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HMCS
LA HULLOISE K668 / 305
River
Class / Prestonian Class Frigate
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Post WW II Badge |
HMCS LA HULLOISE K668 entering
Gladstone Dock, Liverpool
IWM Photo, A 8098
From the collection of Thomas J.
Simpson |
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1945
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Laid down: 10
Aug 1943
Launched: 29
Oct 1943
Commissioned: 20 May 1944
Paid
off: 19 Oct 1945
Re-commissioned:
24 Jun 1949
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Paid off: 23
Nov 1953 for Prestonian conversion
Re-commissioned:
09 Oct 1957
Paid off: 16
Jul 1965
Fate: Broken up at La Spezia, Italy, in 1966
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Commissioned at Montreal on 20 May 1944,
LA HULLOISE arrived at Halifax in Jun 1944. She proceeded to Bermuda in
Jul 1944 to work up, and on returning was assigned to EG 16 at Halifax.
In Oct 1944 she was re-assigned to EG 25, and transferred with it to
Londonderry in Nov 1944. She spent the remainder of the war in
U.K. waters, based variously at 'Derry and Rosyth. On 07 Mar 1945,
with Strathadam and Thetford Mines, she took part in sinking U 1302
in St. George's Channel. Late in May 1945 she sailed for Canada to
undergo tropicalization refit at Saint John. Work was completed 19
Oct 1945, but the Pacific war had ended and she was paid off at
Halifax on 06 Dec 1945. When she was re-commissioned for cadet and new entry
training in 1949 her Co, LCdr Jette, was also SO Reserve Fleet East
Coast. In Jun 1953 HMCS Swansea was part of the Canadian Squadron that
attended the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Fleet Review at Spithead.
On 23 Nov 1953 LA HULLOISE was paid off for conversion to a
Prestonian class ocean escort. She was commissioned as such on 09
Oct 1957. On 13 Feb 1959, HMCS Fort Erie, HMCS Buckingham, HMCS Swansea and
HMCS LA HULLOISE returned to Halifax after a 5 week exercise in southern
waters that included a port visit to Kingston, Jamaica. In Apr 1963, 12 RCN ships, Algonquin, Micmac, Cayuga, St. Croix,
Terra Nova, Kootenay, Swansea, LA HULLOISE, Buckingham, Cape Scott, CNAV
Bluethroat and CNAV St. Charles, took part in NATO Exercise New Broom
Eleven, an exercise designed to test convoy protection tactics (click
here to see the newspaper article). LA HULLOISE was paid off on 16 Jul
1965 and broken up at La
Spezia, Italy, in 1966.
U-Boats Sunk:
U-1302 (Kptlt Wolfgang Herwatz) a type VIIC/41 U-boat, sunk on 07 Mar 1945 by HMCS
LA HULLOISE K668, HMCS Thetford Mines K459 and HMCS Stathadam K682 in St.
George's Channel, position
52-19 N, 05-23 W. Of her crew of 48 there were no survivors.
RCN Memories:
Don't
Bend the Bollards
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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LCdr John. Brock,
RCNVR - 20 May 1944 - 16 Aug 1945
Lt J.C. Walker,
RCNVR - 17 Aug 1945 - 02 Oct 1945
Lt J.A. Wyatt,
RCNVR - 03 Oct 1945 - 06 Dec 1945
LCdr Marcel Joseph Alphonse Jette,
RCN - 24 Jun 1949 - 31 Dec 1949
Cdr Reginald Amand Webber, DSC,
RCN - 01 Jan 1950 - 13 Jan 1950
Cdr Thomas Charles Pullen,
RCN - 01 Jun 1950 - 22 Sep 1951
Lt A.H. McDonald,
RCN - 23 Sep 1951 - 27 Nov 1952
LCdr Henry Allan Porter, RCN - 28 Nov 1952 - 06 Nov
1953 |
Lt E.H. Hyman,
RCN - 07 Nov 1953 - 23 Nov 1953
LCdr R.M.S. Greene,
RCN - 09 Oct 1957 - 18 Nov 1958
LCdr F.P.R. Saunders, RCN - 19 Nov
1958 - 09 Sep 1960
LCdr W.J.H. Stuart,
RCN - 09 Sep 1960 - 08 Feb 1961
LCdr Peter Harold Grady,
RCN - 08 Feb 1961 - 11 Sep 1962
LCdr Alan Gordon Lowe,
RCN - 11 Sep 1962 - 11 Aug 1964
LCdr Eric Arthur Makin,
RCN - 11 Aug 1964 - 16 Jul 1965 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Artiss,
Francis
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Baker,
Donald F.
