
HMCS
FRASER 233
St
Laurent Class Destroyer

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HMCS FRASER 233
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Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe |
Battle honours and
Awards: Atlantic 1939-40
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Laid down: 11
Dec 1951
Launched: 19
Feb 1953
Commissioned: 28
Jun 1957
Paid off for DDH Conversion:
02 Jul 1965
Re-commissioned 22
Oct 1966
Paid
off: 12 Apr 1973
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Re-commissioned:
11 Mar 1974
Paid off for DELEX Refit: 19
Oct 1981
Re-commissioned: 28 May 1982
Paid off:
05 Oct 1994
Fate: Broken up
2010-2011 |
Laid down by Burrard Dry Dock Co., Ltd, Vancouver
and completed by Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, FRASER was commissioned on
28 Jun 1957, and served on the west coast. On 16 Jan 1958 FRASER,
along with CAYUGA 218, CRESCENT 226, MARGAREE 230 and, SKEENA 207 departed
Esquimalt, BC, for a Far Eastern Training cruise. On 07 Apr 1964, the ashes of Vice Admiral Howard
Emmerson Reid, who Crossed the Bar 03 May 1962, were consigned to
the sea from HMCS FRASER. On 12 Jan 1965 HMCS FRASER departed Esquimalt
for blast tests of Kahoolawe, Hawaii. Blast test was conducted on 06
Feb 1965 and during the trip back to Esquimalt, on 23 Mar 1965 the ashes of
Rear Admiral Ernest Patrick (Pat) Tisdall were consigned to the sea.
FRASER arrived back in Esquimalt on 16 Apr 1965. FRASER then
transferred coasts and proceeded to
Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, where on 02 Jul 1965 she began her
conversion to DDH configuration. She was re-commissioned on 22 Oct 1966, and was thereafter based at Halifax.
On 15 Jun 1967, FRASER conducted the first landings of a Sea King
helicopter. She demonstrated
the Canadian-designed Beartrap helicopter haul-down system at
Washington, D.C., in Oct 1967. On 14 May 1969 FRASER attended the
Spithead Review off Portsmouth as Canada's representative. During
her 1970 Great Lakes deployment FRASER visited Thunder Bay as part of the
celebrations of the amalgamation of Port Arthur and Port Williams into the
city of Thunder Bay. On 12 Apr
1973, FRASER was paid off into Category "C" Reserve and
was re-commissioned on 11 Mar 1974. On 17 Jul 1976, HMCS PROTECTEUR,
along with HMCS SKEENA and HMCS FRASER arrived at Montreal in support of the
1976 Olympics. She underwent her DELEX refit
at Canadian Vickers Ltd., between 19 Oct 1981 and 28 May 1982,
and was thereafter something of a test vehicle. She was also the
first RCN ship to be fitted (1986) with an experimental towed array
sonar system (ETASS), and was made the test bed for the NIXIE
torpedo decoy system and later a tactical aircraft beacon (TACAN).
In 1988 she was equipped to operate the HELTAS helicopter, equipped
for a passive acoustic role. FRASER was among the ships enforcing UN
sanctions against Haiti between Oct 1993 and Mar 1994. She returned
from her first tour in time for Christmas 1993, and sailed for her
2nd tour on 01 Jan 1994. On 10 Jan 1994, FRASER experienced a minor
boiler room fire in which 4 crew members suffered minor injuries. FRASER
arrived in the Haiti Op Area on 13 Jan 1994 and departed on 25 Mar 1994 having
completed two tours during which she conducted 73 boardings and 450
hailings; spending 134 days on station. She arrived back in Halifax
on 31 Mar 1994. By this time, she was the sole survivor of her class,
and in October 1994, she replaced Assiniboine in her
classroom role until 18 Dec 1997, when she arrived at
Bridgewater to become a floating museum. The conversion to a museum
never transpired and she was later sold and broken up at Port Maitland,
Ontario 2010-2011. Her 3"50 was removed and shipped to
the Reserve Unit HMCS PREVOST where it was mounted.
HMCS
FRASER'S Operational History:
28 Sep 1993 - 05 Oct 1994 by Keith Dawe, Cdr, Ret'd
FRASER sailed from Halifax 28 Sep 93 for exercises with the USN in the
Mayport, Florida operating areas. We sailed in company with PRESERVER and
GATINEAU and we were only supposed to be gone for about six weeks. We
operated with the carrier USS SARATOGA and her escorts for a period and at
one point RAS’ed from her while she was doing a deck cycle. The noise was
terrific and one had to time speed and helm orders just right to be heard.
OPERATION FORWARD ACTION
We were assigned to OP FORWARD ACTION on 15 Oct and
took our first station on the north coast of Haiti off Cap-Haitien about a
week later. OP FORWARD ACTION was Canada’s response to United Nations
Resolution 875 of 15 Oct 93 putting in place an embargo against Haiti of
certain prohibited cargo such as petroleum and products, and arms. We
conducted our first boarding on Sunday 24 Oct - MV DON JOSE - a small
coastal freighter enroute to Florida with mixed cargo. As this was our first
