
HMCS KINCARDINE
K490
Castle
Class Corvette
Laid down: 23
Aug
1943
Launched: 26
Jan 1944
Commissioned: 19
Jun 1944
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Paid off: 27
Feb 1946
Fate:
Sold to private interests, her final disposition is unknown.
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Laid down and launched as HMS Tamworth
Castle, she was, on completion, transferred to the RCN and commissioned at
Middlesbrough on 19 June 1944 as HMCS Kincardine. After working up at Tobermory and
Stornoway she arrived at Londonderry late in Aug 1944 to join EG C-2
but had to return to her builder's for repairs. Returning to
Londonderry in mid-Sep 1944, she remained on local duties until 02
Oct 1944, when she
left to join ON.257, her first convoy. Kincardine served as an ocean
escort for the remainder of the war, leaving 'Derry for the last
time at the beginning of Jun 1945. Briefly allocated to HMCS
Cornwallis for training in Jul 1945, she then underwent a minor refit at
Liverpool, N.S. Placed in maintenance reserve at Halifax in Oct
1945,
she was paid off there on 27 Feb 1946. Later that year she was
sold to the French government and resold in 1947 to Moroccan
interests, to be renamed Saada.
Photos and Documents
Ship's Company Photos
Convoys escorted during WW2
Commanding Officers
A/LCdr
Robert Patrick Brown, RCNVR - 19 Jun 1944 - 27 Aug 1945
A/LCdr A.E. Gough, RCNVR - 28 Aug 1945 - 13 Sep 1945
Skpr/Lt Angus Hector Campbell, RCNR
- 04 Oct 1945 - 27 Feb 1946
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten

Bindley,
John T.
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Brown,
Robert P. |

Campbell,
Angus H.
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Collington,
Raymond W.
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Dallin,
Edward E,
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Denman,
Richard D.
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Dodd,
Stephen R. |
Feesey,
Arthur H.
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Fredrick,
Stanley E.
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Furlott,
P. Douglas |

Hussey, A.J.
Kenneth
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Jaffray,
Alexander
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Logan,
William F.J.
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MacDonald,
Bernard I.
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May, Douglas
E.G.
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McCoy,
Mirrild E.
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Reid, Alfred
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Rhodes,
Reginald A.
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Ruttan,
Garnet C.
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Scalzo,
Raymond
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Smith,
Robert F.
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Snider,
Stewart G.
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Trim,
Stanley A.
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York,
Andrew W.
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Former Crew Members
Brown,
Robert Patrick A/LCdr, RCNVR - 09 Mar 1944 (Stand by) / 19 Jun 1944
Eakins,
James Warner, Lt, RCNVR - 18 Jun 1945
Hutcheson,
Robert Bazatt, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 19 Jun 1944
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Metcalfe,
Donald Folger, Lt, RCNVR - 17 Feb 1945
Rainsford,
John Herbert, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 19 Jun 1944
Sharpe,
Leonard Burleigh, Lt, RCNVR - 20 May 1944 (Stand by) / 19 Jun 1944
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St.
Laurent, Renault Maurice Stephen, Lt, RCNVR - 11 Mar 1944 (Stand by)
/ 19 Jun 1944
Taylor,
William Leonard, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Mar 1944 (Stand by) / 19 Jun 1944
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Photos and
Documents
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BC Men part of crew of HMCS
KINCARDINE
Vancouver Sun, 27 Jul 1944
Sailors
listed in the article: McLeod, Charles (of Vancouver,
BC); Maidland, Peter (of Duncan, BC); Farrell, Richard
(of Vancouver, BC); Dallin, Edward Earl (of Victoria,
BC); Cameron, Andy (of Vancouver, BC); May, Douglas
Ernest Gost (of Chilliwack, BC)
Courtesy of Kasey Hussey |
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KINCARDINE Shipmates: L-R: Reg Rhodes, Ken Hussey
and Alfred (Alfie) Reid
From the collection of Ken
Hussey, RCNVR
Courtesy of Kasey Hussey |
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Sailors on HMCS Kincardine K490
Source: Obituary of Stanley
Frederick |
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Sailors on HMCS Kincardine K490
Source: Obituary of Stanley
Frederick
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JB01 |
JB02 |
JB03 |
JB04 |
JB05 |
JB06 |
JB07 |
(JB01)
HMCS Kincardine K490, Starboard side looking
aft (JB02) HMCS Kincardine K490, Starboard side looking
aft (JB03) Squid launcher on HMCS Kincardine K490 (JB04)
Depth charge thrower on HMCS Kincardine K490 (JB05) HMCS Kincardine K490 under the White Ensign -
Port side looking aft (JB06) Calm Seas - HMCS Kincardine K490 at sea
(JB07) "Up Spirits" - Sailors on HMCS Kincardine K490 enjoying their
Tot on V.E. Day. Written on back of photo " D. Carter"
From the collection of John (Terry) Bindley
Courtesy of Michale Brode
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(RB11)
"The
Old Sweetheart Herself"
HMCS
KINCARDINE K490
(RB12)
Press release on the commissioning of HMCS KINCARDINE in the U.K. The
CO of KINCARDINE, Lt Robert Brown (left) and Capt. T.C. Armstrong, DSC, RN,
NOIC, Tees, England at the commissioning ceremony (RB13) Unidentified
chaplain presiding over the commissioning ceremony (RB14) Prayers held
on HMCS KINCARDINE during the commissioning ceremony (RB15) Lt Robert
Brown, CO of HMCS KINCARDINE on the bridge with two of his officers on
commissioning day (RB16) Service held onboard HMCS KINCARDINE.
It is not known if it is related to the commissioning of the ship.
HMCS
KINCARDINE 1st Reunion
July
9-10, 1989
Kincardine,
Ontario
(RB27)
Speech by J.W. (Bill) Smith, guest speaker at the 1st Kincardine Reunion -
PDF file (RB28) Brief history of HMCS KINCARDINE (RB29-RB30)
Newspaper articles on the 1st HMCS KINCARDINE Reunion

