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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
MICMAC R10 / 214
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MELKEDAE
FEARLESS |
HMCS Micmac 214 circa 1954
"C/O at that time was Commander
George (Trigger) Wadds, a great skipper"
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan
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Laid down: 20 May 1942
Launched: 18
Sep 1943
Commissioned: 18
Sep 1945
Paid
off: 30 Nov 1951
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Re-commissioned:
14 Aug 1953
Paid off: 31
Mar 1964
Fate:
Broken up in 1965
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Built by Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Micmac
was commissioned at Halifax on 18 Sep 1945. Alone of her class, she never
fired a shot in anger but spent her entire career as a training ship. On 16
Jul 1947, she collided in fog with SS Yarmouth County off Halifax, suffering
very extensive damage to her bows. While under repair she was partially
converted to a destroyer escort, returning to her duties early in 1950.
On 23 Aug 1950 The Canadian Special
Service Squadron, consisting of the MAGNIFICENT, Huron and MICMAC sailed
from Halifax for a three-moth training cruise to Europe. The Canadian
Special Service Squadron arrived at Londonderry on 01 Sep 1950. For the next
two weeks the ships carried out an intensive anti-submarine training
program. From 'Derry they went to Rosyth, Scotland, and then to Oslo,
Norway. Ships of the Special Service Squadron called at seven ports -
Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Portsmouth and
Cherbourg - within 22 Days. The Special Service Squadron completed the
continental phase of its training cruise with visits to Lisbon and
Gibraltar. Following a strenuous exercise period with the British Home
Fleet, the ships sailed westward for Bermuda. There the MAGNIFICENT, HURON
and MICMAC were joined by the frigates LA HULLOSIE and SWANSEA and the five
ships arrived at Halifax on 27 Nov 1950.
Paid off on 30 Nov 1951 for conversion
to a destroyer escort,
she was re-commissioned on 14 Aug
1953.
In Apr 1963, 12 RCN ships, Algonquin, Micmac, Cayuga, St. Croix, Terra
Nova, Kootenay, Swansea, La Hulloise, Buckingham, Cape Scott, CNAV
Bluethroat and CNAV St. Charles, took part in NATO Exercise New Broom
Eleven, an exercise designed to test convoy protection tactics (click
here to see the newspaper article).
In Oct 1963,
Bonaventure, Algonquin, Cayuga, Micmac and Saskatchewan took part in a NATO
exercise in which all participating ships were battered by a severe North
Atlantic storm (click
here to see the newspaper article).
At the end of 1963, after
ten further strenuous years of training, NATO exercises, and "showing
the flag", she was declared surplus and, on 31 Mar 1964, paid off at
Halifax. Sold in 1964 to marine salvage Co., she was resold and in Oct 1964
she arrived at Faslane, Scotland and was broken up in 1965.
RCN Memories:
Mediterranean
Mooring Shore
Patrol The
Battle of St. Margaret's Bay
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Remembering
R10 - The story of Micmac and the collision with SS Yarmouth
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Commanding Officers |
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LCdr Ralph Lucien Hennessy,
DSC, RCN - 12 Sep 1945 - 27 Mar 1947
LCdr John Coldecott Littler, RCN -
28 Mar 1947 - 05 Sep 1947
LCdr Frederick Charsley Frewer,
RCN - 16 Nov 1949 - 30 Nov 1951
Cdr George M. Wadds,
RCN - 14 Aug 1953 - 26 Aug 1954
Cdr J.C. Smyth, RCN - 27 Aug 1954 - 01 Sep
1955
Cdr E.T.G. Madgwick,
DSC, RCN - 02 Sep 1955 - 08 Jul 1956 |
Cdr Latham Brerton Jenson,
RCN - 09 Jul 1956 - 04 Aug 1957
Cdr N. Cogdon,
RCN - 05 Aug 1957 - 13 Jun 1958
Cdr Andrew Barry Crafurd German,
RCN - 10 Mar 1959 - 15 Dec 1959
Cdr G.R. Smith,
RCN - 16 Dec 1959 - 09 Feb 1961
Cdr William James Stuart,
RCN - 10 Feb 1961 - 14 Aug 1962
LCdr James Mortimer Cutts, RCN -
15 Aug 1962 - 31 Mar 1964 |
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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ACTON,
Joseph William John
LS, 4458, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 
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APPLEYARD,
Richard Alan
OS, 5734-H, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
CARTER,
Robert Henry
OS, H6031, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
GAGNE, Gerard Louis
LS, H4146, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
GOODLAD,
Thomas Alexander Anthony
AB, H5316, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
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FERGUSON,
P.L
Pay Writer, RCN
Lost at sea - 05 Nov 1957
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JELINEK,
Rudolph Jose
AB, N44564, RCN
died - 18 Nov 1960
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KENDRICKS, Peter R.