boarding, I was detailed to accompany the Boarding Team so that we could see
how our practised procedures worked and if we needed to make changes. This
was a long time before we (the RCN) had highly trained and well equipped
Boarding Teams that we now take for granted. We conducted the boarding using
our 10-person Zodiac with a 20hp outboard. The Boarding Officer and I were
armed with the then-standard Browning 9mm pistol complete with neck lanyard
and canvas holster (circa WW II I would guess). The Boarding party had C7
rifles. We didn’t get anything more sophisticated in terms of equipment on
either of our OP FORWARD ACTION deployments, although we received a second
10-person Zodiac and a couple of newer 30hp outboards.
We remained on station off Haiti until 17 Dec when we
turned over duties to PROVIDER, who had come around from Esquimalt.
PRESERVER and GATINEAU had already left to return to Halifax 17 Nov.
Throughout the first deployment we spent a total of six days off station,
four in Roosevelt Roads and two in Montego Bay. During Nov and Dec we had
battled various equipment problems, most serious being the boiler issues
that were plaguing the whole “steamer” fleet at the time. This put a lot
of pressure on the Engineering Dept but they handled it with great
professionalism.
We arrived back in Halifax 23 Dec - just in time for
Christmas. On our way home arrangements had been made with MARLANT HQ to
enable us to turn over the ship on arrival to a duty watch comprised of FRASERs who had been left behind when we sailed, those who had been
repatriated during the OP and crew from other ships. This concept was quite
innovative at the time and as a result the whole crew was able to take leave
until just before we were scheduled to sail back to Haiti.
We sailed from Halifax for Haiti on Saturday, 8 Jan 94.
The weather was atrocious so it was fairly quiet around the ship until we
got a bit further south. Two days after sailing we found that one of the two
stanchions in the Cable Deck had cracked - probably from the heavy pounding
during the previous 48 hours. Engineers were dispatched from Halifax to
survey the damage during an overnight visit to Kingston Jamaica on 17 Jan. I
believe that a suitable replacement was found ashore and welded in place. At
about 2300 on that second day out of Halifax we had a fire in the starboard
turboblower lagging in the Boiler Room. The fire was stubborn, but the
Boiler Room crew finally extinguished it without much damage. The whole ship’s
company reacted very well to the emergency.
On 12 Jan we arrived off the “North Claw” of Haiti
with light winds, sea state 1 and a temperature of 28 Celsius. We
rendezvoused with PROVIDER at midnight. We completed the turnover with her
the next day, and after a RAS of fuel and stores she headed home. We
embarked CANCOMDESRON ONE (D1), Captain(N) A Vey, and staff in Kingston,
Jamaica on 17 Jan and on 19 Jan he became CJTG 120.1 in charge of
coordinating all of the embargo ops off Haiti, controlling units of the RCN,
USN and French Navy. It was a challenging task to perform flag ship duties
in a frigate, especially in terms of communications, combat information and
accommodations. D1 maintained the duty until 9 Mar when he turned over to
USN DESRON 20 in USS SPRUANCE.
A couple of days after embarking D1 and staff, we had
an interesting boarding off the “South Claw” of the island. The MV LEO
was highly suspected of blockade running into Haiti and had managed to elude
the naval patrol until we spotted her on the evening of 19 Jan and ordered
her to stop. Despite some bad paperwork, she was found to be without
prohibited cargo and let go. MV LEO looked familiar to most of us on board
as she had been CFAV BLUETHROAT and had towed targets and recovered
torpedoes for the fleet before being sold. She was looking awfully “tired”
when we boarded her.
The rest of the deployment was pretty well without
incident except for some more boiler problems, one of which caused us to
anchor off the southwest tip of Haiti for a couple of days to effect
repairs. We were kept pretty busy doing hailings and boardings, but 20 Mar
was most memorable. At first light we met USNS JOHN LENTHALL for a quick
RAS. In the forenoon we stopped and boarded two ships and then two more
during the afternoon. At the time it was record number of boardings in a day
for Canadians - not bad for a Sunday.
On 25 Mar after conducting two boardings before stand
easy, we met with ANNAPOLIS for a turnover of duties followed by a joint
boarding in the afternoon. The next morning we were off station and heading
home, arriving back in Halifax on 31 Mar.
Post OP FORWARD ACTION:
In the six months after our return from Haiti,
FRASER spent exactly half of it away from Halifax on deployments. We conducted
