HMCS MALPEQUE J149

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Laid down: 24 Apr 1940

Launched: 05 Sep 1940

Commissioned: 04 Aug 1941

Paid off: 09 Oct 1945

Re-acquired by RCN: 1952

Fate: Sold for scrap in Feb 1959

A/LCdr William R. Stacey, RCNR - 04 Aug 1941 - 05 Aug 1942

Lt J.G. McQuarrie, RCNR - 06 Aug 1942 - 13 Sep 1942

A/LCdr William Roland Stacey, RCNR - 14 Sep 1942 - 12 Aug 1943

Lt J.A. Dunn, RCNVR - 13 Aug 1943 - 13 Sep 1943

A/LCdr W.R. Stacey, RCNR - 14 Sep 1943 - 24 Oct 1943

Lt Donald Davis, RCNVR - 25 Oct 1943 - 25 Apr 1945

Lt Orrin Ralph Archibald, RCNVR - 26 Apr 1945 - 09 Oct 1945

Archibald, Orrin R.

Bourgeois, Joseph A.

Brissenden, Barry S.

Brown, John Q. H.

Campbell, Crichton D.

Chapman, Myron E.

Clayton, Alfred E. J.

Cotey, Thomas J.

Dawson, C. G. Stewart

DeLaFranier, L. James

Dick, Sidney A.

Dohm, William N.

Fleming, George H.

Gilbert, Kenneth M.

Graves, Harold

Hill, James A.

Hurtubise, Albert J.

Lillie, Gerald R.

Maves, Reginald M.

MacDonnell, Donald J.

McCauley, Jack C.

McNally, William H.

Miller, Robert N.

Mitchell, Donald J.

O'Hearn, James M.

Paradis, Paul V.

Stacey, William R.

Stevens, A. H. Pete

Stevens, Harry W.

Tully, Timothy J.

Waters, Donald M.

Young, Donald D.

Ship's Mascot

Baird, A. Kenneth, PO - 1945

Cannon, William Reagh, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Apr 1943

Clarke, A., L/Sto of Halifax - 1944

Clark, Stuart, LT (E), RCNVR - 05 Jun 1945

Gagne, Joseph Paul Rene, RCN - 21 May 1944

Hornbrook, John Jeffry, SLt, RCNVR - 16 Apr 1945

James, J., AB of Dartmouth, NS - 1944

LeBlanc, P., L/Sto - 1944

Lidell, Bert, AB, M.I.D., of Kingston, ON - 1944

MacDonald, Angus Raymond, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Apr 1945

MacDougall, D., A/ERA - 1944

McIsaac, J., Sig of Sydney, NS - 1944

Mombourquette, F., AB - 1944

O'Hearn, M., Stwd - 1944

Riggs, R., L/Sto - 1944

Shepherd, Sydney Woodroofe, Lt, RCNVR - 04 Mar 1942 - 1944

Slater, Herbert Ronald, SLt, RCNVR - 09 Apr 1945

Still, Allen, LS - 1944

Tilley, L, ERA, of Halifax, NS - 1944

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 HMCS MALPEQUE J148 - England 1944 - photo taken from HMCS WASAGA

From the collection of AB.LTO Len Burton

Courtesy of David Burton

HMCS MALPEQUE J148

Source: Queen's Co. Museum, Liverpool, NS

Courtesy of Don Smith

Gerald Lillie (right) and winger

From the collection of Gerald Lillie

Courtesy of Phil Lillie

HMCS MALPEQUE J148 Christmas Card - 1943

From the collection of Thomas J. Cotey

Courtesy of Tim Cotey

Officers of HMCS MALPEQUE J148

Front Centre: LCdr W.R. Stacey, Commanding Officer

Back row, right: Lt Jack McCauley

Source: Nauticapedia / Patrick McCauley Collection

LCdr William Roland Stacey, Commanding Officer, HMCS MALPEQUE J148 - 1944

Source: Nauticapedia / Patrick McCauley Collection

HMCS MALPEQUE J148

From the collection of Jim Silvester

Courtesy of Jim Silvester

HMCS MALPEQUE Christmas card

From the collection of M.E. Chapman

Courtesy of Pete Chapman

Message sent to HMCS Caraquet, HMCS Vegreville, HMCS Cowichan and HMCS MALPEQUE on their departure for Europe - 19 Feb 1944

From the collection of M.E. Chapman

Courtesy of Pete Chapman

Invasion money and badge taken as a souvenir from a German ship that was boarded in the Channel

From the collection of M.E. Chapman

Courtesy of Pete Chapman

Newspaper articles on the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla's involvement in D-Day

Royal Canadian navy ships in the 31st Flotilla were: HMCS CARAQUET, HMCS FORT WILLIAM, HMCS COWICHAN, HMCS BLAIRMORE, HMCS MALPEQUE, HMCS MILLTOWN, HMCS MINAS, HMCS MULGRAVE, HMCS WASAGA and HMCS BAYFIELD

Crew members listed in the 1st article along with the ships' COs are:

HMCS MALPEQUE:  Archibald, Orrin, Lt, XO;  Clarke, A., L/Sto of Halifax;  James, J., AB of Dartmouth;  Riggs, R., L/Sto;  Mombourquette, F., AB;  O'Hearn, M., Stwd;  Tilley, L, ERA of Halifax;  MacDougall, D., A/ERA;  LeBlanc, P., L/Sto;  McIsaac, J., Sig of Syndey;  Lidell, Bert, AB, M.I.D., of Kingston

HMCS MILLTOWN:  Burke, Lester, LS;  Fetinki, Patrick, L/C of Halifax;  Calder, Albert, Sto of Glace Bay;  Darrington, William, L/ERA of Inverness;  Hazell, Rockwell, SBA, of Scotch Village;  MacIntyre, John, ERA of Sydney;  Edwards, J., LS of Dartmouth;  Pineau, Joseph, CPO, M.I.D., of Port Arthur, ON, formerly of Charlottetown;  Birt, Wendell, L/Tell, of Charlotttown

HMCS FORT WILLIAM:  Kelly, George, Lt, from Ireland

From the collection of M.E. Chapman

Courtesy of Pete Chapman

Newspaper article on the RCN's participation in D-Day

From the collection of M.E. Chapman

Courtesy of Pete Chapman

Newspaper article on the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla clearing the approaches to Cherbourg Harbour, France

From the collection of M.E. Chapman

Courtesy of Pete Chapman

Newspaper article showing the minesweeping gear on HMCS MALPEQUE during the Cherbourg operations.

Shown in the photo is LS Allan Still

From the collection of M.E. Chapman

Courtesy of Pete Chapman

Newspaper article showing the minesweeping gear on HMCS MALPEQUE during the Cherbourg operations

From the collection of J. Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR

Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor

LS Allan Still of HMCS MALPEQUE checking minesweeping cable

From the collection of J. Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR

Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor