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HMCS GALT
K163
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS GALT K163
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image
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Laid down: 27 May 1940
Launched: 28
Dec 1940
Commissioned: 15 May 1941
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Paid off: 21
Jun 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in
1946
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Built at Collingwood, Ont., GALT was commissioned on 15 May 1941, at Montreal. After she arrived at Halifax
on 06 Jun 1941, she was assigned in Jul 1941 to NEF and left
St. John's on 25 Aug 1941 with SC.41, her first convoy, for Iceland.
She was to serve on that route until Jan 1942. In Feb
1942 she commenced a refit at Liverpool, N.S., which was completed
on 11 May 1942, and after working up in June was assigned to EG C-3. She
arrived at Londonderry for the first time on 05 Jun 1942 with convoy
HX.191, and served on the "Newfie-Derry" run for the
balance of the year. She arrived Jan 1943, at Liverpool, N.S.,
for another refit which was completed at Halifax in mid-Apr 1943,
worked up in St. Margaret's Bay and, in Jun 1943, joined EG C-1. She
left Halifax 13 Mar 1944, for New York for yet another refit, the
one including fo'c's'le extension, completing early in May 1944, and a
month later left Halifax for Bermuda to work up. On her return she
was allocated for the balance of the war to EG W-5, WEF. GALT was
paid off 21 Jun 1945 at Sorel, and broken up at Hamilton in 1946.
Photos and Documents
Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
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Lt Alexander Donald Landles,
RCNR - 15 May 1941 - 10 Mar 1943
Lt Archibald Miller Kirkpatrick,
RCNVR - 11 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1944
Lt Edward Penniston Taylor,
RCNVR - 31 Mar 1944 - 24 Apr 1945 |
Lt James Garfield Lorriman,
RCNVR - 25 Apr 1945 - 19 Jun 1945
Lt Edward Penniston Taylor,
RCNVR - 20 Jun 1945 - 21 Jun 1945 |
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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Bjornstad,
Carl J. |
Clark,
William N.
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Duffy,
Mervyn R.
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Erlendson,
John H.
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Ferster,
Raymond F.
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Guildford,
Thomas K.
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Hay, Gerry
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Latimer,
James V. |
Lee, Jack M.
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Legge,
Mansford
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McGuigan,
John D.
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Moore,
Albert A.
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Morris,
Wilbur L.
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Murphy,
Patrick J.
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Regamey,
Marc S.
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Reid,
Malcolm
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Stevens,
John E.
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Taylor,
Edward
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Tytler,
Donald M.
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Wilson,
Ernest |
Former Crew Members
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Adams, Robert (of Fraser Mills, BC)
Bacchus, Robert Frederick Lewis, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Bateman, Stanley Albert Walter, Tel
Borrens, Charles (of Verdun, QC)
Bradley, Harold R.
Britten, Norm
Burns, Ronald Mavius, Lt, RCNVR - 11 Jul 1943
Chayer, Albert George, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 29 Mar 1944
Child, Frederick John, Lt, RCNVR - 15 May 1941
Digby, Les -1945
Dinsmore, Bill - 1945
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Dunn, George William, Lt, RCNVR
(of Port Colborne, ON)
Gower, Graham Frewer, SLt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1942
Howard, Frank, AB - 1945
Joslin, Herb (Jos)
Laight, Douglas Jack, L/Sto
Lafontaine, Maral
Landles, Alexander Donald, Lt, RCNR - 10 Apr 1941 (Stand by) CO
Langlois, Philippe Albert, Lt, RCNVR - 11 Mar 1943
Martell, Clifford Milton, Tel 3c
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Maurice Therrien (Scottie) (from Montreal, QC)
Moore, Robert Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 05 Feb 1944
Seatle, James Wilson Redhead, RCNVR - 15 May 1941
Stacey, Norm
Stewart, Robert Eldon, SLt, RCNVR - 17 Mar 1944
Ward, Charles Kenneth, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Jul 1942
Wenman, John Godfrey, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1942
Winter, Ernest Hayward, Radar Operator
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Photos and
Documents
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Barber Pole Flotilla commemoration plaque.
These
plaques were made for the various ships of the Barber Pole Flotilla -
this one having the badge of HMCS GALT. Four others of these are
on display at the Crow's Nest, St. John's, NL
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The
messdeck of HMCS GALT 1945. The caption for this official RCN photo
reads: "Just to show you that all those stories about big, tough
sailors can't be true, here is a picture of the HMCS GALT Sewing
Circle… Patching a torn kit bag at a machine donated by the ship's
sponsor, the Sister Susie Club of Galt, are, left to right - Able
Seamen Frank Howard of Hamilton; Bill Dinsmore, Centre Island,
Toronto, and Les Digby, Toronton. The Sister Susie Club also has
presented the ship with a washing machine and a vast assortment of
woollens, much needed at sea in the North Atlantic"
Courtesy
of the CFB
Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
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Gunshield art on HMCS GALT K163
From the collection of Larry Hartman
Courtesy of Ray Hartman |
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HMCS GALT K163 chasing a sub
From the collection of Larry Hartman
Courtesy of Ray Hartman |
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HMCS GALT K163
From the collection of Eric Baird
Courtesy of Roger Clarke |
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HMCS GALT K163 |
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Burlington WWII veteran recalls life on the
waters of the Atlantic
Source: insidehalton.com 06 Nov 2013 |
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HMCS GALT K163
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley |
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Convoy ahead of HMCS GALT K163. Harbour craft steaming towards (about to
pass) HMCS GALT
From the collection of Mansford
Legge, AB, RCNVR
Courtesy of Brian Legge |
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Doug Laight (right) on HMCS GALT K163
From the collection of Mansford
Legge, AB, RCNVR
Courtesy of Brian Legge |
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HMCS GALT K163 iced-up
From the collection of Malcolm
(Ace) Reid, RCNVR
Courtesy of Bonnie O'Grady |
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Sailors on HMCS GALT K163 - Malcolm Reid identified
by the red arrow
From the collection of Malcolm
(Ace) Reid, RCNVR
Courtesy of Bonnie O'Grady |
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