three “Salty Dip” missions acting as a live flight deck for SEA KING
crew training. In May-Jun we took part in a two-week CANFLEETOPS exercise.
Our main employment, however, was on three Fishery Patrols off Newfoundland
- a short two-week patrol in May, a four-week patrol in July and the last
that took up most of September.
During the patrol in July, we were called upon to act
with the Coast Guard to arrest two American fishing vessels that were
fishing for scallops on the “Tail of the Banks” just outside the 200
mile limit. The arrest was to make a political statement about the catching
of migratory species just outside the limit line. Very early on the morning
of 26 Jul, I joined the armed Boarding Party on board the fishing vessel “ALPHA
AND OMEGA” to arrest her and escort her into St. John’s. The crew was by
and large cooperative but the owner ashore made his displeasure very clear
in radio conversations with the skipper. The situation for the vessel was
made to feel even worse by the fact that they had only been able to catch
about 5 or 10 pounds of scallops for their efforts! We arrived in St. John’s
during the forenoon of 27 Jul and after a quick refuel sailed in the
afternoon to return to Halifax on 29 Jul.
It was during the last patrol when we had two further
interesting incidents. The day after leaving Halifax 8 Sep, we received a
distress call from the sailing vessel “MAJA ROMM” which had lost
propulsion and was just in a pretty bad way off the Eastern Shore of Nova
Scotia. We closed her, rigged a tow and transferred over food and water, but
shortly after getting her underway, we were able to turn her over to a Coast
Guard ship and get back on our mission. On 22 Sep we entered Harbour Grace,
Newfoundland for a short port visit. Just after midnight on the 23rd while
alongside, we received a tasking to sail immediately to assist in a SAR
MEDEVAC of a crewman from the fishing vessel “LADY ALICE”. In short
order we were underway and it was decided to retrieve the casualty with our
SEA KING. Due to the extreme range to the fishing vessel it was arranged for
our helo to refuel aboard one of the offshore oil rigs on its return to us
for recovery. We were in St. John’s on 24 Mar to drop off the patient,
and, after a couple of days alongside, we sailed to complete our patrol,
returning to Halifax 30 Sep.
This was the last time
FRASER sailed operationally. She
had been “ridden hard and put away wet” for the past twelve months, with
very little time for routine maintenance or care for the upper decks. She
did remarkably well considering her age and the demands placed upon her. We
did the best we could to spruce her up for her final time under power - her
paying off sail past on 05 Oct 94. Most of the crew stayed with her until
the end of October to offload stores and various pieces of equipment. Many
of the crew went on to join the new HMCS ST. JOHN’S.
RCN Memories: Big
Bird My
"Housewife" saves the day
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos Commissioning Booklet
The
Ship's Bell Welcome Aboard Booklet - 1968
HMCS
FRASER - Op Forward Action Crew List
My
Life as a Sailor by Mo Sabourin: Mo's life in the RCN focusing mainly on
his time aboard HMCS FRASER
Commanding Officers
Cdr Raymond Phillips,
RCN - 28 Jun 1957 - 03 Jan 1959
Cdr David Llewellyn MacKnight,
RCN - 03 Jan 1959 - 04 Jan 1961
Cdr Donald John
Sheppard, RCN - 04 Jan 1961 - 06 Sep 1962
Capt Godfrey Harry Hayes,
RCN - 06 Sep 1962 - 03 Oct 1962
Cdr Reginald Calvin Thurber,
RCN - 03 Oct 1962 - 05 Aug 1964
Cdr Richard Carle, RCN - 05 Aug 1964 - 02 Jul
1965
Cdr John Frederick Watson,
RCN - 22 Oct 1966 - 04 Jul 1968
Cdr Frederick William Crickard,
RCN - 04 Jul 1968 - 17 Nov 1969
Cdr R.G. Guy - 17 Nov 1969 - 30 Jun
1971
Cdr Charles
Morris Winton Thomas - 30 Jun
1971 - 12 Apr 1973
Cdr Leo Ivan
MacDonald - 11 Mar 1974 - 15 Aug 1976
Cdr P.W. Cairns - 15 Aug 1976 - 12 Aug
1977
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Cdr H.R. Waddell - 12 Aug 1977 - 18 Dec
1978
Cdr J.B. Elson - 18 Dec 1978 - 26 Jan
1981
Cdr J. Nethercott - 26 Jan 1981 - 01 May
1982
Cdr W.B. Hodgkin - 01 May 1982 - 12 Dec
1983 Cdr V.U. Auns
- 12 Dec 1983 - 16 Aug 1985
Cdr B.M. Power- 16 Aug 1985 - 04 Jul
1988
Cdr I.G. Parker - 04 Jul 1988 - 19 Jul
1990 Cdr J.A.Y. Plante
- 19 Jul 1990 - 19 Dec 1990 Cdr
H.W. McEwan
- 19 Dec 1990 - 10 May 1991
Cdr Ernest Philip Webster - 10 May
1991 - 23 Jul 1993
Cdr H.R. Smith - 23 Jul 1993 - 24 Oct
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Baker,
Mark R,
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Banfield,
Nelson R.
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Barlow,
Edgar
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Barnes,
Jerry T.
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Bartlette,
Ronald |