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Benson,
George F. A.
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Bone,
Richard M.
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Breen,
Hugh F.
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Brock, John
P.
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Brooke,
Eric
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Burke,
Patrick J.
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Butchart,
Arthur A.
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Clark,
David W.
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Clark,
Harold E.
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Clarke, Alan
K.
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Craddock,
G.H. William
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Cumming,
James M.
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Darby,
Ronald F.
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DeCosta,
Wilfred H.
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Deveau,
Arthur
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Doutre,
Gilles
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Dubois,
Bernard
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Edwards,
Murray H.
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Elstone,
Thomas E.
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Embury,
Charles W.
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Friend,
James T.
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Gable,
Robert P.G.
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Gagnon,
Joseph R.B.
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Gardiner,
John E.
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Goodwin,
Willard
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Gorman,
Andrew D.
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Grady,
Peter H.
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Grant,
Kenneth E.
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Haughey,
Leonard J.
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Heard,
Trevor F.
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Hill, Gerald
H.
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Hunter,
Donald F.
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Janson,
Frederick N.
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Jette,
Marcel J. A. T.
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Kearns,
Philip J.
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Kilbride,
Gerald
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King,
Casey
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Langlois,
Howard F.
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Learn, George
F.
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Lowe,
Alan G.
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Lundy,
John G.
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MacIntyre,
Norman E.
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Madigan, John
M.
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Manifold, C.
Robin
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Marcotte,
Grant W.
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Mason, Eric B.
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McCabe,
William G.
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McEwen, Dennis
W.A.
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McGinn, George
H.
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McKim, Larry
A.
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McLeese,
Willis S.
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Melanson,
Louis M.
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Mulock,
Arthur F.
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Murray, John
H.
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Muzyka,
Simon
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Patterson,
Merville J.
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Pigeon,
Paul J.
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Porter,
Henry A.
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Pullen,
Thomas C.
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Purdy,
Clifford I.
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Quick,
Fred A.
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Randall,
Fred C.
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Redden,
Gerald
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Ridgway, H. Matt
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Roberts,
Ralph D.
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Sawyer,
Thomas A.
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Simpson,
Thomas J.
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Smart,
James P.
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Steinburg,
Noel
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Stevens,
Gord
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Stinson,
John W.
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Stone,
George A.
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Sutherland, Neil
M.
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Turner, Anthony N.
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Van
Fleet, Bernard J.
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Veniot,
Ralph E.
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Walker, N.
Roger
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Webber, Reginald A.
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Welsman, George G.
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Whitby, Joseph E.
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White, Raymond P.
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Wilson,
Joseph F.
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Wright,
William C.S.
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Mascot - 1945
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Mascot - 1945 |
Mascot - 1945 |
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Former Crew Members
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Ashton,
Cliff J.