Civilian Dockyard Worker
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
MANSON,
Donald Stuart
OS, H6060, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
MARTEL,
Joseph Gregoire Bernard
AB, H6172, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
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MILLER,
Lorne Harley
AB, V32747, RCNVR
died
- 16 Jul 1947 |
STEPHEN,
Samuel Stewart
AB, 4075, RCN
killed -
16 Jul 1947 |
WARD,
Howard Hartnel
LS, 3958-H, RCN
killed - 16 Jul 1947 |
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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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Ash, Eldon
Joseph
1931-2015
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Ayer,
John Carleton III
1925-2011
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Bays,
Rodney
1924-2006
Served in Micmac in 1959 as XO |
Bedell,
Russell B. |
Beecher,
Scott Eaton ____-2102
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Berryman,
Bryan J.
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Bissell, Philip, G.
1926-2019
Served in Micmac in 1963 as LCdr,
RCN, XO
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Blundell,
Hugh Gordon
____-2018
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Bonner,
Albert L.
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Bonter,
George Milton
____-2012
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Brotzel,
Eugene C.
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Brown, Donald
(Buster)
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Bruce,
William Ernest
____-2007
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Burnett,
Gerald Clarke
1935-2003
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Burns, Pat
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C-D |
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Chandler,
Thomas H. |
Cherrington,
Keith
1936-2016
Served in Micmac Jul 1962 - Mar
1964 |
Clark,
Donald Stanley
____-1963
Served in Micmac in 1953 as a
Midshipman |
Cruickshank,
Robert Douglas
1927-2014 |
Curry,
Donald George
____-2014 |
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d’Entremont,
André Augustin
1941-2018 |
Doutaz,
George E.
1922-2017 |
Dyck,
Henry W. |
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E-F |
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Elstone,
Thomas E.
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Fenn, Frank |
Franks,
Robert John
1939-1992 |
Fraser,
Earl
____-2002
Served in Micmac in 1947 as an
OS. Was injured in the Micmac - Yarmouth County collision |
Frewer,
Frederick Charsley 1922-2004 3rd
Commanding Officer |
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G-H |
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Galway,
Ronald E.
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German,
Andrew Barry Crawfurd
____-2011
9th Commanding Officer |
Grady,
Peter Harold
1922-2017
Served in Micmac in 1954 as XO |
Graham,
Samuel Robert
1925-2017
Served in Micmac in 1947 as an
AB. Was injured in the Micmac - Yarmouth County collision |
Grant,
Harold Bryce
1927-2015
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Hamilton,
Robert Alexander
____-2011 |
Harich,
John Louis
____-2014 |
Hennessy,
Ralph Lucien
1918-2014 |
Houston,
James Henry
____-2007 |
Hutchings,
Curwen John
1926-2014 |
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I-J |
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Iorio,
Richard
1936-2014 |
Jenson,
Latham B.
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K-L |
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Kearney,
Joseph Patrick
1935-2012 |
Kowalsky,
Karl James
____-2008 |
Krehbiel,
Richard Merle
1916-1983 |
Kyle,
Ted
____-2018 |
Leck,
Glen Elroy
1929-2011 |
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Lees,
Joseph C.
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Legault,
Edgar O.