Bassingthwaite, James
H.
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Bédard, Cécilien
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Bernays, Max
L.
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Bertrand,
Leo J.
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Bolt,
George M.
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Boughton,
Benjamin
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Boughton,
Donald R.
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Bourgeois,
Charles W.
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Bowditch,
William W,
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Brooks,
Robert E.
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Broster, G.
Arnold
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Brown,
Michael L.
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Brown,
William D.
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Burns, Maurice
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Burrell,
Samuel A.
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Cadwallader,
Charles
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Cairns,
Peter W.
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Cale, K.
Donald
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Cameron,
Allan
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Cameron, J.
Robert
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Carle,
Richard
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Clark,
George
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Clarke,
Robert
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Coakley,
Daniel J.
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Colclough,
Frederick J. |

Conrad, D. Edward
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Crickard,
Frederick W.
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Cummins,
Herbert J.
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Currie,
David W, |

Cutler,
David B.
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Czop, Robert
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Faloon, Gary
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Farris,
Terrance L.
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Ferguson,
Kevin D.
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Fleming,
George C.
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Forsyth,
William R.
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Francis,
Edward D.
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Francis,
David G.
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Fraser,
Norman L.
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Free,
Ronald
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Freeman,
David H.
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Haley,
Richard D.
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Harrison,
Gordon H.
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Harwood,
John
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Hawkey,
Robert C.
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Hawrysh,
Frederick J. |

