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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
GATINEAU 236
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IN HOC CATINO POTESAS
IN THIS SHIP LIES POWER |
HMCS Gatineau |
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1943-44, Normandy 1944
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Laid down: 30
Apr
1953
Launched: 03
Jun 1957
Commissioned: 17
Feb 1959
Paid off for IRE Refit:
09 Sep 1969
Re-commissioned: 14
Apr 1971
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Paid off for DELEX Refit:
Sep 1981
Re-commissioned 12
Nov 1982
Paid off
to reserve category: 24 May 1996
Paid
off: 01 Jul 1998
Fate: Broken up at Pictou, N.S., 2009-2010
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Laid down at Davie Shipbuilding Ltd,
Lauzon, Que., Gatineau was the first post-war product of Davie Shipbuilding.
Launched two years later, she was towed to Halifax for completion to
avoid freeze-up and commissioned at HMC Dockyard, Halifax, on 17 Feb 1959.
For the next ten years she served at part of the 5th Canadian Escort
Squadron (the Barber Pole Squadron). In Mar 1968
she was the first Canadian warship to become a member of NATO's
Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT). Gatineau was
transferred west, departing Halifax on 16 Jul 1969; arriving at Esquimalt
on 14 Aug 1969 with port visits to Bermuda, Panama, Acapulco and San Diego. On 09 Sep 1969 she began her IRE
conversion at Ship Repair Unit (Pacific). The two year conversion
introduced the VDS and ASROC to the class and one her re-commissioning on 14 Apr
1971 she was classified as an IRE. She then became part of the Second
Canadian Escort Squadron. Her DELEX refit was also carried out at SRU(P) between
Sep 1981 and 12 Nov 1982. In Apr 1987 she resumed her
duties in Halifax. In Jul 1993, she played host to three visiting
Soviet warships and afterward escorted them to sea while carrying
out exercises along the way. In the fall of 1993 Gatineau, along
with Fraser and Preserver, assisted in the enforcement of UN
sanctions off Haiti. Early in 1995 she took part in the NATO exercise
Strong Resolve off the coast of Norway, acting as flagship for the
four other Canadian ships involved. Apr 1995 found her operating in
support of Fisheries and Coast Guard ships off Newfoundland during
the "Turbot Dispute" with Spain. She was finally paid off
on 01 July 1998. On 18 Sep 2009, DND called for bids
for "the removal, dismantling and disposal" of
HMCS Terra Nova and HMCS Gatineau. On 04 Nov 2009,
DND announced that Aecon Fabco had won the bid and would tow both
vessels to their Pictou Shipyard in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Gatineau
departed Halifax Harbour on 17 Nov 2009, at 10:30am under tow
by the tugboat Atlantic Elm and arrived in Pictou on 19 Nov 2009, at
9:30 am for breaking up.
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Commanding Officers |
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Capt Howard Lee Quinn, DSC,
RCN - 17 Feb 1959 - 14 Sep 1959
Capt Frank Birch Caldwell,
RCN - 15 Sep 1959 - 27 Jan 1961
LCdr Robert Allen Shimmin,
RCN - 28 Jan 1961 - 24 May 1961
LCdr Harold Clarke Macredy,
RCN - 25 May 1961 - 24 Aug 1961
Cdr A.H. McDonald,
RCN - 28 Aug 1961 - 21 Aug 1962
Cdr J.W. Roberts,
RCN - 22 Aug 1962 - 28 Apr 1964
Cdr William Grenville Kinsman, DSO,
RCN - 29 Apr 1964 - 11 Aug 1965
Cdr J.A. Fulton,
RCN - 12 Aug 1965 - 08 Sep 1966
Cdr William (Bill) Andrew Hughes,
RCN - 08 Sep 1966 - 29 Sep 1969
Cdr Thomas Stanley Murphy - 14 Apr
1971 - 03 Jul 1971
LCdr John Charles Slade - 03 Jul 1971 - 11 Jul
1975
Cdr Leofric Grenville Temple - 11 Jul 1975 - 11 Nov
1977
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Cdr J.B. McKenzie - 11 Nov 1977 - 26 Jun
1979
Cdr Cecil Dennis E. Cronk - 26 Jul 1979 - 11 Jun
1981
Cdr David Marshall Robinson - 11 Jun
1981 - 04 Jul 1983
Cdr Thomas Charles Heath - 04 Jul 1983 - 01 Aug
1985 Cdr J.A. Keenliside - 01 Aug
1985 - 21 Apr 1987
Cdr G.G. Jeffrey - 21 Apr 1987 - 04 Jul
1988 Cdr A.E. Tanguay
- 04 Jul 1988 - 07 Jul 1990
Cdr R.H. Edwards - 07 Jul 1990 - 10 Jul
1992
Cdr R.G. Allen - 10 Jul 1992 - 07 Jan
1994
Cdr J.A. Westlake - 07 Jan 1994 - 05 Jul
1995 Cdr D.O. Thamer
05 Jul 1995 - 30 Jun 1996 |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
- Book of Remembrance entry
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A-B
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Anderson,
Thomas Read
1940-2017 |
Armstrong,
George Gordon
____-2007
Served in Gatineau in 1966 as
XO |
Baker,
Mark Raymond
1963-2014
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Blake,
Douglas Craig KIA 03 May 2010
Killed by an IED near Kandahar |
Bolt,
Randolph Berkley
1951-2014 |
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Brett,
Patrick Walter
____-1999
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Brown,
Rodney Leslie
1961-2016
Served in Gatineau as a NACOP
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C-D |
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Caldwell, Frank Birch
1914-2007
2nd Commanding Officer
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Cameron,
John Edward Ingham
1939-2011
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Catton,
Darryl Arnold
____-2014
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Clackson,
Donald Richard
1935-2014
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Couckuyt,
Brian D.
