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Service information for:
"A Sailor's Life 1920 - 1921" by Peter Godwin Chance (auto-biography)
Service info: OTTAWA DIVISION RCNVR - Listed as a Midshipman, RCNVR (seniority 13 Jul 1939) (Navy List Oct 1939) HMCS ST LAURENT - Served in St Laurent in 1939 as a Midshipman, RCNVR (The Nauticapedia) * Training with the Royal Navy 14 Aug 1940, as Cadet, RCN. Appointed Midshipman, RCN (seniority 01 Jan 1941) (Navy List Mar 1941) HMS MAURITIUS - Served in Mauritius for sea training HMS LIDISDALE - Served in Lidisdale in 1942 HMS ANSON - Served in Anson in 1942 HMCS SKEENA - Appointed to Skeena 08 Apr 1943 as a SLt, RCNVR (seniority 01Apr 1943) (Navy List Aug 1943). Appointed Lt, RCNVR (seniority 01 Feb 1944) Navy List May 1944). Survived the grounding / wreck of HMCS SKEENA on 25 Oct 1944 RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX - Appointed to RCN Barracks Halifax 29 Nov 1944 as a Lt, RCNVR (Navy List Jan 1945) HMCS GATINEAU - Appointed to Gatineau as a Lt, RCNVR (Navy List Mar 1945) HMCS CARLETON - Appointed to Carleton 18 Mar 1946 as a Lt, RCN, XO and Staff Officer (seniority 01 Feb 1944) (Navy List Jul 1946) * Listed as training with the Royal Navy as a Lt, RCN (Navy List Jan 1948) HMS DRYAD - Served in Dryad in 1947 for Long Navigation Course HMS KETE - Served in Kete in 1947 for Air Controllers Course HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Appointed to Magnificent 28 Apr 1948 as a Lt (ND), RCN (Navy List Jul 1948) RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX - Appointed to RCN Barracks Halifax, Navigation Direction School 10 Oct 1949 as a Lt (ND), RCN (Navy List Jan 1950) HMCS CAYUGA - Appointed to Cayuga 07 May 1951 as a Lt (ND), RCN (Navy List Jul 1951). Appointed to LCdr (ND), RCN (seniority 01 Feb 1952) and re-appointed to Cayuga 16 Jun 1942 (Navy List Jul 1952) HMCS ONTARIO - Appointed to Ontario 10 Aug 1952 as a LCdr (ND), RCN (Navy List Oct 1952) NAVAL HEADQUARTERS OTTAWA - Appointed to NHQ Ottawa, Staff of director of Navigation and Direction 21 Sep 1953 as a LCdr (N), RCN (Navy List Jan 1954). Appointed Staff Officer Navigation (Navy List Jul 1954). Appointed Director of Navigation and Direction 27 Sep 1954 as a LCdr (N), RCN (Nay List Jul 1955) HMCS OUTREMONT - Appointed to Outremont 08 May 1956 as an A/Cdr (N), RCN, CO (Navy List Jul 1956) HMCS SIOUX - Appointed to Sioux 27 May 1957 as a Cdr, RCN (seniority 01 Jan 1957), CO (Navy List Jul 1957) RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX - Appointed to RCN Barracks Halifax, OIC Navigation Direction School 03 Jul 1958 as a Cdr, RCN (Navy List Jan 1959) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater 01 Apr 1960 as a Cdr, RCN (Navy List Jan 1961) Appointed XO (Navy List Oct 1961) TRI SERVICE - Appointed to Tri Service, Staff of Joint Staff NDHQ Ottawa 30 Jul 1962 as a Cdr, RCN (Navy List Oct 1962) CANADIAN FORCES HEADQUARTERS OTTAWA - Appointed to CFHQ Ottawa, Deputy Secretary Defence Staff Administration 01 Dec 1964 as a Cdr, RCN (Navy List Apr 1965) TRI SERVICE - Appointed to Tri Service, Staff of SACLANT as a Cdr, RCN (Navy List Oct 1965) * Retired 1969
Peter and Margaret (Parker) Chance on their wedding day 13 Sep 1944 Margaret was a L/Tel in the WRNS
Brief biography of Peter Chance
Article on Peter Chance's 100th Birthday Victoria Times Colonist 29 Nov 2020
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Gallery at CFB Esquimalt Museum named after Cdr (re'td) Peter Chance Victoria Times Colonist, 03 Jan 2021 Click on the above article to view a larger image
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