Hayes,
Godfrey H.
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Hazelwood,
Eric E.
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Henderson, Gordon
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Hennis, John
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Herchak,
Edward
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Hicks, O.
Dean
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Hicks,
Stanley V.
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Hill, Peter
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Hodges, Leslie J.
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Kinnon, Charles L.
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MacDonald,
Leo I.
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Macdonald,
Robert P.
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MacDougall,
Paul D.
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MacIntyre,
Norman E.
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MacKnight, David
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MacLaughlin,
Robert J.
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MacLean,
Ronald W.
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Mailloux,
Richard J.
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Mainer, G.
Thomas
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Mainguy,
Daniel N. |

Mander,
Douglas N.
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McCormick,
Peter K.
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McDowell,
Russell R.
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McEntee,
Michael O.
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McLeod, Cathel
J.
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McLeod,
Myrvin K.
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McGowan,
Harold A.
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McIntyre,
Earl L.
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McMorris, George C.
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Mitchell,
Stanley F.
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Mohr,
Richard W.
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Murch, Bruce
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Saunders,
James P.
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Savard,
Claude
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Schonwald,
Donald R.
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Sears, Robert J. |

Seibel,
Arthur J.
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Shaw,
George A.
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Sheppard,
Donald J.
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Simpson,
Jim
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Smale,
Joseph B.
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Statham,
David J.
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Stevens,
Harold
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Spalding,
James D.
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Spencer,
Alan
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Springer,
David N.
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Starkey, Brian H.
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Steeves, Robert D.
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Stolee,
Erling B.
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Stutter,
Clifford E.
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Sullivan,
Blair G.
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Former Crew Members
Androwski,
Donald, LS.CK - 1964
Bakody,
David, P2ER3
Banfield,
Dave, Naval Air, RCN / C.A.F. 
Bidal, LS.ER - 1994
Boucher, Butch, HT
Brown, Delbert
Brower-Berkhoven, Isaac
Carter, R., P1RP - Dec 1957
Cox,
LS.ER - 1994
Debusschere, Paul
Dawe, Keith, LCdr, XO - Jan 1993 - Sep 1994. Paying off crew
Day, MS.ER - 1994
deKergommeaux, Denis - Commissioning Crew as P2EF3
Derkac, AB.LM - Dec 1957
Duffy, Ronald, LS - 1964
Dunlop, P2RP - Dec 1957
Ferguson, Harold, AB.TAS - Dec 1957
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Fox, Brian, LS.RM - 1969
FRASER, W., C2SH - Dec 1957
Green, MS, MarEng - 1994
Hawley, John, AB.FC-LS.FC - 1972
Henderson, Archie, LS - 1963
Hollands, Fred, WU
Jolivette, Sylvian, SW (canteen manager / CO's steward) - 1993
Jones, LSRP - Dec 1957
Kennedy, LS, MarEng - 1994
Kennedy, N., P2EM - Dec 1957
Lemire, OS, MarEng - 1994
Lesoway, P., P1VS - Dec 1957
Lohnes, Brian E., LS.ER - 1984 - 1990
Mann, D., C2TAS - Dec 1957
McCullough, John Douglas - 1965 (Operation Sailor Hat)
McDowell, R., C2.ST - Dec 1957
McLellan, Jack, PO.CK - 1964
McLeod, K., C2CV - Dec 1957
Miniou, Scott, RP/NESOP
Moore, Art - 1969
Moore, Dennis, AB - 1964
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Morash,
AB, MarEng -1994
Munroe,
Ken, C1RT - Dec 1957
Oikle,
Jeff, LS, Pay Writer - 1993
Orr,
LS, MarEng - 1994
Power,
George
Reaume, Wayne, 27146-H
Reid,
J., P1SH - Dec 1957
Robstad,
J. Lester, AB.RP, RCN - 1962-1965. JetEx 64, Crossed the Line 1964,
Sailor Hat 1965 Sabourin,
Mo, OS/AB - 1959-1963
Sleigh,
Mike, AB.SN/LS.SN - 1967 - 1971
Sprauge,
P2TAS - Dec 1957
Sterling,
Clay, P2ER - Dec 1957
Theriault,
Robert (Bob), SG
Tyleman,
OS.ER - 1994
Warnell,
LS.ER -1994
Webberly,
Bob, CPO1, Cox'n - 1975
Wheeler,
Roy, CS.CV - Dec 1957
Wiebe,
William, AB.ER - 1964
Zilinsky,
Larry - Dec 1964 - Apr 1965 |
Photos and
Documents

