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HMCS CARAQUET
J38
Bangor
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS CARAQUET J38
DND / RCN Photo
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Laid down: 31
Jan
1941
Launched: 02
Jun 1941
Commissioned: 02
Apr 1942
Paid off: 26
Sep 1945
Returned to the RN: 26
Sep 1945
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Sold to the Portuguese Navy: 1946
Re-commissioned: 1946
Paid off: 1975
Transferred:
Jun 1975 to the Republic of Mozambique
Fate: Stricken from
records in 1984. Final disposition unknown
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Named for a New Brunswick bay, she was built for
the RN but transferred to the RCN for manning and commissioned 02
Apr 1942, at Vancouver. In May 1942 she joined Esquimalt Force and in Sep
1942 was transferred to Prince Rupert Force, but she returned
to Esquimalt in Mar 1943, with order to proceed to the east
coast. She left Esquimalt for Halifax on 17 Mar 1943 arriving on 02 May
1943 and was allocated to WLEF, transferring in Jul 1943 to Halifax Force
and in Dec 1943 to Newfoundland Force. During this period she
underwent a six-week refit at Baltimore, MD., from mid-Jul 1943.
On 19 Feb 1944, with COWICHAN, MALPEQUE and VEGREVILLE, she
left for Plymouth via the Azores, arriving on 13 Mar 1944. She was
assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla for invasion duties and
was present on D-Day. CARAQUET proceeded to Canada at the end of Sep
1944 to refit at Lunenburg, returning to Plymouth in Mar
1945, for further mine-clearance work. Paid off on 26 Sep 1945 and
returned to the RN at Sheerness. In 1946 she was sold to the Portuguese Navy
and renamed ALMIRANTE LACERDA. In 1975 she was sold to the navy of the
Republic of Mozambique and remained in service till 1984.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
The
Thirty-First Minesweeping Flotilla
Commanding Officers
Lt Aubrey Alvin Randle Dykes,
RCNR - 02 Apr 1942 - 03 Nov 1943
Cdr Anthony Hubert
Gleadow Storrs,
RCNR - 04 Nov 1943 - 18 Sep 1944
Lt G.W. Leckie,
RCNVR - 13 Nov 1944 - 26 Sep 1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Buchanan,
Lloyd |
Bugslag,
John C. |
Burwash,
Raymond D.
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Cardy, Roy
T.
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Curry,
Frank
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Fairney,
Daniel H. |
Gray,
Walter E.
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Halliday, Ronald
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Mallory, G.
Raebrun
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McLean,
William R.
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Morency,
Francis
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O'Neill,
Thomas C.
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Paulowich,
Steve
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Quinn,
James
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Rowe, Douglas G. W.
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Roxton, W. Arnold
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Stones, Harry A.
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Storrs,
Antony H. G.
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Tucker, Norman K.
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Wright,
Thomas A.
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Former Crew Members
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Bradshaw
- Jun 1944
Craigdallie,
Thomas, Skpr, RCNR - 31 Mar 1942. Commissioning crew
Cox,
John - Jun 1944
Daniels,
"Buzzy" 
Eastwood,
Walter, SLt, RCNVR, Gunnery Officer - 1943-1944
Fenwick
- Jun 1944
Fimio,
Fred, Stoker, RCNVR
Germaniuk,
Peter (Gery)
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Laurin,
Joseph Avila, Lt, RCNVR - 17 May 1943
May,
Richard Thomas William Leslie, Wt (E), RN, - 31 Mar 1942 -
Commissioning crew
McTaggart,
J.A., Bos'n - Jun 1944
Roberts,
John Douglas, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1942. Commissioning crew
Scott,
David Mahood, SLt, RCNVR - 09 May 1942
Shaw,
Harold Campbell, SLt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1942 - Commissioning crew
Zelke,
Herb, AB
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Photos
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HMCS CARAQUET J38
Source:
Juno
Beach Centrre / National Archives and Library of Canada PA-125683
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Ryan (left) who was lost on Shawinigan
and Johnny Vimbor on HMCS CARAQUET J38
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy
Click
here to see the back of the photo
Webmaster's
note: While the list of casualties from Shawinigan do not show the
name Ryan this photo has been entered here as Roy Cardy wrote this
info on the back of the photo. It may be that the name Ryan
was a nickname and not his actual name. |
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A double exposed photo showing Johnny Vimbor and Ryan on the quarterdeck of HMCS
CARAQUET J38
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy
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Roy Cardy (left) and Ryan on the quarterdeck of HMCS
CARAQUET J38
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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HMCS CARAQUET in Halifax - date unknown
RCN Photo
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy, RCN
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Roy T. Cardy (Right) with friend at Beacon Hill
Park, Victoria, BC - Summer 1942
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy, RCN
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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HMCS CARAQUET in Halifax - date unknown
RCN Photo
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy, RCN
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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HMCS
CARAQUET
"Painting Ship - A never-ending ,
fruitless task. It washed-off as soon as you put to sea. - wet paint
on wet steel ...but, it made the Cox'n happy."
RCN photo
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy, RCN
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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HMCS CARAQUET OSQ card for Roy Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy
"As
a young lad, he and I listened to Radio Moscow on short wave skip
down in the basement on re-powered war surplus radio sets with 50
feet of copper wire in the back yard. I remember him telling me that
when he was on ship about being allowed into the radio shack on
convoy duty, and listening to strong morse code signals. "
What's that?" asked Dad. "U-boats" said Sparky." |
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Buzzy Daniels - Buzz Artist - on HMCS CARAQUET J38
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy /
Photographer: Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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HMCS CARAQUET J38 Icing Up during convoy off Newfoundland
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy /
Photographer: Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy
"On
his early trips dad told me he did not appreciate just how rapidly
dangerous ice build-up happens and just how hard it was to get rid
of. Frantic action, that could go on for hours, by the crew, with
axes, hammers, steam hoses - before the ship rolled, and didn't
recover. Things people at home never heard about." |
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Roy T. Cardy on HMCS CARAQUET
Note the depth charge cradles along the
bulkhead. The depth charges were strapped on these cradles and then
lowered onto a launcher
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Unknown sailor on the deck of HMCS CARAQUET
Note the depth charge fuse setting on the right
side of the photo
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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HMCS CARAQUET recovering a minesweeping float
Photographer: Roy T. Cardy
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy
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"The Thinker"
AB Halliday, Lookout
Photographer: Roy T. Cardy
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Fo'c's'le of HMCS CARAQUET beginning to ice up
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Roy T. Cardy by HMCS CARAQUET's 4-inch gun
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Whaler of HMCS CARAQUET. Sig Bonzor (?Bonsor?)
in the foreground, 1943
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Whaler of HMCS CARAQUET, 1943
Unknown ship in background
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Depth charge crew on HMCS CARAQUET J38
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Cramped quarters in a mess deck on HMCS CARAQUET
J38
Source: Facebook page - Royal Canadian Navy
Today and Yesterday
Courtesy of Rebecca Melnyk |
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Some crew of HMCS
CARAQUET on deck in the
English Channel with their new lifejackets and flashing headgear,
hopefully for rescue!
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Securing for sea on HMCS CARAQUET
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Photographer: Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Station Card for LSA William McLean, HMCS CARAQUET
From the collection of William McLean
Courtesy of Derwyn Crozier-Smith |
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Newspaper article on HMCS CARAQUET's Gunnery Officer, Slt Watler
Eastwood, RCNVR
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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HMCS CARAQUET J38
Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and
Military Museum |
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HMCS CARAQUET Christmas card - year unknown
From the collection of Harry
A. Stones, Ck(S), RCNR
Courtesy of Mike Stones |
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