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HMCS CARLPLACE K664
River Class Frigate
CARLPLACE was commissioned on 13 Dec 1944, at Quebec City, the last RCN frigate to enter service. En route to Halifax, she suffered serious ice damage to her hull, necessitating several weeks' repairs at Halifax and Philadelphia. She then proceeded to Bermuda to work up, returning to Halifax on 24 Mar 1945. In Apr 1945 she was allocated to EG 16, Londonderry, and sailed for the Clyde via the Azores, escorting and RN submarine homeward bound from refit in the U.S. She finally arrived at Londonderry on 23 Apr 1945 and left on 05 May 1945 to escort convoys to and from Gibraltar. Late that month she returned to Canada from tropicalization refit at Saint John, N.B. Begun on 02 Jun 1945 and continued at Shelburne, N.S., on 10 Jul 1945. The work was called off on 20 Aug 1945, and on 13 Nov 1945, the ship was paid off at Halifax and laid up at Shelburne. Sold to the Dominican Republic in 1946 for conversion to a presidential yacht, she was renamed Presidente Trujillo after the President of the Dominican Republic. In 1962 after the family Trujillo lost there grip of power on the country, she was renamed Mella and used as a yacht-training vessel by the navy of the Dominican Republic. Armed with 1x76.2mm, 2x40mm and 4x20mm guns, she was also fitted out with American radar equipment, she was based at Santo Domingo. In 2003 she was offered free of charge by the Dominican Republic to Carleton Place, but they had to bring the vessel on their own account to Canada. But she was in a bad shape and not much was left of the original vessel and the offer was not accepted. Her final disposition is unknown.
Photos and Documents Ship's Company Photos The Ship's Bell
Record of Arrivals and Departures for HMCS CARLPLACE K664 13 Dec 1944 - 13 Nov 1945
Commanding Officers
A/LCdr Charles Edmond Wright, RCNVR - 13 Dec 1944 - 02 Sep 1945
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Mackin, Gerard Francis, Lt (E), RCNVR - 16 May 1945
Shave, John Gildea, A/Lt (S), RCNVR - 25 Jun 1945
Photos and Documents
HMCS CARLPLACE K664 DND / RCN Photo
(OW01) Omer White on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (OW02) Omer White (left) and shipmates on HMCS CARLPLACE K664
From the collection of Omer White, RCNVR
Courtesy of Benjamin Lavigne
HMCS CARLPLACE Christmas Card
The back of the card is signed by "Harry"
Courtesy of Dave Upright
(AD56) Invitation to the Commissioning Party of HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (AD57) Somewhere in Quebec City (AD58) LCdr Charles Wright Commanding Officer, Lt Allan T. Dougall EO and Ellsworth F. Large 1st Lt on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 - Dec 1944 (AD59) Lt Ellsworth F. Large and Lt (E) Allan T. Dougall on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 - Dec 1944
HMCS CARLPLACE K664 transiting the St Lawrence to Halifax forcing passage through heavy ice - Dec 1944 (AD60) Barely making headway (AD61) Looking and the bridge and gun mount from the fo'c's'le (AD62-AD63) Looking aft from the bridge (AD64) Heavy ice field ahead
HMCS CARLPLACE K664 transiting the St Lawrence to Halifax forcing passage through heavy ice - Dec 1944 (AD65) From the quarterdeck looking forward towards the bridge (AD66) Still pushing through ice (AD67) The ice is starting to thin (AD68) Clear waters ahead
(AD69) Depth charge exploding astern of HMCS CARLPLACE K664 From the collection of Allan Dougall, LCdr (E), RCN(R) Courtesy of David Dougall
(RJS004) Torpedo party on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 Click here to view the names on the back of the photo Front row L-R: J. Simpson of London, ON; F. Thomas of Montreal, QC; J. McDonald of London, ON; C. Thwaites of London, ON Back row L-R: B. Monk of Montreal, QC; J. Lowery of Parry Sound, ON; Lt Gratton of Moncton, NB; W. Hyde of Simcoe, ON; R. Seabrook of Peterboro, ON
(RJS005) New London Ledge Light, New London, Connecticut, USA. HMCS CARLPLACE arrived in New London on Apr 4, 1945 and departed on Apr 5th escorting a RN Submarine to Greenock Scotland via the Azores. (RJS006) Looking after over the quarterdeck of HMCS CARLPLACE K664. Photo taken from the after gun tub (RHS007) Single barrel pom-pom on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RJS008-RJS009) Gibraltar Harbour 11-17 May 1945
(RJS010-RJS012) Unknown sailors in a mess deck on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RCJ013) Unknown Officers on the bridge of HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RJS014) LCdr Charles Wright, CO, on the bridge of HMCS CARLPLACE K664
(RJS016-RJS018) HMCS NORTH BAY K339 conducting a transfer with HMCS CARLPLACE K664. In photo RJS017 a depth charge is being transferred (RJS019) Unknown sailor on HMCS CARLPLACE K664
(RJS020) Charlie Thwaites on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RJS021) Charlie Thwaites on the right with unknown shipmate on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RJS022) Unknown sailors on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 with a Royal Navy submarine in the background. It is possible that this is the sub the CARLPLACE escorted from New London, Connecticut, USA to Greenock, Scotland. (RJS023) Unknown sailors on the quarterdeck of HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RJS024) Unknown sailors in the after gun tub on HMCS CARLPLACE K664
(RJS026) Unknown sailor. Location unknown. He does not appear to be on ship (RJS027) Two unknown sailors on the jetty (RJS028) Unknown sailor sitting on the Carley floats on HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RJS029) The caption that came with the photos says "Portugal" but since CARLPLACE did not visit Portugal during her wartime service it is possible that this photo was taken at the British Base in the Azores. The Azores is an island chain in the Atlantic that is owned by Portugal. (RJS030) "Sunday Morning Church"
(RJS031-RJS032) Wrens onboard HMCS CARLPLACE K664
(RJS033-RJS035) Wrens onboard HMCS CARLPLACE K664 (RJS035) Reg Seabrook left side of table to the left of the Wrens
HMCS CARLPLACE K664 1995 former crew reunion (RJS037) HMCS CARLPLACE former crew members at the reunion (RJS038) Names of former crew in the reunion photo (RJS039) HMCS CARLPLACE crew reunion - spouses (RJS040) HMCS CARLPLACE reunion attendees marching to the cenotaph along with Legion members (RJS041) Partial article on the HMCS CARLPLACE former crew members reunion From the collection of Reginald Seabrook, RCNVR Courtesy of Heather
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