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HMCS
FRASER being launched in Vancouver from Burrard Dry Docks in 1953 |

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Newspaper
articles on the commissioning of HMCS FRASER
From
the collection of Roy Dunbar,
C1RP, RCN
Courtesy
of Dav Dunbar |

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Jacket
patch for HMCS FRASER 233 when she was part of the 2nd Destroyer
Escort Squadron
From
the collection of Harold Stevens
Courtesy
of Rob Stevens |

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HMCS
FRASER 233 - date unknown
From
the collection of Robert (Bob) Theriault
Courtesy
of Bob Theriault |

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Daily
Orders for HMCS FRASER 02 Mar 1958 - Port Visit Saigon
From
the collection of CPO Roy Stuart David, RCN
Courtesy
of Michael Stuart David |

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Second Canadian Escort Squadron - Spring Cruise 1958
HMCS CRESCENT, HMCS CAYUGA, HMCS SKEENA, HCMS FRASER
and HMCS MARGAREE
Courtesy of Dave Tyre |
LEGAL HANGING AGE BEHIND BARROW RIDE
"What
is the legal hanging age in Canada?" This question was argued
by Ldg. Sea. Robert Dunsmuir and Ldg. Sea. Archie Henderson, both
serving in the FRASER. During the exchange Ldg. Sea. Dunsmuir said
before witnesses that, if he was wrong, he would personally push Ldg.
Sea. Henderson from his home to the ship in a wheel barrow. He lost
and all too late found that Ldg. Sea. Henderson lived in Belmont
Park, some six miles from the ship. Saturday morning saw Ldg. Sea.
Henderson weigh in at 238 pounds, comfortably settle himself on
several pillows and be wheeled down the highway by 140-pound Ldg.
Sea. Dunsmuir. However, as a sporting gesture, in view of the weight
difference, it was agreed that Ldg. Sea. Henderson would push Ldg.
Sea. Dunsmuir up all hills. After logging five and a quarter miles,
they arrived at the corner of Admiral's and Esquimalt roads, an
ideal spot for deciding that honour was satisfied and recuperation
called for.
The Crowsnest Oct/Nov 1963 |

HMCS FRASER Ship's Company List - 1964
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HMCS FRASER lit up for Christmas prior to 1965
Courtesy of Matthew Batten |

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(1)
HMCS FRASER 233, Pearl Harbor, 1963 (2) Crossing the Equator on HMCS
FRASER 233, Far
East Cruise 1964 (3) Unknown event on HMCS FRASER 233, Far East
Cruise 1964 (4) Sailor from HMCS FRASER ashore in Singapore
233, Far East Cruise 1964 (5) HMCS FRASER 233 northward bound through the
channel to Juneau, Alaska - 1962 (6) HMCS FRASER'S Hawaiians with Cdr Carle - time
frame Aug 1964 - Jul 1965. Gordon Broster, 4th from left
From the collection of Gordon Arnold (Art)
Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
Operation Sailor Hat
On 06 Feb 1965 HMCS FRASER participated in a
shock trial called Operation Sailor Hat. Below are a few photos and
documents about the trial.

(1)
Operation Hat Certificate issued to P1RP G.A. Broster (2)
Operation Sailor Hat badge designed and painted by P1 Broster
(right) before the shock trials (3) Operation Sailor Hat badge
mounted on HMCS FRASER'S funnel

(4 & 5) Dome of 4,500 lbs of
explosives (6) HMCS FRASER (right), secured, awaiting
detonation (7) Dome of explosives as seen from HMCS FRASER (8) After the explosion ....

