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HMCS MIDDLESEX
J328
Algerine
Class Minesweeper
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HMCS MIDDLESEX J328
From the photo collection of Ian Ross
Courtesy of David
Ross
Click on the above photo to view a larger
image
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944-45
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Laid down: 29
Sep
1942
Launched: 27 May 1943
(Poss 22 Jul 1943)
Commissioned: 08
Jun 1944
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Paid off: 1945
Re-commissioned:
Mar 1946
Grounded:
02 Dec 1946 - declared a total loss. Broken up
en situ.
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MIDDLESEX
was commissioned at Port Arthur on
08 Jun 1944, arrived at Halifax in mid-July and sailed for Bermuda in Aug
1944 to work up. Assigned to EG W-3 of Western Force, she joined
the group in New York on 30 Aug 1944, direct from Bermuda. MIDDLESEX
was principally engaged as southern local escort to U.K.-bound
convoys out of New York. She was Senior Officer's ship from mid-Nov 1944, until the force was disbanded in
Jun 1945,
whereupon she refitted at Halifax and was placed in maintenance
reserve there. In Mar 1946, she returned to service as emergency
ship at Halifax. On 02 Dec 1946, en route to assist the fishing
vessel Ohio, she ran ashore on Half Island Point, near Halifax. Her
crew escaped unharmed. She was declared a total loss.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Lt Walter James Piercy, RCNR - 08 Jun
1944 - 05 Jan 1946
Lt James Butterfield,
RCNR - 06 Jan 1946 - 15 Jan 1946 |
LCdr Breen Philip Young, MBE,
RCN - 16 Jan 1946 - unk A/Lt Harry Shorten, RCN(R) - 07 Mar
1946 - 02 Dec 1946 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Beteau,
Howard G.
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Butterfield,
James
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Chesley,
Harold
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Collins,
Bruce W. |
Cornell,
Alan R. J.
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Doherty,
Raymond E.
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Greville,
John E. A.
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Huntington,
Samuel R.
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Johnston,
Lloyd A.
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LeGeyt,
Thomas A.
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Miles,
Robert F.
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Parker,
George E. J.
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Perkins,
Elwyn J. H.
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Robinson,
Clayton L. N.
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Ross, Ian S.
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Saunders,
William J.
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Sproule,
James A.
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Tetrault,
Noel W.
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Wolfhard,
William H.
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Young,
Breen P.
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Ship's Mascot - Guts
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Former Crew Members
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Appleby, William Edward, A/Wt (E), RCN - 01 Mar 1944 / 08
Jun 1944
Grav, Arthur Owen, SLt, RCN - 29 May 1946
Jennings, Bernard Joseph, A/Wt (E), RCN - 17 Apr 1945
Laird, Robert Peabody, Lt, RCNVR - 10 May 1944 / 08 Jun
1944
LeLacheur, Robert Murray, Lt (El), RCNVR - 02 Feb 1945
Mitchie, John Richards, SLt (E), RCNVR - 02 Feb 1945
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Moore, Charles Edward, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Mar 1944 / 08
Jun 1944
Quinn, William John, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1945
Robinson, Clayton Lindsay Nelson, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 01 Feb 1945
Shenton, Jack Edmond, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 / 08 Jun
1944
Smith, Carlton George, Surg/A/LCdr, RCNVR - 22 Apr 1945
Smith, Charlton, Lt, Medical Officer, RCNVR
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Photos and
Documents
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MLS001 |
MLS002 |
MLS003 |
MLS004 |
MLS005 |
(MLS001)
HMCS MIDDLESEX J328 // DND- RCN Photo
(MLS002)
HMCS MIDDLESEX J328
(MLS003)
HMCS MIDDLESEX J328 aground at Half Island
Point, near Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia // Source: Shipwrecks
of Nova Scotia
(MLS004)
HMCS MIDDLESEX J328
jacket patch // From the collection
of Robert F. Miles, RCNVR
(MLS005)
Unknown sailor beside the gunshield art of HMCS MIDDLESEX J328
// Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax
Day
to day life at sea aboard HMCS MIDDLESEX J328
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WW11 |
From
the collection of William (Bill)
Wolfhard, Radar, RCNVR
Courtesy
of Peter Wolfhard
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