____-1997
Served in Micmac in 1947 as an
AB. Was injured in the Micmac - Yarmouth County collision |
Lewis,
Keith Dunham
1926-2011 |
Logan,
John Wellington
1923-2018
Served in Micmac in 1953 |
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M-N |
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Mahoney,
John Elliott
____-2003
Served in Micmac in 1959 as LCdr,
RCN, XO
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Mahoney,
Leo James
1920-2003
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Marshe,
Gerald Ian
1932-2011 |
McCall,
Albert James 1925-2017 |
McGinn, George
H. |
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McKenzie,
Donald
1933-1954
Served in Micmac in 1954 as an
OS, RCN
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Melanson,
Louis M.
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Mifflin,
Frederick John
1938-2013
Served in Micmac in 1959
as SLt, RCN
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Minchin,
Harry Laurence Adye
1925-2012
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Mitchell,
Stanley F.
1926-2005
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Morton,
John P.
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Mulock,
Arthur F.
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Murray,
Arthur William
1920-2014
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Newton,
John Douglas ____-2017
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O-P |
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O'Sullivan,
James J.C.
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Oxholm,
Bendt A. O'N.
1930-2019 |
Parkin,
John Arthur
____-2017
Served in Micmac during the 1950s |
Pattenden,
Joseph Robert
1929-2010 |
Peeling,
Donald Albert
1929-2012 |
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Pelletier,
R. Ivan
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Pinnell,
Alfred Ollson
1925-1992
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Pitt,
Thomas S. |
Powell,
William Glyndwr
____-2006
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Preston,
Anthony J.
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Procher,
Edward John
1943-2017 |
Prosser,
Gilbert Walter
____-1984
Served in Micmac in her 1st and 2nd
Commission
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Q-R |
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Reid,
W.
____-2008
Served in Micmac in 1947 as an
AB. Was injured in the Micmac - Yarmouth County collision |
Roberts,
Bernard
____-2006 |
Robertson,
Ronald Albert
1928-2017 |
Rollinson,
Frederick M.
____-1950 |
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S-T |
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Shaw, Colin
Heggerston Purves
1925-2009
Served in Micmac in 1947 as A/Lt,
RCN |
Sherred,
Ross Edward
1929-2013
Served in Micmac in 1947 as an
OS. Was injured in the Micmac - Yarmouth County collision |
Shimmin,
Robert Allen
1924-2012 |
Small,
Ronald
____-2013 |
Smith,
Herbert Hartley
1920-2007 |
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Somers,
George Henry
1921-2009 |
Stapleton, Dennis |
Stitt, Don
M.
1924-____ |
Swim,
Ronald Floyd
____-2014 |
Tate,
David Henry
1931-2015
Served in Micmac in 1962 as LCdr,
RCN, OpsO |
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Taylor,
Gary Sydney
____-2014 |
Timbrell,
Robert Walter
1920-2006 |
Titus,
Alexander Cowan
1927-1950 |
Tobin, Bruce
T.G. |
Tomlinson,
Gordon Earle
1925-2015 |
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U-V |
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Vondette,
Henry William 1924-2006
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W-Z
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Walsh,
Gerald Francis
1937-2017
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Walton,
William James
1925-1996
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Watson,
Irving Archibald ____-2018 |
Whittaker,
James A. |
Wilcox,
Harold R. |
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Willdey,
Jack R.
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Wilwand,
Robert E.