1959-2007 |
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Davison,
James Malcolm
1919-2005 |
de Ste.
Croix, Dennis John 1923-2006
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Dunn,
Allen
____-2006
Served in Gatineau 1971-1973
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E-F |
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Ebner, Ernest
Fredrick
____-2013 |
Flack,
Eddie
1940-2014
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Fox,
Alexander Edward
1925-2001
Served in Gatineau in 1960 as
LCdr, DeckO
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G-H |
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Grove,
Roger Wayne
1958-2013
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Halliday,
Robert B.
1948-2006
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Henderson,
Leslie
Frederick Maynard
1924-2010
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Henry,
Robert John
1932-2012
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Hughes,
William Andrew
1927-2013 9th
Commanding Officer
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I-J |
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Jacob,
Michael Hier
____-2009
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K-L |
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Koski,
Ed
____-2017
Served in Gatineau in 1963 |
Lemon,
Denis Ernest
1925-2013 |
Linscott,
John David
1953-2015 |
Lowe,
Alan Gordon
1928-2010
Served in Gatineau in 1961 as
SQN CommO |
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M-N |
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Miller,
Thomas Leigh
1958-2015 |
Mohr,
Richard Walter
____-2008 |
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O-P |
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Peterson,
Buddy Lionel
____-2017 |
Pringle,
James C.
____-2013
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Purdy,
Donald Wesley
1930-2014
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Rhymes,
Reginald Heber
1926-2006
Served
in Gatineau 07 Jul 1964 - 08 Nov 1964 as a P1SN3, RCN
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Roberts,
Ralph
Donald
1931-2012
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Rombough,
Wallace Ormand
1926-2006
Served in Gatineau 16 Sep 1963
- 09 Nov 1964 as a P1ER4 |
Russell,
William 1939-2014 |
Rutherford,
Robert
1939-2008 |
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Ryan,
Allen Joseph 1953-2016
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Shimmin,
Robert Allen
1924-2012
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Slade,
John Charles
1937-2003
11th Commanding
Officer |
Smith, Ronald Lorne
____-2014
Drafted to Gatineau in 1979 |
Stanick,
Steve
1962-2013
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Stewart,
Harold Douglas
____-2015 |
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Tindell,
Brian Frederick
____-2008
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U-V |
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Vanderpluijm, Peter
____-2006 |
Vergouwen,
Peter J.
1931-2016 |
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W-X |
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Walzak,
Albert
1931-2012
Served in Gatineau as Lt, RCN
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Warneken, Edward
Vincent Neil
1944-2014
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Watt,
George T.
1931-2015
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Wright,
Gregory Lloyd
1948-2013
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Wright,
James Edward 1926-2005
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Former Crew Members
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Addison, Tim
Alan, Mike - 1968
Baker, Gord - 1968
Barter, Bill
Borgia, Frankie - 1988
Boulter, Ed
Chmielewski, P. Courcey,
Don - 1968 Cruickshank,
George Czop, CPO1,
Cox'n - 1974 Dall,
Dave, RP - 1979 Dingman,
Douglas Duchesne,
Jocelyn - 1981 Farrar,
Bob, RCN(R) - 1968-1969 Ferris,
Joe, RP - 1979 Fiset,
Ray, EW - 1979
Francis,
Hank, RP - 1979
Frigault, Philippe - 1968
Frigault, Pierre - 1968
Fuller, Stanley - 1979
Greenwood,
John - 1968
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Gunderson,
CPO2 Hemeon,
Clarence Henderson,
Wes - 1981 Herdman,
Ron, EW - 1979 Holland,
Surg-LCdr, RCNR - 1969 Hunt,
Barry - Commissioning crew Huston,
Sam - 1968 Johnson,
MSBN - 1979 Johnston,
R.J., MSNWT - Aug 1982 - May 1986 / Jun 1986 - Jun 1987 Kloosterman,
Jim Lea, Bill
- 1979 LeFleur, Larry
- 1981 MacDonald, Ron
- 1968 Maloche, Mike,
Sig - 1979 Meir, John, SN - 1979
Moore, Art D. - 20 Jan 1969
Oakley, LCdr, XO
Odgers, Dave, MSRP - 1979
Osborne, Joe, Sig - 1979
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Osmond, J.
Ovens, J.
Perry, Hank, CBM - 1968
Pickering, John, Lt - 1969
Rioux, Sylvain - 1974
Rogers, Reg - 1982 - 1984
Roper, George, Bosn - 1979
Silvester, Henry Charles - 1969
Stathan, Dave, Lt - 1969
Stuart, Bob - 1989
Taylor, Mark, LCdr - 1969
Thompson, Lloyd, Lt - 1969
Tootle, Bill - 1968
Tyre, Dave
Ward, Mike, RP - 1979
Waterfield, (Swampy), Lt, RCNR - 1969
Wills, Al, FC - Sep 1984 - Apr 1987
Wylie, Doug, Sig - 1979
Young, R. |
Photos
and Documents
RCN Memories
Just
Another Day in the Canadian Navy
Target
Practice Gone Wrong
Trip
to England - 1968
Links
HMCS
Gatineau - Acceptance Booklet After IRE Conversion
HMCS
Gatineau - 20th Anniversary Booklet
HMCS
Gatineau - Re-Activation Booklet After DELEX Refit
Personal
photo gallery of Leslie F.M. Henderson
Personal
photo gallery of Reginald Heber (Smokey) Rhymes
Ship's
company photos for HMCS Gatineau
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