HMCS COUGAR Z15

 

Armed Yacht

 

 

HMCS COUGAR Z15

DND / RCN Photo

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Launched: 1916

Commissioned: 11 Sep 1940

Paid off: 23 Nov 1945

Fate: Sank Sep 1950

 

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

 

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

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

 

Georgeson, Thomas Cumberland, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Apr 1945

 

LeVae, Gray Buxton, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 20 May 1944

 

McCombe, William, Skpr, RCNR - 24 Apr 1945

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

 

CGR001

CGR002

(CGR001) HMCS COUGAR Z15

(CGR002) HMCS COUGAR Z15  //  Courtesy of Steve Hlasny

 

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DJ007

DJ008

Dick James and shipmates on HMCS Cougar Z15

(DJ006) Dick James - sitting in front

(DJ007) Dick James - sitting, front right

(DJ008) Dick James holding rifle

From the collection of Richard (Dick) James, CPO1 GI, RCN

Courtesy of Rick James

 

 

NPW009

NPW010

NPW011

NPW012

NPW013

(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

 

 

NPW014

 

NPW078

 

(NPW014) Alert Bay, British Columbia, Thursday, 24 Apr 1941

(NPW078) Lighthouse at Cape St. James, British Columbia Canada.  This lighthouse was identified by Kraig Anderson at www.lighthousefriends.com

From the collection of Norman Wilson, QR II, RCNVR

Courtesy of Randy Wilson

 

 

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