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Former Crew Members
INJ = Injured when HMCS Micmac collided
with SS Yarmouth County on 16 Jul 1947
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Angle, Walter H., 5887-H
Baker, John, AB, V26012 (INJ)
Bonner, Andrew, AB, 6441-H, RCN (INJ)
Brennen, Michael Francis, SLt, RCNVR - 16 Apr 1945
Boulton, Kenneth, Signalman, RCN - Oct 1956 - Jan 1957
Brookbanks, W.R., LS, 3891-H, RCN (INJ)
Campfield, Derek Oliver, Lt, RCNR - 09 Apr 1946
Cheriton, William Ross, Lt (El), RCNVR - 10 May 1945
Connors,
Thomas Edward, A/Lt, RCNR - 08 Jul 1946 / Lt, RCN - 10 Jun 1947
Daschuk,
Joseph, OS, 50553-H, RCN (INJ)
Davies,
David Lloyd, Lt, RCNR - 10 Jul 1946
Dawson,
Larry, SN, RCN
Dear,
Harold Claud, Wt (E), RCN - 01 Jul 1945
Eden, Lawrence Kenneth, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Mar 1945 (Stand by)
Eberlee, Vaughan, AB, 5743-H, RCN (INJ)
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Evans, Roger Albert, A/SLt, RCN - 07 Jun 1950
Faulkner, Ralph, OS, 6356-H, RCN (INJ)
Geoghegan, Leo, OS, 6637-H, RCN (INJ)
Hatfield, Byron Maxwell, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 12 Apr 1945 (Stand by)
Holstead,
Gordon Ramsey, OSS & ABLR1, RCN
Huculak, Walter, Lt (L), RCNR - 17 May 1946
Leblanc, Edgar; AB, 4600-H, RCN (INJ)
Liddle, Jack; AB, V86353 (INJ)
MacDonald, Robert Ross, Lt (L), RCN - 29 Jul 1950
Mandy, Lawrence, OS, 5993-H, RCN (INJ)
McClung, Alan Russell, Gnr (T), RCN - 24 May 1946 / Gnr (TAS) (T),
RCN - 24 May 1947
Middleton, Robert Earl, RCN
Moore, Art D. - 17 Dec 1961
O'Brien,
Gerald Patrick, Lt, RCNVR - 07 May 1945 (Stand by)
Okros,
Richard Dennis, SLt, RCN - 1953
Richardson,
Harry (Henry), 19096-H - 1956
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Sharo, Henry, AB, V23689 (INJ)
Skelton, Peter Hamilton, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Mar 1945 (Stand by)
Silliphant, Donald, AB, 6077-H, RCN (INJ)
Slade, Stuart Leonard, Lt, RCN 01 Mar 1945
Smith,
Malcolm Edward, Lt, RCNVR - 19 Mar 1945
Stapleton,
Dennis, Gunner
Stewart,
Gordon, ABTD3, RCN - Feb 1956 - Feb 1958 
Stonehouse,
Llewellyn Owen, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jun 1945 (Stand by)
Sullivan,
Gerald (Jerry)
Tanner, George William, Gnr (T), RCN - 01 Feb 1945
Trottier, Fred, Sto 1c - Jul 1946 - Aug 1947 / PO2 - Apr 1950 - Aug
1950 / P1ER-C2ER - Sep 1962 - Mar 1964
Walton, David Martin, Lt (S), RCN - 15 May 1947
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Photos
and Documents
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Carved ship's badge from the Chiefs and Petty Officers
Mess aboard Micmac
From the collection of CPO Tom Elstone
Courtesy of Rick Elstone
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HMCS Micmac jacket patch
From the collection of CPO Tom Elstone
Courtesy of Rick Elstone
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The Launching of HMCS Micmac
The Winnipeg Evening Tribune 20 Sep 1943
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Tribal class destroyer HMCS Micmac
launched from Halifax shipyards on 18 September 1943
Source John F. Rogers NSARM accession
no. 1995-370 no. 13
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Wartime ad - HMCS MICMAC
Source: Canada's War at Sea - published Montreal 1944
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy
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HMCS Micmac during builder's trials
From the collection of Harry Seright
Courtesy of Steve Hlasny
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HMCS Micmac R10
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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HMCS Micmac in drydock at Halifax, June
1945 |
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HMCS Micmac R10
From the collection of William Connor
Courtesy of Jason Salter |
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HMCS Micmac R10 circa 1946-1947
Photo taken from HMCS Warrior
From the collection of George Crewe
Courtesy of Catherine Crewe |
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HMCS MICMAC under repair after being rammed by
SS Yarmouth County on 16 Jul 1947. Photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS
From the collection of CPO1
Archie MacArthur, RCN
Courtesy of Colleen Coons |
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Special Service Squadron
Deployment - 1950
HMCS MAGNIFICENT, HMCS HURON,
HMCS MICMAC
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SSS01 |
SSS02 |
SSS03 |
SSS04 |
SSS05 |
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SSS06 |
SSS07 |
SSS08 |
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(SSS01)
Special Service Squadron certificate - courtesy of John Hawley
(SSS02) Postcard showing the Canadian Special Service
Squadron Cruise - courtesy of Francis Dowdall (SSS03) HMCS
HURON with HMCS MICMAC (outboard) at the Langeline pier, Copenhagen.
