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HMCS YPRES
J70 / Gate Vessel 1
Battle
Class Trawler
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HMCS YPRES
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Launched: 16
Jun 1917
Commissioned: 10
Nov 1917
Paid off: 1920
Re-commissioned:
01 May 1923
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Paid off:
Nov 1932
Re-commissioned: 1938
Fate: Sunk after collision with HMS Revenge on
12 May 1940
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Built by Polson Iron Works, Toronto,
Ont. Her specifications were: Displacement: 320 tons, Length: 130 ft, Beam:
23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. She
was initially in service from 10 Nov 1917 to 1920. YPRES was
re-commissioned as a training ship in 01 May 1923. She was placed in
reserve in Nov 1923, but emerged from a 1938 refit as Gate
Vessel 1 of Halifax boom defence. On 12 May 1940, she was sunk in a
collision with HMS REVENGE at Halifax, fortunately without loss of
life.
Photos and
Documents HMCS
YPRES - On the Rocks
Commanding Officers
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Ch/Skpr
Henry Hanford Dakin, RCN - 01 May 1918 - unk
Lt
Alfred Charles Wurtele, RCN - 01 May 1923 - unk
Lt Colin
Degge Donald, RCN - 10 May 1927 - unk |
LCdr Frank
Llewellyn Houghton, RCN - 1930 - unk
LCdr
Maurice Adrian Wood, RCN - 11 Jan 1931 - unk
A/Skpr
Howard Garfield Verge
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Akam,
Thomas
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Bertrand,
Laurent J.L.
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Bolton,
James H.
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Cass,
John I.
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Dakin,
Henry H.
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Donald, Colin D.
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Gagnon,
Amedee
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Grandy,
Philip
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Hart,
Frederick G.
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Houghton, Frank
L.
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Jones, Hugh J.F.
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Lindsay, James
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Taylor,
Cuthbert R.H.
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Taylor,
Glenwood L.
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Williams,
David A.
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Wood, Maurice A.
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Wurtele, Alfred
C.
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Former Crew Members
Cassivi,
Remi Joseph, A/Skpr, RCNR - 20 Apr 1940
Creaser,
Stuart Kenneth, A/Skpr, RCNR - 27 Apr 1940
Photos and Documents
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HMCS YPRES
The trawler
HMCS YPRES, seen here in Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia, was used as a training
ship from 1923 until 1932. YPRES was one of a useful group of 12 trawlers
built for local defence and minesweeping during the First World War. It was
retained after the war, while most of the other trawlers were sold or
transferred to other government departments. For much of the 1920s, trawlers
like YPRES formed an appreciable part of the Royal Canadian Navy's fleet
Source:
George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19750559-009_p17c
Courtesy
of the Canadian War Museum
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Stoker H.E. Dowling (left) with friend on HMCS YPRES
circa 1929-1933
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |
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Stoker H.E. Dowling (back, centre) with friends
on jetty in front of HMCS YPRES circa 1929-1933
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |
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Stoker H.E. Dowling (back, left) with friends
on jetty in front of HMCS YPRES circa 1929-1933
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |
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Dakin,
Henry Henford, RCN
Courtesy of Richard Daiken |
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