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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
MATAPEDIA K112
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HMCS MATAPEDIA's
gunshield art |
HMCS MATAPEDIA K112
Credit:
Charles James Sadler, RCNVR, Sto 1c,
V-4963, HMCS Columbia
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Laid down: 02
Feb
1940
Launched: 14
Sep 1940
Commissioned: 09 May 1941
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Paid off: 16
Jun 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in 1950
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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 SCROTON, 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
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Commanding Officers |
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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 |
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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MACLEAN,
James Allen
AB, V1136, RCNVR killed - 12 Dec 1942 (ashore
in St. John's, NFLD)
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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A-B |
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Alward,
Calvin James
1923-2017 |
Bagshaw, John George
____-____
Drafted to MATAPEDIA Jan 1944 as
a Slt, RCNVR |
Bernays, Max
L.
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C-D |
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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 |
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E-F |
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Fell, John
A.
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Fierce, Leo
Thomas
1925-1969 |
Frewer,
John de la Fosse
____-2003
2nd Commanding Officer |
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G-H |
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Gigg, Edmund
Gilbert
1924-2013
Served in MATAPEDIA in 1942 |
Hannis,
James Proctor
____-1994 |
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I-J |
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Iseppon, Ivan
1924-2011 |
Jeffery,
Singleton Charles 1917-1943
Served in MATAPEDIA 07 Feb 1943 -
12 May 1943 |
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K-L |
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Learmonth,
Kenneth W.
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M-N |
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Manuel,
Laurence A.
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Mayhew,
John Lawrence
1922-2008 |
Nicholls,
John William ____-1966 |
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O-P |
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O'Hearn,
Lappan Patrick
1922-2009 |
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Q-R |
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Ryan, David
Hugh Patrick
1923-2002 |
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S-T |
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Steele,
Arthur
1921-2015 |
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W-X |
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Walker,
James Thomas
1925-2011 |
Windle,
John Patrick
1925-2005 |
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Former Crew Members
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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
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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
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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
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HMCS MATAPEDIA's gunshield art
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Crew members of HMCS MATAPEDIA K112
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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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
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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
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HMCS MATAPEDIA K112
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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HMCS MATAPEDIA K112
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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HMCS MATAPEDIA K112
From the collection of Robert Sheppard Dibben
Courtesy of Bill Dibben
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Sketch of HMCS MATAPEDIA
From the collection of James Hannis
Courtesy of Donna Kennedy
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