Crew
members from HMCS KINCARDINE at the 1st KINCARDINE Reunion
The
Kincardine Independent, Wed, 12 Jul 1989

Photo
from the above newspaper article
(1)
Harold Miles, Halifax (2) Dick Flower, Winnipeg (3) Jerry Walsh,
North York (4) Stan Frederick, Winnipeg (5) Jack Stewart,
Orillia (6) Edward Dallin, Prince Albert, SK (7) Dave Stone,
Ingersoll
(8)
Ken (duke) Marsland, Sarnia (9) Peter Harrower, Kingston (10)
William Mahon, Downsview (11) Bill Taylor, Duncan, BC (12) Alfie
Reid, Melville, NB (13) Duncan McPherson, Essex (14) Jason
Durance, Tobermory (15) Wes Kaufman, Listowel (16) Morley
Barnes, Mississauga (17) John Rainsford, Mayne Island, BC (18)
Bob Smith, Lachine, QC
(19)
Bill Hoffman, Kamloops, BC (20) Jack MacRiner, Scarborough (21)
Harvey Hyde, Treherne, MB (22) Raymond Scalzo, Transcona, MB
(23) Reg Rhodes, Peterborough (24) Cecil Curwin, Saint John, NB
(25) Mirrild McCoy, Saint John, NB (26) Douglas May, Sardis, BC
(27) Ivan Heath, Brampton (28) John Vincent, Listowel
From
the collection of Robert P. Brown, LCdr,
RCN(R)
Courtesy
of Barbara Brown
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Convoys escorted during WW2
Convoy Desig. |
Convoy Departs from |
Arrives at |
Join as escort |
Depart Convoy |
ON.257 |
Liverpool (02 Oct 1944) |
New York City (18 Nov 1944) |
03 Oct 1944 |
11 Oct 1944 |
SC.159 |
Halifax (18 Oct 1944) |
Liverpool (02 Nov 1944) |
22 Oct 1944 |
02 Nov 1944 |
ONS.36 |
Liverpool (13 Nov 1944) |
Halifax (03 Dec 1944) |
14 Nov 1944 |
28 Nov 1944 |
HX.323
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New York City (29 Nov 1944) |
Liverpool (13 Dec 1944) |
05 Dec 1944 |
13 Dec 1944 |
ON.274 |
Southend (23 Dec 1944) |
New York City (08 Jan 1945) |
24 Dec 1944 |
03 Jan 1945 |
HX.331
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New York City (08 Jan 1945) |
Liverpool (22 Jan 1945) |
13 Jan 1944
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22 Jan 1945 |
ON.282
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Liverpool (01 Feb 1945) |
New York City (19 Feb 1945) |
01 Feb 1945
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13 Feb 1945 |
SC.167 |
Halifax (16 Feb 1945) |
Liverpool (02 Mar 1945) |
19 Feb 1945 |
02 Mar 1945 |
ON.290
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Southend (11 Mar 1945) |
New York City (29 Mar 1945) |
14 Mar 1945 |
24 Mar 1945 |
SC.171 |
Halifax (27 Mar 1945) |
Liverpool (10 Apr 1945) |
31 Mar 1945 |
09 Apr 1945 |
ON.298
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Southend (21 Apr 1945) |
New York City (07 May 1945) |
23 Apr 1945 |
02 May 1945 |
SC.175
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Halifax (07 May 1945) |
Liverpool (21 May 1945) |
10 May 1945 |
20 May 1945 |
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