The Trekroner seafort is visible in the background on the right -
from the collection of Reg (Smokey)
Rhymes - courtesy of Gordon Rhymes. Location identification by
Erling Baldorf (SSS04) HMCS Huron and HMCS Micmac arriving in
Amsterdam, Oct 11, 1950 - courtesy of Erling Baldorf (SSS05)
Article on the 1950 Special Service Squadron deployment from the
Crowsnest magazine - courtesy of Erling Baldorf (SSS06) HMCS MAGNIFICENT in Rotterdam during the Canadian Special
Service Squadron Cruise - courtesy of Dennis Cardy
(SSS07-SSS08) HMCS MAGNIFICENT, flagship of the CSSS, visits
Copenhagen; the largest warship to do so - courtesy of Erling
Baldorf |
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HMCS Micmac
Photo taken from HMCS Bonaventure
Source: Under
the Cat |
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HMCS Micmac 214, Hamburg, Germany, 1957
Photo by Bruce Drope from the Collection
of John
Rochon
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HMCS Micmac 214
From the photo collection of Lt VS
Curry, CD, RCN (Ret'd)
Courtesy of Gerry Curry |
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From the collection of Eugene Miller
Courtesy of Rene Miller
(To see photos of the 1951 Mediterranean
cruise, see HMCS Magnificent's photo gallery) |
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HMCS Micmac 214, Naples, Italy - 1951
From the collection of Eugene Miller
Courtesy of Rene Miller |
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HMCS Micmac 214 - taken from HMCS
Magnificent
Courtesy of Gerald Sullivan |
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HMCS Micmac 214 refueling from HMCS
Magnificent
Courtesy of Francis Dowdall who was a
crane operator during this refueling |
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HMCS Micmac sails on training trip
Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Tuesday, 27 Apr
1954
Researched by / Courtesy of George
Newbury
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HMCS Micmac at San Miguel, Azores
Courtesy of Gordon Stewart
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HMCS Micmac 214 arriving at (what is
believe to be) Belfast, Ireland
Courtesy of Gordon Stewart
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Sailors off HMCS Micmac ashore at US
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Courtesy of Gordon Stewart
in photo: Arthur Ingrey (of London,
Ontario)
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Art Moore (left) and shipmate Pat Moore,
London, 1962
HMCS Micmac 214
Courtesy of Art Moore
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April/May 1951 - HMCS Micmac 214
conducting a stern fueling with HMCS Magnificent in the
Southern Caribbean Sea
"Fueling
Micmac in a way it is done in convoys. Hose capped, pumped
full of air and floated astern, Micmac picks up hose, secures
it and pumping begins. Seems the hose had a small puncture in
it."
Courtesy
of Gerald Sullivan |
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Invitation for HMCS Micmac ship's company
dance - 25 Feb 1963
Courtesy of Art Moore |
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Invitation for HMCS Micmac ship's company
dance - 21 Nov 1963
Courtesy of Art Moore |
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HMCS Micmac 214
Courtesy of Art Moore
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Newspaper
article, dated 26 Sep 1963, on Algonquin's and Micmac's visit
to Stockholm. The first RCN ship's to do so since 1957
Courtesy
of Art Moore
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Micmac sailors at Art Moore's place circa
1963
Courtesy of Art Moore
If you can identify any of
the people in this photo, please send me an EMAIL
so I can add their names here
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