HMCS MATAPEDIA K112 - For Posterity's Sake

For Posterity's Sake

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS MATAPEDIA K112

Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell

HMCS Matapedia K112

Credit: Charles James Sadler, RCNVR, Sto 1c, V-4963, HMCS Columbia

Laid down: 02 Feb 1940

Launched: 14 Sep 1940

Commissioned: 09 May 1941

Paid off: 16 Jun 1945

Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in 1950

Commissioned at Quebec City on 09 May 1941, Matapedia arrived at Halifax on 24 May 1941. She was assigned to Sydney Force as a local escort until late Sep 1941, when she was transferred to Newfoundland Command for ocean escort work between St. John's and Iceland. On her first trip, she left Sydney on 29 Sep 1941 for Iceland with convoy SC.47. After three round trips she left St. John's on 06 Feb 1942, with SC.68 for Londonderry, returning in Mar 1942 with ON.70. It was to her only trip to the U.K., as she joined WLEF on her return and, with the exception of a stint with Gaspé Force from Nov to Dec 1944, remained with WLEF until the end of the war. She underwent a major refit at Pictou from 08 May 1943, she was rammed amidships in a thick fog off Sambro Lightship by SS Scorton, and seriously damaged. After temporary repairs at Dartmouth from 10 Sep to 12 Oct 1943, she was towed to Liverpool, N.S., for full repairs and refit, including fo'c's'le extension. This was completed early in Feb, 1944, and a month later she proceeded to Bermuda for two weeks' workups, on her return joining EG W-4 for the balance of the war. She underwent one further major refit from 15 Feb to 28 Apr 1945, at Halifax, again followed by workups in Bermuda, but the war was over now and she was paid off at Sorel on 16 Jun 1945. Matapedia was broken up at the Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, ON in 1950.

Photos and Documents Ship's company photos

Commanding Officers

Lt Ronald James Herman, RCNR - 09 Jul 1941 - 26 Apr 1943

Lt John de la Foss Frewer, RCNVR - 27 Apr 1943 - 12 May 1944

Lt Christopher French Usher, RCNVR - 13 May 1944 - 16 Jun 1945

In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice

Lest We Forget

MACLEAN, James Allen

AB, V1136, RCNVR

killed - 12 Dec 1942

(ashore in St. John's, NFLD)

In memory of those who have crossed the bar They shall not be forgotten
A-B
Alward, Calvin James 1923-2017	Bagshaw, John George ____-____ Drafted to Matapedia Jan 1944 as a Slt, RCNVR	Bernays, Max Lepold 1910-1974
C-D
Dibben, Robert Sheppard 1914-1982 Served in Matapedia 11 Jun 1944 - 13 Jun 1945 as an ERA 4c PO, ERA 4c CPO, ERA 3c CPO
E-F
Fell, John Atkinson ____-____	Fierce, Leo Thomas 1925-1969	Frewer, John de la Fosse ____-2003 2nd Commanding Officer
G-H
Gigg, Edmund Gilbert 1924-2013 Served in Matapedia in 1942	Hannis, James Proctor ____-1994
I-J
Iseppon, Ivan 1924-2011	Jeffery, Singleton Charles 1917-1943 Served in Matapedia 07 Feb 1943 - 12 May 1943
K-L
Learmonth, Kenneth William ____-2009
M-N
Manuel, Laurence Arthur 1914-2001 Served in Matapedia 1941-1942 as a Stoker	Mayhew, John Lawrence 1922-2008	Nicholls, John William ____-1966
O-P
O'Hearn, Lappan Patrick 1922-2009
S-T
Steele, Arthur 1921-2015
W-X
Walker, James Thomas 1925-2011	Windle, John Patrick 1925-2005

Former Crew Members

Brynjolfson, Harold, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1942

Charbonneau, Jean Paul, Lt, RCNR - 11 Feb 1944

Flavelle, William Elliott, Slt, RCNR - 09 May 1941

Gordon, John Harold, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 09 May 1941

Gower, Graham Frewer, Slt, RCNVR - 08 Jun 1941

Hewott, John Wilkes, Lt, RCNVR - 09 Feb 1945

Johnston, Robert Windham Squire, Slt, RCNVR - 24 Jul 1942

Parsons, Arthur Winston Churchill, Lt, RCNVR - 25 May 1945

Pearce, Richard Gallery, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Jul 1942

Reid, Leslie Bruce, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Feb 1944

Romans, Henry Manner, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Apr 1945

Ryan, David Hugh Patrick (Pat), Slt, RCNVR - 26 Jul 1943

Southham, Robert Wilson, Lt, RCNR - 09 May 1941

Taylor, Douglas Milton, Slt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1942

Taylor, Wilfred, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 15 Apr 1944

Tosh, Merwin Clarke, Slt, RCNVR - 07 Jul 1944

West, Norman William, Slt, RCNVR - 01 May 1945

Photos and Documents

	Crew members of HMCS Matapedia K112 Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell
	HMCS Matapedia K112 after she was rammed by off Sambro Lightship by SS Scorton on 08 Sep 1943 Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell
	HMCS Matapedia K112 after she was rammed by off Sambro Lightship by SS Scorton on 08 Sep 1943 Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell
	HMCS Matapedia K112 Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell
	HMCS Matapedia K112 Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell
	HMCS Matapedia K112 From the collection of Robert Sheppard Dibben Courtesy of Bill Dibben
	Sketch of HMCS Matapedia From the collection of James Hannis Courtesy of Donna Kennedy

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