Photos of the explosion taken from various view
points

Three newspaper articles on the Operation
Sailor Hat shock trials / explosion
From the collection of Gordon Arnold (Art)
Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
The change from the White Ensign to the
Canadian Flag on HMCS FRASER - 16 Feb 1965

The
story behind the photos: The CO decided that he wanted to try
to stall as long as possible on the change. I am not sure where the
ship location was at the time of the photos, but the CO ensured that
this ship was the last one to change due to the time zones etc... so
the last flying white ensign in the fleet!
From the collection of Gordon Arnold (Art)
Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |

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(1-3) Communicators on HMCS
FRASER - Fall 1969
(4) Communicator on HMCS FRASER - Fall 1969 (5) Communicator on HMCS
FRASER - Fall 1969
(6 & 7) Communicators on HMCS FRASER - Fall 1969 (8)
LS.RM Brian Fox, HMCS FRASER, October 1969
Courtesy of Ronald J. MacDonald |

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Helo crash on HMCS FRASER in 1972 |


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FDO Paddles, HMCS FRASER
FDO
Paddles is a mechanical monkey whose yellow jersey has FDO Paddles,
HMCS FRASER written on the back. It was purchased at a toy
fair in the UK.
If
anyone knows the story behind FDO Paddles, please send an EMAIL
to the webmaster. Thank you
Photos courtesy of Tom Hallett |
HMCS FRASER'S 1980 NATO Sail past
HMCS
FRASER'S NATO sail past in 1980 just prior to a port visit in
Rotterdam. Upon sailing Rotterdam on 03 Dec 80, FRASER'S CO
informed the crew that they would, along with the NATO squadron,
proceed to the Baltic as a show of force due to the crisis in
Poland. FRASER spent Christmas in Portsmouth, England; the
first Canadian ship not to be home for Christmas since the Korean
war.
Courtesy of Frederick Dainard

Courtesy
of Derrick Payne
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Newspaper article on FRASER not being home for
Christmas Dec 1980
Halifax Chronicle-Herald 23 Dec 1980
Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury |

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Crossing the Line ceremony on HMCS FRASER
- Exercise Eastlant '88
Courtesy of Shane Walters
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HMCS Bonaventure and HMCS FRASER 233
Note that FRASER does not yet have her
distinctive TACAN mast
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HMCS FRASER 233 - undated
DND / RCN PHOTO
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HMCS FRASER 233 |

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HMCS FRASER dressed for the Fleet Review during the 75th Anniversary of the
Canadian Navy, Bedford Basin, Halifax
Courtesy
of Ken Watson
©
Ken Watson RCN |

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Newspaper article on HMCS FRASER'S 20th
Anniversary
Courtesy of Denis deKergommeaux |

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HMCS Athabaskan 282 and HMCS FRASER 233 during
Exercise Team Work '88
Credit: Trident Magazine Photographer:
Cpl Herbert
Courtesy of Jarrod David |

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The
Battle of Deadman's Bay, 1968
Thurlo
Munroe, far right, Bob Verge, Butch Boucher
Courtesy
of Thrulo Ian Munro
"We
took on St Laurent and Gatineau in the whalers with 4 grapefruit
guns each, lots of ammo and lots of beer. What a hoot. Our XO,
Josimite Sam (LCDR Hayward, was our pirate captain). We
won the battle because the other 2 ran out of ammo. We were firing
grapefruits at each other, not blanks. We even made up a second
battleboard and had Deadman's Bay on it. Hayward was one of the
finest XOs I ever sailed under. Our whole crew, officers included
were one of the tightest knitted groups I ever went to sea with from
the skipper down.. The whole battle happened because St Laurent had
a gun crew and while we were doing a jackstay transfer, they closed
up their gun crew and took a shot at us with their grapefruit gun.
Our skipper said, they're not getting away with that!!!! The
challenge went out and Gatineau said they wanted in on it too. This
is how battles happen. Only rules were, no rowing, no outboards. We
cut off our white uniform pants and spray painted t-shits. Jeeze,
fighting Communist Aggression was hard in those days. Those
were the days" |

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Newspaper article on HMCS FRASER visiting
Thunder Bay, Ont. - year unknown
Courtesy of Art Moore |

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Painting from the door of the main
cafeteria aka "The Cave" on HMCS FRASER
233
Artist: Paul F. Prudhomme
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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HMCS FRASER 233
#4 Courtesy of / © Ken Watson RCN |

