HMCS GASPE J94 - For Posterity's Sake

For Posterity's Sake

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS GASPE J94

Then Tug SUNG LI (1946)

HMCS Gaspe J94

Laid down: 24 Jan 1938

Launched: 12 Aug 1938

Commissioned: 21 Oct 1938

Paid off: 23 Jul 1945

Fate: Unknown

Commissioned at Quebec on 21 Oct 1938, Gaspé was at Halifax when hostilities broke out. Throughout the war she served with Halifax Local Defence Force on local minesweeping duties. She was paid off at Halifax on 23 Jul 1945, and sold into mercantile service in 1946, becoming the Shanghai tug Sung Li.

Commanding Officers

LCdr H.N. Lay, RCN - 12 Jan 1939 - 17 Aug 1939

A/LCdr H.D. Mackay, RCNR - 03 Sep 1939 - 11 Apr 1941

Lt Ralph Thomas Ingram, RCNR - 12 Apr 1941 - 02 Aug 1941

Lt T. Gilmour, RCNR - 03 Aug 1941 - 17 Aug 1941

Lt R.T. Ingram, RCNR - 18 Aug 1941 - 26 Oct 1941

CH/Skpr G.A. Myra, RCNR - 27 Oct 1941 - 02 Aug 1942

Lt W.S. Bryant, RCNR - 03 Aug 1942 - 24 Jun 1943

Skpr/Lt Alexander James Burke, RCNR - 25 Jun 1943 - 07 Jan 1945

Skpr/Lt Ralph Andrew Doucette, RCNR - 08 Jan 1945 - 23 Jul 1945

In memory of those who have crossed the bar They shall not be forgotten
A-B
Brady, Edward Patrick Redmond 1916-____ Served in Gaspe 11 Jan 1941 - 14 Apr 1941 as an OS, RCNVR
C-D
Compton, Ellis Gallinger 1925-2013
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Fisher, C.Fred ____-____	Furlott, P. Douglas 1925-2000
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Hedley, Kenneth Herschel 1918-2002
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Lay, Horatio Nelson 1903-1988
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Moore, Arthur Walter ____-1994 Served in Gaspe in 1940
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Senior, James Albert 1907-1976 Served in Gaspe 22 Jul 1939 - 24 Nov 1939 and 04 Dec 1939 - 05 Apr 1940 as Sto PO, RCN