Belanger,
Joseph Marcel, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 04 Jul 1944
Bath,
Ronald, Sig
Bennett,
Frederick John, WT (E), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Benton,
Anthony Fabian, Lt, RCN - 01 Jun 1950
Cocks,
John Henry McGregor, Lt (S), RCN - 01 Jun 1950
Comeau,
Joseph Edward, V40475, RCNVR
Cousineau,
Leo E., SLt, RCN - 1955
Deveau,
Moise Arthur
Edison,
William GH. (Bill), LS.ET
Erickson,
Wayne, Electrician - Jun 1960 - Mar 1962
Evans,
Herbert Dennis, Lt (S), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Gable,
Robert, Sto - 1944 - 1945
Gagne,
Joseph Paul Rene, WT (E), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Gautheir,
Jean Joseph, Lt, RCN - 30 Jun 1951
Gilhen,
Augustus, Wt/Shpt, RCN - 24 Jun 1949
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Glover,
George Randal, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 May 1944 (Stand by) / 20 May 1944
Gove,
Harry Edmond, Lt (El), RCNVR - 06 Jun 1945
Graham,
Adam Henry, LCdr (E), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Geddes,
George Scott, A/LCdr (S), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Greaves,
Gordon Kenneth, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jun 1944
Jamieson,
Kenneth, Wt (L), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Jenning,
Bernard Joseph, Cd (E), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Johnston,
Charles Edward, Bos'n, RCN - 24 Jun 1949
King,
Stanley Mackenzie, Lt, RCN - 01 Jun 1950
MacKinnon,
Patrick, Lt (N)
McDonald,
Arthur Hathaway, Lt, RCN - 01 Jun 1950, XO
Millen,
James Frederick, Lt (E), RCN - 01 Jun 1950
Mitchell,
Bill (alive and well 2018) 
Murray,
O'Connor James, Lt, RCN - 01 Jun 1950
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Myers,
Ralph, CPO, Electrician - early 1960s
Proctor,
Bob
Proud,
Franklin Milford, Lt, RCN(R) - 01 Jun 1950
Rowan,
William Oliver, SLt, (El), RCNVR - 26 Jun 1944
Sampson,
Harvey, RS - Feb 1962 - Feb 1963
Sauve,
Maurice - 1962
Vickers,
William (Bill)
Walker,
James Cowan, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Apr 1944 / 20 May 1944
Walkley,
James Nicol, Wt (E), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Wiggs,
Edgar Alfred, Lt (P), RCN - 24 Jun 1949
Wilson,
Dennis, ABSN1, RCN - 1961-1964
Wyatt,
John Angus, Lt, RCNVR, 10 May 1944 (Stand by) / 20 May 1944
Young,
John Barclay, Lt (P), RCN, XO - 24 Jun 1949 |
Photos
and Documents
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HMCS LA HULLOISE K668 entering Gladstone
Dock, Liverpool.
From the collection of Thomas J. Simpson
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Rowing Crew of HMCS LA HULLOISE K668.
From the collection of Thomas J. Simpson
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HMCS LA HULLOISE K668
Photo
(probably) taken from HMCS Strathdam.
From the collection of Thomas J. Simpson
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HMCS
LA HULLOISE in refit in (believed to be)
Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Photographer:
Thomas
J. Simpson
©
the collection of Thomas J. Simpson
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HMCS LA HULLOISE 305 - after Prestonian
class conversion |
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The Big Guns on HMCS LA HULLOISE K668
Twin QF 4-inch MK XIX Naval Guns with friends of Thomas J. Simpson.
Photo taken by Thomas J. Simpson ©
Thomas J. Simpson
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Newspaper article on the sinking of U-1302 by
Strathadam, LA HULLOISE and Thetford Mines
The Hamilton Spectator, 09 Jun 1945 |
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Fo'c's'le of HMCS LA HULLOISE
K668
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Stern view of HMCS LA HULLOISE K668. Note
the absence of guns on the platforms - possibly taken when she was
fitting out
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Funnel and mast of HMCS LA HULLOISE K668. Note
the funnel cover is on.
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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HMCS LA HULLOISE K668 (inboard). Outboard ship
unknown
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Jacket patch for HMCS LA HULLOISE K668
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Turner and George Learn - V.E. Celebrations
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Barnson and George Learn - Stoker Mess, HMCS LA HULLOISE
K668
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Stokers on the 4" gun of HMCS LA HULLOISE K668 - Sep 1945
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Stokers on the jetty (HMCS LA HULLOISE K668 in
background)
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Bill Mitchell (Mitch), George Learn and Bob on HMCS
LA HULLOISE K668
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Jack, George Learn, Pete and John on HMCS LA HULLOISE
K668
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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George Learn and Bob - Saint John, NB
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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Casselman, George Learn and Pete on HMCS LA HULLOISE
K668
From the collection of George Francis Learn
Courtesy of Brian Learn |
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George Learn (left) and Bill Mitchell (Mitch)
on HMCS LA HULLOISE K668
Courtesy of Bill Mitchell |
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HMCS LA HULLOISE 305
DND/RCN Photo |
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HMCS LA HULLOISE to Enter for Refit
Halifax Chronicle-Herald 14 May 1959
Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury |
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HMCS LA HULLOISE 305, Autumn 1962, taken during
the 9th Squadron's visit to Churchill, MB
From the collection of Angus Gillingham
Courtesy of Peter Gillingham |
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