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Newspaper article on the visit of HMCS FRASER 233 to Yarmouth, NS during the 75th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy
Halifax Chronicle-Herald 06 Aug 1985
Research by / Courtesy of George Newbury |

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Painting on the door of the Main Cafeteria (MS
& Below Mess) on HMCS FRASER 233, 1992.
Artist - Bernie Viscount
Courtesy of Christopher Thomas |

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Artwork on the door to the ETASS room on HMCS FRASER
Courtesy of James Fisher |
Christmas dinner on HMCS FRASER 233, Sunday 19 Dec 1993, en route back to Halifax
from Operation Forward Action, Haiti (part 1)
The dinner was held in the Hangar the day after departing station.
photos courtesy of Ken Johnson
Doug Brown (left) |
Far end of table J.P. Lariviere on left and possibly Mark
Meadows on right |
Middle left Doug Brown, opposite of Doug (in civil shirt)
is Barry Sheppard |
Far end of table on left is Chris Thomas; 2nd from right
leaning in and facing camera with PMC is Fisher (?? not
entirely sure) |
2nd
from right - PO2 John Stewart; 3rd from right - P2BN Danny Laflamme with
Santa hat
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Servers:
1st on left - Lt(N) R.W. Anderson, Baby SYO; 1st on
right - Maj Hargreaves, Air Det Cdr; extreme right - LCdr
Keith Dawe, XO, Scullery
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Left: WO Ted Hohmann, Ch
Clerk
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LS Jeff Oickle, Pay Writer
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Gilles Gregoire and Johnson |

L-R:
Cdr (OS) JBY Menard* - CO for the day; Capt John
Fletcher, Chap (P); CPO1 Rick Goulet Cox'n; unknown;
Cdr H.R. Smith; unknown
* Believed to be OS Menard
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Brett Tisdale - 1st on
right
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If you can identify anyone in these photos, please send
me an EMAIL
so that I can update the captions
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Letter from Denis deKergommeau, Lt (N), ret'd -
FRASER commissioning crew member - to the FRASER'S CO requesting
info on her paying off, and the CO's reply
Courtesy of Denis deKergommeaux |
The End
HMCS FRASER 233 - Paying off pamphlet /
schedule

Courtesy of Denis deKergommeaux |

photo 1 |

photo 2 |

photo 3 |

photo 4 |

photo 5 |
HMCS FRASER 22 - Final Sail Past
(1-3)
HMCS FRASER conducts her sail past in Halifax Harbour 05 Oct
1994 (4) - Sail past complete, FRASER comes alongside
under her own power for the final time (5) With crew and
guests on the quarterdeck and flight deck, FRASER'S ensign is
lowered and she is paid off.
Courtesy
of Keith Dawe, Cdr, Ret'd
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HMCS FRASER paying off sail past - 05
October 1994
Courtesy of Roger Scott |


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Article from the Whig-Standard 23 Jan
1995 on plans to save HMCS FRASER as a museum
Courtesy of Ben Whiting |

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Newspaper article on HMCS FRASER'S Sailpast
Courtesy of Denis deKergommeaux |

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Last steaming watches on HMCS FRASER 233
Courtesy of Phil Warnell |

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Courtesy of Fabrice Mosseray
Source: Esprit de Corps magazine 1995 |

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Newspaper article from the Trident
Magazine, 18 May 1995, on the efforts by private groups to
save HMCS FRASER from the breakers yard
Courtesy of Fabrice Mosseray |

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HMCS FRASER under tow to
scrap yard in Ontario 12 Sep 2010
Photographer ©
Jean Hémond
- This photograph is not to be re-used or re-published without
permission of the copyright owner
Further photographs by
Jean Hémond may be found at the following link: naturepainter's
photostream
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5 photographs of HMCS FRASER
233 being towed through the Welland Canal en route to
the scrap yard 18 Sep 2010
Photographs published with
permission of photographer © Paul
Beesley, www.Shiphotos.com
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HMCS FRASER 26 September
2010
Photographer Harry Snowden
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Former HMCS FRASER being
broken up at Port Maitland, Ont, 21 May 2011
Photographer Cameron
Meikle
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