Belgian Navy as A.F. Dufour. She was broken up in 1966. Its not confirmed but the superstructure of WINNIPEG may still be in use as a firefighting-training platform in Zeebrugge.
Commanding Officers
Ship's Mascot Lost overboard on Lake Erie - Drowned
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(WNI001) HMCS WINNIPEG - Biggest Naval Vessel Built on the Great Lakes // The Winnipeg Evening Tribune 14 Apr 1943 (WNI002) Down Great Lakes On HMCS WINNIPEG // The Winnipeg Evening Tribune 09 Aug 1943 (WNI003) HMCS WINNIPEG Knows The Meaning Of The Words "Merry Christmas" // Crow's Nest newspaper - Dec 1943 (WNI004) Sailors in the seaman's mess on HMCS WINNIPEG J337 // Source: The Military Museums of Calgary // Courtesy of Chris Skilling (WNI005) Memories of HMCS WINNIPEG J337 by R.A. Judges, LCdr, RCNVR // Article from an 85th Anniversary of the RCN souvenir magazine
(WNI006) HMCS WINNIPEG J337 Christmas card // From the collection of Cecil Huras // Courtesy of Ric Huras
(WNI-NMoM001) Appeal for donations to fund comfort items for HMCS WINNIPEG J337 (WNI-NMoM002) Programme of Christening and Commissioning HMCS WINNIPEG J337
(WNI-NMoM003) Mrs. William Whyte, who will christen HMCS WINNIPEG, seen receiving completed depth charge sheets. Each sheet represents $90 worth of war savings stamps sold to purchase a depth charge. (WNI-NMoM004) Admiring Toots Greet Trim Fighting Ship - HMCS Winnipeg Is Maze of Wires and Gadgets, All Compactly Fitted (WNI-NMoM005) Through Trials - Final Preparations Made For Today's Christening Ceremony (WNI-NMoM006) Winnipeg citizens depart Winnipeg by CPR to attend the christening of HMCS WINNIPEG (WNI-NMoM007) Mayor Garnet Coulter addresses the officers and men of HMCS WINNIPEG at her christening ceremony
(WNI-NMoM008) HMCS WINNIPEG'S mascot Lucky missing believed drowned in Lake Erie (WNI-NMoM009) Algy, ship's mascot of HMCS WINNIPEG bemoans the loss of his companion mascot, Lucky, lost on Lake Erie (WNI-NMoM010) Fate of Ship Mascot Revealed in a letter (WNI-NMoM011) Luckier, half-brother of Lucky, becomes new ship's mascot for HMCS WINNIPEG (WNI-NMoM012) Mascot of Winnipeg Is Listed as Missing
(WNI-NMoM013) WINNIPEG'S Ship Has Her Final Trial Run (WNI-NMoM014) HMCS GRIFFON hosts dance to honor WINNIPEG (WNI-NMoM015) His Majesty's Canadian Ship WINNIPEG (WNI-NMoM016) HMCS WINNIPEG Committee Names (WNI-NMoM017) HMCS WINNIPEG is Host to local Wrens on Cruise
(WNI-NMoM018) Unfortunately Mr. Mayor Lacked A Wife (WNI-NMoM019) Mayor Launches Fund For Adopted Minesweeper (WNI-NMoM020) Minesweeper Fund At $607 (WNI-NMoM021) LCdr W. D. F. Johnston on special assignment - no longer in command of HMCS WINNIPEG (WNI-NMoM022) Ride on "WINNIPEG" Thrills Visitors
(WNI-NMoM023) Our Ship - HMCS WINNIPEG (WNI-NMoM024) The Algerine minesweeper, latest in design .... (WNI-NMoM025) HMCS WINNIPEG Gifts on the Way (WNI-NMoM026) A Real Christmas On The WINNIPEG (WNI-NMoM027) HMCS WINNIPEG Knows Meaning Of The Words "Merry Christmas"
(WNI-NMoM028) Mayor Coulter of Winnipeg inspects ship's company (WNI-NMoM029) Sailors Need Fur Jackets, 21 Apr 1943, The Morden Times (WNI-NMoM030) Flaw in Escort Ship's Four-inch Gun Ironed Out in Lake Ontario Test (WNI-NMoM031) HMCS WINNIPEG conducts gun trials on Lake Ontario (WNI-NMoM032) Christmas Cake for WINNIPEG
(WNI-NMoM033) "WINNIPEG" Greets Winnipeg - A Christmas message (WNI-NMoM034) Ship's Company Thanks Winnipeg (WNI-NMoM035) City's Ship Gets Wine and Water (WNI-NMoM036) Voyage Give Picture of Life Aboard Ship (WNI-NMoM037) Surface and Convoy Battle
Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Manitoba
(HBS001) HMCS WINNIPEG J337 Christmas cake (HBS002) Hamilton Skilling (left) and friends (HBS003) Hamilton Skilling (right) and friend (HBS004) An Atlantic convoy (HBS005) Unknown sailor on HMCS WINNIPEG J337
(HBS006) Unknown sailors drinking champagne by the break-water on HMCS WINNIPEG J337 (HBS007) Hamilton Skilling on HMCS WINNIPEG J337 (HBS008) Christmas on HMCS WINNIPEG J337 - year unknown // Note the Christmas tree in behind the sailors and all the gifts on the deck just behind the depth charge rack. (HBS009) Port visit New York, HMCS WINNIPEG J337 // Hamilton Skilling (centre) and shipmates on Staten Island, NY, 1943 (HBS010) Sailor on the fo'c's'le of HMCS WINNIPEG J337 chipping ice
(HBS011) Port visit Bermuda 1943 - photo taken from HMCS WINNIPEG J337 (HBS012) Hamilton Skilling ashore, possibly in Bermuda (HBS013) Port visit Bermuda 1943 - unknown sailors by the twin Oerlikon, HMCS WINNIPEG J337 (HBS014) Unknown sailor on the bridge of HMCS WINNIPEG J337 (HBS015) Unknown sailor standing on the rail of the twin Oerlikon on HMCS WINNIPEG J337
(HBS016) The War is Over - Message received by the radiomen on HMCS WINNIPEG saying the German High Command has surrendered unconditionally. Hamilton Skilling was a Submarine Detector on HMCS WINNIPEG J337, but he managed to get a copy of this message and save it. The lower image is the message converted to a negative to help in reading the written text. One of the operators who received the message was "E. Love". From the collection of Hamilton Skilling Courtesy of Chris Skilling
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
