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HMCS
BUCKINGHAM K685 / 314
River
Class / Prestonian Class Frigate
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HMCS Buckingham 314 after conversion to a
Prestonian Class Frigate
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1945
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Laid down: 10
Nov
1943 Re-named:
05 Apr 1944
Launched: 28
Apr 1944
Commissioned: 02
Nov 1944
Paid off: 16
Nov 1945
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Sold: to
Marine Industries Ltd:
Re-acquired
by RCN:
Re-commissioned 25
Jun 1954
Paid off: 23
Mar 1965
Fate:
Broken up 1966
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Laid down as HMCS
ROYALMOUNT, she was renamed BUCKINGHAM on 05 Apr 1944. Commissioned on 02 Nov 1944, at Quebec City,
she proceeded to the east coast and sailed from Halifax on 18 Dec
1944 for Bermuda to work up. She returned in mid-Jan 1945, and in
Feb 1945 was assigned to EG 28, as a member of which she carried out
escort and patrol duty out of Halifax until VE-Day. In May she
arrived at Shelburne, escorting the surrendered U 889. In Jun 1945 she
began a tropicalization refit at Liverpool, N.S., continuing it at
Shelburne until 20 Aug 1945, when it was suspended. Buckingham was
paid off on 16 Nov 1945 at Sydney and placed in reserve at Shelburne
until 1946, when she was sold to Marine Industries Ltd.
Re-acquired
by the RCN, she was converted to a Prestonian class ocean escort,
1953-54, and re-commissioned for training purposes. Further modified
by the addition of a helicopter landing deck aft, she carried out,
Oct-Dec 1956, trials preliminary to the design of the
destroyer helicopter carriers. On 13 Feb 1959, HMCS FORT ERIE, HMCS
BUCKINGHAM, HMCS SWANSEA and HMCS LA HULLOISE returned to Halifax after a 5
week exercise in southern waters that included a port visit to Kingston,
Jamaica. In Apr 1963, 12 RCN ships, ALGONQUIN, MICMAC, CAYUGA, ST CROIX,
TERRA NOVA, KOOTENAY, SWANSEA, LA HULLOISE, BUCKINGHAM, CAPE SCOTT, CFAV
BLUETHROAT and CNAV ST CHARLES, took part in NATO Exercise New Broom Eleven, an exercise
designed to test convoy protection tactics (click
here to see the newspaper article). She was paid off for the last time on
23 Mar 1965. On 22 Mar 1966, BUCKINGHAM left Halifax under tow and
arrived at Le Spezia on 11 Apr 1966 for scrapping.
Photos
and Documents Battle
for Convoy BX-141
Commanding Officers
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A/LCdr M.H. Wallace,
RCNR - 02 Nov 1944 - 07 Nov 1945
Lt R.M. Montague,
RCNVR - 08 Nov 1945 - 16 Nov 1945
LCdr John William Roberts,
RCN - 25 Jun 1954 - 07 Sep 1955
LCdr T.E. Connord,
RCN - 08 Sep 1955 - 30 Sep 1957
LCdr Donald Mackay MacLennan, RCN - 06 May 1958 - unk
LCdr T.L. Hebbert - 14 Dec 1959 - unk |
LCdr R.F. Choat,
RCN - 15 Sep 1962 - 07 Jun 1963
LCdr Charles Edmund
M. Leighton,
RCN - 08 Jun 1963 - 31 Mar 1964
LCdr Norman Shuttleworth Jackson,
RCN - 01 Apr 1964 - 10 Jan 1965
Lt Edmund George Alfred Bowkett,
RCN - 11 Jan 1965 - 15 Jan 1965
Lt (S) J.T. Stuart,
RCN (OIC) - 16 Jan 1965 - 23 Mar 1965 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
MARSVYTIS
(MAKSVYTIS),
Joseph D.W.
OS, RCN
died - 20 Mar 1961
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Achen,
John M.
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Bagshaw,
Lawrence B. |
Baillargeon,
Raymond G.
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Bain,
Kenneth H.
