HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279

 

Llewellyn Class Minesweeper

 

 

post wartime badge

HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279

From the collection of Doug Lester, Lt, RCNVR / RCN

Courtesy of Matt D'Entremont

 

Launched: 14 Nov 1941

Commissioned: 24 Aug 1942

Paid off: 16 Jul 1948

Fate: Unknown

 

Built at Chantier Maritime de St. Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Que., she was commissioned at Quebec City on 24 Aug 1942. She was assigned to Halifax Local Defence Force, and spent her wartime career on precautionary sweeps of the Halifax approaches. After the war she served as guard vessel  for the reserve fleet. In May 1947 she was performing Bathythermographic duties.  Paid off on 16 Jul 1948, she was sold in 1949.

 

 

Photos and Documents          The Ship's Bell

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt G.F. Crosby, RCNVR - 24 Aug 1943 - 11 Oct 1943

Ch/Skpr William H. Crocker, RCNR - 12 Oct 1943 - 07 Nov 1943

* unknown 08 Nov 1943 - 24 Nov 1943

Ch/Skpr William H. Crocker, RCNR - 26 Nov 1943 - 23 Feb 1945

Lt John Franklin Stevens, RCNVR - 24 Feb 1945 - 08 May 1945

Skpr/Lt Claude K. Darrach, RCNR - 09 May 1945 - 23 Jun 1945

Skpr/Lt Eugene Augustus Codner, RCNR - 24 Jun 1945 - 08 Jan 1946

Bos'n James Robert Addison, RCN - 09 Jan 1946 - 27 Jan 1946

Skpr/Lt Eugene Augustus Codner, RCNR 28 Jan 1946 - 03 Mar 1946

Bos'n James Robert Addison, RCN - 04 Mar 1946 - 07 May 1946

Lt Lloyd John MacGregor, RCN(R) - 08 May 1947 - 21 Jun 1948

Lt Kenneth Albert Stone, RCN - 22 Jun 1948 - 16 Jul 1948

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Craik, Egill Christian, SLt, RCNVR - 18 Feb 1945

Lansfield, Charles, PO Motor Mechanic

MacPherson, John Adam, A/Lt, RCNVR - 15 Feb 1945

Ogden, Kenneth Walter, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945

William, Donald Muro, Lt, RCN(R) - 21 Jun 1945, XO

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

(DL50) HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279 - 1946

From the collection of Doug Lester, Lt, RCNVR / RCN

Courtesy of Matt D'Entremont

 

 

(LLDG001) HMCS LLEWELLYN J278 and HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279 under construction at the Île d’Orléans shipyard, Quebec  //  Source: virtual.museum.ca

 

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(LLDG002) Sailors on the fo'c's'le of HMCS LLOYD GEORGE J279 - June 1943  //  Source: Library and Archives of Canada

(LLDG003) Personnel handling the magnetic minesweeping cable aboard the minesweeper HMCS LLOYD GEORGE off Halifax  //  Source: Library and Archives of Canada

 

 

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