HMCS MAGOG K673

 

River Class Frigate

 


 

HMCS MAGOG K673

Source: Flickr photo collection of Don Gorham

 

Battle honours and awards:  Gulf of St. Lawrence  1944

 

 

Laid down: 16 Jun 1943

Launched: 22 Sep 1943

Commissioned: 07 May 1944

Torpedoed: 14 Oct 1944

Paid off: 20 Dec 1944

Fate: Sold in 1947,  broken up in 1948

 

Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, she was commissioned in Montreal on 07 Mar 1944. MAGOG arrived at Halifax on 28 May 1944 and worked up briefly in St. Margaret's Bay before sailing for Bermuda to complete the process in Jul 1944. She then returned to Montreal for repairs, subsequently completing these at Halifax in August. There she joined EG 16, performing A/S duty in the Halifax, Gaspé, and Sydney areas. On 14 Oct 1944, while escorting convoy GONS.33 (the Gulf section of ONS.33), she was torpedoed and badly damaged by U 1223 in the St. Lawrence River off Pointe des Monts. Lacking 60 feet of her stern, she was towed to Quebec and there adjudged a constructive total loss. Paid off 20 Dec 1944 to care and maintenance, she was sold in 1947 to Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, who scrapped her in 1948.

 


 

RCN Memories:     A Survivor's Memories - CPO Alfred Lapsley     A Survivor's Memories - CPO Barney Bailey

 

Away Sea Boats Crew!     Life on a WW 2 Frigate

 


 

 

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos

 


 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR - 07 May 1944 - 20 Dec 1944

 


 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

DAVIS, Thomas E.

PO, RCNVR

killed - 14 Oct 1944

ELLIOT, Gordon T.

OS, RCNVR

killed - 14 Oct 1944

KELLY, Kenneth J.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 14 Oct 1944

 


 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

(s) - Survived the Torpedoing of HMCS MAGOG

 

 


 

Former Crew Members

 

Bailey, Barney, CPO, HSD - 1944 (s)

 

Blackwell, Nelson Alexander - drafted to Magog 30 May 1944

 

Borassa, LS

 

Cox, James Duncan

 

Connors, Patrick M.

 

Eckhardt, John William

 

Gilbert, Verdun Palmer, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Mar 1944 / 07 May 1944

 

Grove, Francis Longton, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 12 Jun 1944

 

Hammond, Victor, ERA 3c

 

Howes, Norman, Chief Stoker

 

Hunter, Gordon, ERA, RCNVR

Klayh, Arnold B. 

 

Larson, B.F.

 

Lipsett, Gordon

 

Mackay, Ray A. 

 

Paterson, John Amesbury, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 / 07 May 1944

 

Samuelsen, Sigurd, Lt (E), RCNR - 10 Apr 1944 / 07 May 1944

 

Stanley, James D. (Jim), AB, ASDIC Operator (s) 

 

Steele, N.J., PO

 

Wise, Vincent

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

Dick Esraelian, Stoker 1st Class, St. Catharines, Ont.

John Wright, Stoker 1st Class, Montréal, Que.

From the Esraelian Collection

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

"Buddies"

HMCS Magog crew members. Photo taken looking back at damage from 12 pound gun deck

Anton (Tony) Fuchs, 2nd from left, William Lamey 3erd from left

From the Esraelian Collection

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Looking over the stern at the damage to HMCS Magog

From the World War II photo collection of Errol Stewart

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

"Picking up survivors"

From the Robertson Collection

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Survivors from HMCS Magog

From the collection of Errol Stewart

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

HMCS Magog - after attack by U-1223

Source: Library and Archives of Canada, MIKAN no. 409-0736 Series Title: CN-3820


HMCS Magog at Quebec City

From the Esraelian Collection

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

HMCS Magog in drydock

From the Esraelian Collection

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Damage to HMCS Magog being inspected. Note the shadow of the of the man saluting an officer

From the Esraelian Collection

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Side view of damage to HMCS Magog

From the Esraelian Collection

Courtesy of Edison Stewart


Newspaper article from the Globe and Mail, Wednesday, April 18, 1945 on the torpedoing of HMCS Magog

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Newspaper articles from the Canadian Press on the torpedoing of HMCS Magog

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Newspaper articles from the Canadian Press on the torpedoing of HMCS Magog

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

THE TORPEDOING OF HMCS MAGOG by Herb C. Montgomery, September, 1947

(Courtesy of Edison Stewart)

Crew members of HMCS Magog by the damaged section of the ship

From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN, Ret'd

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Herb Montgomery sitting by the damaged section of HMCS Magog

From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN, Ret'd

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Herb Montgomery

From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN, Ret'd

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Looking at the mast of HMCS Magog

From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN, Ret'd

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Damage to HMCS Magog

From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN, Ret'd

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

HMCS Magog at sea

From the collection of Herb Montgomery, RCN, Ret'd

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

These photographs help show the extent of the damage U-1223's torpedo inflicted on the frigate HMCS Magog. The explosion of the torpedo's warhead destroyed over 18 meters of Magog's stern, leaving the ship badly damaged and without propulsion. After being towed to Quebec City for inspection, the severity of Magog's damage led to its being written off as a total loss.

Source: Canadian War Museum George Metcalf Archival Collection CWM 20030315-002_p10

Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum

HMCS Magog under tow by HMCS Shawinigan - 14 Oct 1944

DND/RCN photo.  Neg # DB0220-2

From the collection of Harry Marshall

Courtesy of Jeff Marshall

HMCS Magog in drydock after being torpedoed by U-1223

Source: Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA

Letter inviting Mr. Choquette, M.P. of Magog, Quebec to the launching of HMCS Magog

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

The town of Magog remembers - Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the torpedoing of HMCS Magog

Courtesy of Edison Stewart

Cenotaph at Magog, Quebec commemorating those lost on 14 October 1944

A few sailors (looks like they are doing guard training as they have white belts and bayonets)

John E. Murphy, 2nd Row, 1st on left

From the collection of John Ernest Murphy

 


 

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