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Barna,
Bohdan
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Benson,
George F. A.
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Black,
Alan
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Bowman,
Donavin B.
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Burdeyny,
William
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Bush,
Charles L.
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Carruthers,
John G.
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Choat, Russell
F.
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Clark,
David W.
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Combo, Stuart
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Cottenden,
Harry R.
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Cox,
Edward C.
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Cox,
Thomas
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Daniels,
Robert H.
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Doherty,
Raymond E.
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Fenson,
Morley
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Fox, James
H.
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Gilbert,
Kenneth M.
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Grant,
Kenneth E.
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Green,
George C.
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Hachey,
George J.
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Haigh,
James D.
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Hart,
William E.
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Hill, Gerald
H.
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Irvine,
Thomas A.
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Kitchen,
Herbert B.
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Kosonic,
Edward R.
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Lalonde,
Maurice J. A.
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Landversitch,
Blake
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Leslie,
Gerald G.
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Luck,
Thomas C.
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Maloney,
Gerald J.
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Mannette,
Henry J.
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Manning,
Vivian C.
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Mason,
John W. R.
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McCreath,
Robert S.
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Mulock,
Arthur F.
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Ouellette,
Lionel E.
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Pickels,
Aubrey R.
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Potvin,
Maurice J-P.
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Quinn, John
E.
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Ring,
Gordon R.
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Ritcey,
John F.
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Stinson,
Gordon W.
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Thomas,
Gary J.
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Tickner,
Leslie E.
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Tobias,
James J.
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Van Duzee,
Michael F.
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Vandorpe,
Romain H.
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Wezden,
Joseph
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White,
Gregor I.
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White, John
W.
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White, Karl
L.
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Wilkinson,
Donald W.
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Former Crew Members
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Archer, George Ross, SLt, RCNVR - 12 Mar 1945
Brown, Alexander, Lt (E), RCNR - 20 Jun 1944 - Commissioning crew
Campbell, Patrick Gregory, Lt (E), RCNVR - 11 Jun 1945
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Edison, William G. H. (Bill),
Ordinary Seaman Electrician's Mate
Croshaw, Bill
Gilbert, Kenneth McArthur, Lt (E), RCNVR - 15 Mar 1945
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Jones, Morton Hooper, Lt, RCNVR - 14 May 1945
Mundell,
Robert
Walker, Lloyd Brian, SLt (E), RCNVR - 20 Jul 1944
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Photos and
Documents
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HMCS Buckingham 314
Photo credit / Courtesy of Richard Duncan |
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HMCS Buckingham 314
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham |
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HMCS Buckingham K685
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham |
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A piece of Algonquin's stern remains attached to Buckingham's bow after their
collision
Source: The
Ship in Peacetime - HMCS Algonquin 224 (Jerry Proc's website)
Credit/Photographer: Cam Snowdon |
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Electricians at work in the tropics on HMCS
Buckingham 1959
Bill Byrne, Reg Jessome and Ron Healey
Courtesy of Bill
Edison |
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LSET Ray Lusk onboard HMCS Buckingham 1959. Ray
went on to have a career with the Toronto Police Force
Courtesy of Bill
Edison |
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HMCS BUCKINGHAM crew members Ray Lusk, Don
Doucette, and Gary Mahoney 1958
Courtesy of Bill
Edison |
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GS02 |
(GS01)
Sea cadets OS Roy Baron and OS Donald McDougall of Edmonton
receiving instruction on knot work and rope splicing onboard HMCS
Buckingham by PO Gordon Stinson - Summer 1959 (GS02) Sea
cadets OS Douglas Collister and OS Sidney Deveau of Hamilton receive
instruction on the Robinson's disengaging gear by PO Gordon Stinson
on board HMCS Buckingham
From the collection of LCdr
Gordon Stinson
Courtesy of Shelley Kessel
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HMCS Buckingham 314
Note the after landing pad with a helo
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham |
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HMCS Buckingham 314, Lunenburg, NS circa 1963
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HMCS BUCKINGHAM 314 - undated
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