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HMCS COUGAR
Z15
Armed
Yacht
HMCS COUGAR Z15
DND / RCN Photo
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image
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Launched: 1916
Commissioned: 11
Sep 1940
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Paid off: 23
Nov 1945
Fate:
Sank Sep 1950
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Formerly named USS
SABALO and yacht
Breezin' Thru. she was commissioned on the west
coast on 11 Sep 1940, COUGAR was employed initially on A/S
patrol from Esquimalt, then transferred in May 1942, to Prince
Rupert Force. In Jun 1944 she returned to Esquimalt as an examination
vessel and was paid off on 23 Nov 1945. Sold to a
California buyer in 1946, she resumed her original name, Breezin'
Thru, for a time before sinking in a hurricane at Kingston, Jamaica,
in Sep 1950.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Lt William Reid Kirkland, RCNR -
01 Jun 1940 - unk
Lt T.M.W. Golby, RCNR - 20 Aug 1940 - 01 Jan
1941
Lt Harry
George Denyer, RCNR - 02 Jan 1941 - 11 May 1941
Ch/Skipper
George F. Cassidy, RCNR - 12 May 1941 - 05 Nov 1942
Ch/Skpr
Reginald W. Sparks, RCNR - 06 Nov 1942 - 07 Feb 1943
Skpr/Lt
Eric William Suffield, RCNR - 08 Feb 1943 - 22 Feb 1943
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Ch/Skpr
Reginald W. Sparks, RCNR - 23 Feb 19 42 - 23 Nov 1943
Skpr D.J.
Smith, RCNR - 24 Nov 1943 - 12 Jan 1944
Skpr/Lt
George Francis Cassidy, RCNR - 12 Jan 1944 - 22 Jun 1944
Skpr/Lt Kenneth
Bennett, RCNR - 23 Jun 1944 - 15 Sep 1944
Skpr/Lt Kenneth
Bennett, RCNR - 03 Oct 1944 - 15 May 1945
Skpr/Lt Walter
R. Chaster, RCNR - 16 May
1945 - 22 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
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Georgeson,
Thomas Cumberland, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Apr 1945
LeVae,
Gray Buxton, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 20 May 1944
McCombe,
William, Skpr, RCNR - 24 Apr 1945
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McLeod,
Alfred Ernest, Skpr, RCNR - 27 May 1941
Owen-Jones,
Bertram Glyndwr Killeen, Skpr, RCNR - 10 Jun 1940
Pearo,
Lester Peter, Ch/Skpr - Jan 1943 / 08 Mar 1944 |
Pederson,
Ragmar Lystrup, Skpr, RCNR - 17 Feb 1945
Peterson,
Arthur Henry, Skpr/Lt, RCNR - 15 Feb 1945
Stanbridge,
Thomas Marshall, Skpr, RCNR - 08 Apr 1944 |
Photos
and Documents
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HMCS Cougar Z15 |
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HMCS Cougar Z15
Courtesy of Steve Hlasny |
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Dick James and shipmates on HMCS Cougar Z15
(1) Dick James - sitting in front (2)
Dick James - sitting, front right (3) Dick James holding rifle
From the collection of Richard (Dick) James
Courtesy of Rick James
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NPW009
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NPW010
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NPW011
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NPW012
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NPW013
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(NPW009)
Record of port visits for HMCS COUGAR during Norman Wilson's time serving in
her
(NPW010)
HMCS COUGAR - 1941. Up the coast of British Columbia
(NPW011)
HMCS COUGAR - Port Rose Harbour, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia -
1941
(NPW012)
Stewart, British Columbia, Wed 13 Aug 1941
(NPW013)
Norman Wilson up the mast on HMCS COUGAR, Coghlan Anchorage - 25 Aug 1941
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NPW014
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(NPW014)
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Thursday, 24 Apr 1941
From the
collection of Norman Wilson, QR II, RCNVR
Courtesy of
Randy Wilson
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