MTB 459

 

"G" Type Motor Torpedo Boat

 


 

MTB 459

 

Launched: 

Transferred to the RCN: 26 Jan 1944: 

Fate: Destroyed by fire on 14 Feb 1945

 

MTB 459 was a  "G" Type MTB, Displacement: 44 tons, Length: 71.75 ft, Beam: 20.6 ft, Draught: 5.6 ft, Speed: 39 kts, Complement: 3 officers, 14 men, Armament: 1-6pdr, 2-20mm(1xII) 4-18in TT. While she flew the White Ensign, she was not commissioned into the RCN but instead was listed as a tender to HMCS STADACONA (tenders were not commissioned vessels). In Jan 1944, MTB 459 was listed as part of the 29th MTB Flotilla. MTB 459 took part in the D-Day landings on 06 Jun 1944. She was destroyed by fire at Ostend, Belgium, on 14 Feb 1945.

 


 

Photos and Documents          Crew photos

 


 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt Charles Anthony Law, DSC, RCNVR - 26 Jan 1944 - 11 Sep 1944

 

Lt John Haddon Shand, RCNVR - 12 Sep 1944 - 14 Feb 1945

 


 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

DAWSON, Charles E.

PO MM, RCNVR

killed - 16 Jul 1944

GAUTHIER, Joseph A.R.R.

AB, RCNVR

killed - 14 Feb 1945

MCMAHON, Jack B.

Sto 1C (M), RCNVR

killed - 16 Jul 1944

 


 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 


 

Former Crew Members

 

Blaiklock, Tim, Gunner

 

Germaniuk, Peter (Gery) 

 

Shand, John Haddon, Lt, RCNVR, 1st Lt - 26 Jan 1944

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

MTB 459

Source: Canadian Coastal Forces Trust

MTB 459 - 1944

From the collection of Murray Varrin

Courtesy of Larry Varrin

MTB 459

 

DND / RCN Photo

 


 

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