
HMCS CHAMPLAIN
Thornycroft
S Class Destroyer
HMCS CHAMPLAIN circa 1932
Credit: Credit Ken
Macpherson / Naval Museum of Alberta
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Launched: 06
Mar 1919
Commissioned: 1919
Paid off: 1928
Transferred to RCN:
01 Mar 1928
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Commissioned:
01 Mar 1928
Paid off: 25
Nov 1936
Fate:
Sold for scrap in 1937 |
Initially named HMS
TORBAY,
she was commissioned in the RN in 1919. She was lent to the
RCN while replacements for PATRICIAN and PATRIOT were being built in
Britain. The transfer took place at Portsmouth on 01 Mar 1928. In
May 1928, CHAMPLAIN arrived at Halifax to provide
reserve training. On 05 Jan 1935, HMCS SKEENA and
HMCS VANCOUVER departed Esquimalt for exercises in the
Kingston, Jamaica area with HMCS CHAMPLAIN and HMCS SAGUENAY. She was paid off on
25 Nov 1936 and
sold for scrap in 1937.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
Lt George Ralph Miles,
RCN - 13 Feb 1928 - 28 Feb 1928
Cdr Charles Taschereau Beard,
RCN - 01 Mar 1928 - 20 May 1928
LCdr John Crispo Inglis Edwards,
RCN - 21 May 1928 - 26 Dec 1929
Cdr
V.G. Brodeur,
RCN - 27 Dec 1929 - 26 Dec 1930
LCdr
A.R. Pressey,
RCN - 27 Dec 1930 - 27 Aug 1931
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LCdr
G.B. Barnes,
RCN - 28 Aug 1931 - 15 Oct 1931
LCdr
A.R. Pressey,
RCN - 16 Oct 1931 - 22 May 1932
LCdr Valentine Stuart Godfrey,
RCN - 23 May 1932 - 23 May 1934
LCdr Wallace Bourchier Creery,
RCN - 23 May 1934 - 10 Dec 1935
LCdr
R.E.S. Bidwell,
RCN - 11 Dec 1935 - 25 Nov 1936 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten

Akam,
Thomas
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Beard,
Charles T.
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Bertrand,
Laurent J.L.
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Bond,
Walter |

Branch,
Charles
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Bryson,
Weldon P.
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Darveau, J.H.
Maurice
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Déry,
Stanislas
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DeWolf,
Henry G.
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Donald, Colin D.
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Dowling,
Herbert E.
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Doyle,
Donald F.
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Doyle, Henry
H.G.
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Edwards,
John C.I.
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Evans,
Thomas H.
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Fenerty, Morris St.
G.
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Finch-Noyes,
Edward
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Godfrey,
Valentine S.
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Hann, John
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Hibbard,
James C.
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Ireland,
Stanley A.
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Jones, Hugh
J. F.
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Kiln, Alec R.
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Laidlaw, Basil M.
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Lindsay, James
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Lipscombe,
George
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MacMillan,
A. I.
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Marlin,
Cassam M.
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McGee,
Aubrey F.
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Pattison,
Ralph R.
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Pearce,
Sydney C.
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Powell,
Joseph H.
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Pullen,
Hugh F.
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Rayner,
Herbert S.
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Senior,
James A.
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Short,
Gilbert E.
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Short,
Samuel
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Spencer,
Brian R.
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Sweeney,
Charles H.
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Ward, Vernon
M.
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Williams,
David A.
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Ship's Mascot
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Former Crew Members
Donald,
Colin Degge, LCdr, RCn - 21 Jun 1930
Freeman,
Arthur George, Gnr (T), RCN - 16 May 1935
Gee,
Edward, Gnr (T), RCN - 02 Jul 1930
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Hill,
Henry Algernon, Gnr (T), RN - 15 Apr 1929
Keohane,
James William, Lt (E), RCN - 01 Jun 1933
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Knowlton,
John Grant, Lt (E), RCN - 12 Jul 1931
Lewis,
Bernard Arthur, Gnr (T), RCN - 03 May 1932
Webber,
Reginald Amand, Slt, RCN - 22 Feb 1935
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Photos and
Documents

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN
DND / RCN Photo |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN entering Willemstad Harbour, Netherlands
Antilles, 1934
In the winder of 1934, HMCS Skeena, HMCS Saguenay, HMCS
CHAMPLAIN and HMCS Vancouver took part in Winter exercises off South
America.
From the collection of James A. Senior, RCN
Courtesy of Bob Senior |
HMCS CHAMPLAIN (left) and HMCS Saguenay (right) in the
graving dock, Saint John, NB - date unknown

From the collection of James A. Senior, RCN
Courtesy of Bob Senior |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 1928
From the collection of James A. Senior, RCN
Courtesy of Bob Senior
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Crew members of HMCS CHAMPLAIN
Herbert Dowling 2nd from right
From the collection of Herbert Edward Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
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HMCS CHAMPLAIN's mascot circa 1930
From the collection of James A. Senior, RCN
Courtesy of Bob Senior
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"Sailor Daddie"
Herbert Dowling on right
From the collection of Herbert Edward Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
Webmaster's
note: A "Sailor Daddie" is a qualified sailor who has been
assigned to take a new sailor under his wing and show him what he
need to know to become a qualified sailor. If this young sailor had
any questions he would go to his "Sailor Daddie". This
would also pertain to the do's and don'ts when in foreign ports to
help prevent a new sailor from being arrested or worse.
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Mess deck on HMCS CHAMPLAIN
From the collection of Herbert Edward Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
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After gun turret on HMCS CHAMPLAIN
From the collection of Herbert Edward Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
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Upper deck of HMCS CHAMPLAIN
From the collection of Herbert Edward Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
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HMCS CHAMPLAIN, winter cruise to Bermuda, 1935
Photo taken from HMCS Saguenay
From the collection of Herbert Edward Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
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HMCS CHAMPLAIN Christmas card
From the collection of Herbert Edward Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
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Newspaper article from the Halifax Chronicle Herald
about the 1938 cruise
Courtesy of Bill Cummins
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HMCS CHAMPLAIN in drydock at St John Shipbuilding, St.
John, N.B., 1935
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN in drydock at St John Shipbuilding, St.
John, N.B., 1935
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN, St. Lucia, British West Indies
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN, St. Lucia, British West Indies
From the collection of H.E. Dowling`
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN
From the collection of H.E. Dowling
Courtesy of Bill Cummins |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN
From the collection of James A. Senior, RCN
Courtesy of Bob Senior |

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HMCS CHAMPLAIN
From the collection of James A. Senior, RCN
Courtesy of Bob Senior |

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Onboard HMCS CHAMPLAIN circa 1928-1930
From the collection of James A. Senior, RCN
Courtesy of Bob Senior |
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