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HMCS
CAPILANO K409
River
Class Frigate
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HMCS CAPILANO K409
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944-45
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Laid down: 19
Nov
1943 Launched: 08
Apr 1944
Commissioned: 25
Aug 1944
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Paid off: 24
Nov 1945
Fate: Foundered off Cuba while under tow in 1953
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Commissioned at Victoria on 25
Aug 1944, CAPILANO arrived at Halifax on 20 Oct 1944. Following workups begun
in St. Margaret's Bay and completed in Bermuda in Nov 1944, she
joined EG C-2 in St. John's, Nfld., and was continuously on North
Atlantic convoy duty until VE-Day. On 09 Apr 1945, HMCS CAPILANO K409 was attacked by U-1023, Oblt Wolfgang Strenger, in the North
Channel, but the attack was unsuccessful. She left Londonderry for the last
time on 30 May 1945, and on 10 Jun 1945 began tropicalization refit at
Shelburne. The work was completed on 13 Oct 1945, and on 24 Nov 1945, the ship was paid off at Halifax and placed in reserve in
Bedford Basin. She was sold for mercantile use in 1947, and in 1948
she appeared under Jamaican registry as Irving Francis M. She
foundered in 1953 off the Cuban coast while en route from Jamaica to
Miami in tow of Bess Barry M., the former HMCS ST BONIFACE.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
LCdr Herbert Evans McArthur,
RCNVR - 25 Aug 1944 - 12 Aug 1945
Lt C.B. Hermann,
RCNVR - 13 Aug 1945 - 26 Aug 1945
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
BURKE,
Gerald T.
L/SA,
RCNVR
died - 08 Sep 1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Blackmore,
S. Barry
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Burton,
Russell H.
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Dreaper,
Donald W.
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Fincham,
George E.
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Gillis,
Harold G.
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Guthrie,
Kenneth B.
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Harper, Wilf
D.
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Husarski,
Walter D.
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Johnston,
Lloyd A.
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Linton,
Alfred W. |
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McDonell,
Robert B.
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O'Neill,
Thomas C.
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Ockenden,
Francis H.
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Ostlund,
Raymond E. |
Trevitt,
John R.
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Vrandenburg,
William P.
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Wells,
James R.
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Whittall,
David H. |
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Former Crew Members
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Ashton,
Cliff J.
Best,
Donald Patterson, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Jul 1944
Blackstock,
William John (Bill), SLt, RCNVR - 27 Jul 1944
Covo,
Pedro Victor, SLt, RCNVR - 24 Jun 1944
Heard,
Dennis Lot, Lt (E), RCNR - 22 May 1944
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Hunt,
Frederick Raymond, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 08 May 1945
McArthur,
Herbert Evans, A/LCdr, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1944 CO
Otton,
Doug, Lt - 1944
Robichon,
Jacques George Joseph, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 03 May 1945
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Sheppard,
Frank Herman, SLt, RCNVR - 28 Mar 1945
Thomas,
Lloyd George, SLt, RCNVR
Thompson,
Donald Malcolm, Lt, RCNR - 25 Jul 1944
Weekes,
Robert Henry |
Photos
and Documents
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Robert Henry Weekes sitting on the gun
barrel of HMCS CAPILANO (front, centre)
AB Tom O'Neill (front, right)
Courtesy of Robert
Henry Weekes
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Naval
personnel aboard the frigate HMCS CAPILANO, Londonderry, Northern
Ireland, December 1944. (L-R): Leading Wren Monica Hodges, Lieutenants Bill
Blackstock and Ray Ostlund, Leading Wren Dorothy Oakes, Lieutenant Doug
Otton.
Source: Lt Franklin Roy Kemp / Canada. Dept. of National Defence /
Library and Archives Canada / PA-161252 |
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