HMCS INGONISH J69

Bangor Class Minesweeper

HMCS Ingonish J69

Laid down: 06 Jun 1941

Launched: 30 Jul 1941

Transferred to RCN: 08 May 1942

Commissioned: 08 May 1942

Paid off: 02 Jul 1945

Returned to RN: 02 Jul 1945

Fate: Broken up in 1948

Built by North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., Vancouver, BC, for the RN but transferred to the RCN for manning, Ingonish was commissioned on 08 May 1942. She saw her first service with the Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Forces. She left Esquimalt 17 Mar 1943, for Halifax where, after her arrival on 30 Apr 1943, she was allocated briefly to Western Local Defence Force and then, in Jun 1943, to Halifax Force. In mid-Nov 1943 she had a nine-week refit at Baltimore, Md. In May 1944, she was transferred to Sydney Force and in Feb 1945, back again to Halifax Force. Following an extensive refit at Saint John she went in May 1945 to work up in Bermuda and in June sailed for the U.K. She was returned to the RN at Sheerness on 02 Jul 1945 and placed in reserve until taken to Dunston-on-Tyne for scrapping in 1948.

Commanding Officers

A/LCdr Thomas Philip Ryan (Two-Gun), RCNR - 29 Apr 1942 / 08 May 1942 - 02 May 1943

Lt Freeman Elkins Burrows, RCNVR - 03 May 1943 - 12 Mar 1944

Skpr/Lt George B. McCandless, RCNR - 13 Mar 1944 - 04 Apr 1944

Lt Ronald Charles G. Merriam, RCNVR - 05 May 1944 - 15 Sep 1944

Lt Hugh Victor Shaw, RCNVR - 16 Sep 1944 - 19 Dec 1944

Lt Philip William Lee, RCNVR - 20 Dec 1944 - 25 Feb 1945

Lt H.V. Shaw, RCNVR - 26 Feb 1945 - 26 Mar 1945

Lt Cyril Douglas Chivers, RCNVR - 27 Mar 1945 - 02 Jul 1945

In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice