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For Posterity's Sake
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS WOLF
Z16
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HMCS Wolf Z16
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Launched: 1915
Commissioned: 02
Oct 1940
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Paid off: 16
May 1945
Fate:
Wrecked 11 Oct 1947
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Aged 25 years at the time of
her commissioning on 02 Oct 1940, Wolf spent the entire war as a
member of Esquimalt Force, at first on training and patrol duty and
then, from Sep 1943, as an examination vessel. Paid off
on 16 May 1945, she was sold in 1946 to become the merchant vessel
Gulf Stream. She was wrecked off Power River, B.C., on October
11, 1947.
Photos and Documents
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt John Alexander Gow, RCNR - 02 Oct
1940 - 21 Apr 1941
CH/Skpr James McNeil Richardson, RCNR - 22 Apr
1941 - 18 Sep 1941
Skpr/Lt Walter Raymond Chaster, RCNR - 06 Oct
1941 - 21 Apr 1943 |
Skpr/Lt George Francis Cassidy, RCNR - 22 Apr
1943 - 22 May 1943
Skpr/Lt Walter Raymond Chaster, RCNR - 23 May
1943 - 16 May 1945 |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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Ballantyne,
William Hamilton Melrose
1908-1993
Drafted to Wolf 07 Jul 1942 as
Mate, RCNR, X.O. |
Bell, Daniel
1922-1945 |
Bernard, Pierre Yves
1918-2015 |
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Drew,
Malcolm
1918-2015 |
Doutaz,
George E.
1922-2017 |
Duff,
Stewart James
1922-2009 |
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Fricke,
Laurence 1912-2000
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Fry,
Douglas Henry
1916-1993 |
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G-H |
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Grant,
Frank
1919-2018 |
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MacFarlane,
George Richard
1922-2000 |
Mason,
Stirling Cashman
1921-1944
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Patterson,
Henry W.
1919-2016
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Silvester,
Henry
1919-2013 |
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Walls,
Bertram Robert
1920-2005 |
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Former Crew Members
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Ballantyne,
William Hamilton Melrose, Mate, RCNR - 07 Jul 1942
Douglas,
Jack, Slt, RCNVR - 23 Apr 1943
Gibson,
Walter James, Skpr, RCNR - 22 Apr 1943
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Hodgins,
Barrie Lyall, Slt, RCNVR - 19 Mar 1944
LaCouvee,
Reginald James, Lt (E), RCNR - Jan 1945
McKenzie,
Gordon Booth, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 01 Apr 1943 |
Robinson,
Frederick Miles, Skpr, RCNR - 27 May 1941 / Skpr, RCNR - 22 Jul 1942
Tribe,
Walter John, Skpr, RCNR - Jan 1944 |
Photos and Documents
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HMCS Wolf Z16
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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HMCS Wolf Z16
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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On the fo'c's'le of HMCS Wolf, looking aft
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester |
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Lt Fricke on HMCS Wolf
From the collection of Laurence (Larry) Fricke
Courtesy of Linda Carleton |
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The wreck of the MV Gulf Stream
near Savary Island, British Columbia
Source: Diving
Wrecks off Vancouver Island
Credit: Vancouver Maritime Museum
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