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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS MINAS
J165 / 189
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Post wartime badge |
HMCS Minas J165
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1941-44, Normandy 1944
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Laid down: 18
Oct
1940 Launched: 22
Jan 1941
Commissioned: 02
Aug 1941
Paid off: 06
Oct 1945
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Re-acquired by RCN: 1952
Re-Commissioned: 15 Mar 1955
Paid off:
07 Nov 1955
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1958. Broken up in 1959
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Named for Minas Basin in the Bay of Fundy, she
was built at Vancouver and commissioned there 02 Aug 1941. She
sailed for Halifax on 13 Sep 1941, arriving on 19 Oct 1941. After
brief service with Sydney Force, she was assigned in Jan 1942,
to Newfoundland Force. In Nov 1942 she transferred to WLEF, and
when WLEF was divided into escort groups in Jun 1943, she became a
member of EG W-7. That December she was re-assigned to W-4. On 01
Feb 1943, she collided with HMS Liscomb outside Halifax, necessitating
a month's repairs. Minas left Halifax for the U.K. on 20 Feb
1944, with Blairmore, Fort William and Milltown, via the Azores. on
arrival in the U.K. on 08 Mar 1944, she was assigned to the 31st
Minesweeping Flotilla for invasion duties, and was on hand on D-Day.
In Sep 1944 she proceeded to Canada to refit at Dartmouth, N.S.,
returning to Plymouth in Jan 1945. There she rejoined the 31st
Flotilla until she sailed again for Canada on 04 Sep 1945. She was
paid off into reserve at Shelburne on 06 Oct 1945, and later
moved to Sorel, but was re-acquired by the RCN in 1952 and
re-commissioned on 15 Mar 1955 for training on the west
coast. Paid off on 07 Nov 1955, she was sold in Aug
1958, and broken up at Seattle in 1959.
Photos and Documents
Ship's
company photos
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt J.C. Barbour,
RCNR - 02 Aug 1941 - 24 Nov 1941
Lt J.C. Barbour,
RCNR - 02 Dec 1941 - 13 Sep 1942
Lt William Frederick Wood,
RCNR - 14 Sep 1942 - 17 Jun 1943 |
Lt James Barrett Lamb,
RCNVR - 18 Jun 1943 - 25 Oct 1944
Lt John Gault Kingsmill,
RCNVR - 26 Oct 1944 - 01 Sep 1945
LCdr Kenneth Albert Stone,
RCN - 15 Mar 1955 - 07 Nov 1955 |
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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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Bailie,
Theodore S.
1922-2014 |
Balch,
Kenneth James
1913-2001
Served in Minas as CERA
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Baxendale,
Francis Wilmont
____-2003
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Brown,
Norman Frank
1917-2005
Served in Minas 03 Sep 1942
to 29 Sep 1942
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Bruce,
Frank
1925-2001
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C-D |
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Cockburn,
Alfred J.
____-2011
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Dimond, Douglas
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G-H
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Goodwin,
Willard
1924-2016
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K-L |
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Lamb,
James Barrett
1919-2000
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M-N |
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McCombie,
Gerald
1920-2010 |
McKenzie,
J.W.
____-2004 |
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O-P
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Palmquist,
Rolf Challinor
1917-1975 |
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S-T |
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Sharpe,
John Winston
1907-1998
Drafted to Minas 02 Aug 1942 as
Ch Skpr, RCNR, NavO. 10 Dec 1942 appointed Skpr Lt, RCN, XO of
Minas. |
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Former Crew Members
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Bernatchez, Joseph Jean Thomas Henri Maurice, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr
1943
Bosley, Raymond Sedgemore Locke, Slt, RCNVR - 11 Feb 1944
Campbell, R., L/Tel - 1945
Churchward, R., ERA - 1945
Milink, W., L/Ck - 1945
Cunningham, F.A., Lt - 1945
Emond, J.L., Ck - 1945
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Eriksen, Thorstein, Lt (E), RCNR - 07 Jun 1942
Hawkesford,
Ronald Carstairs, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 10 Apr 1942
Hebert,
Joseph Andre Leopold, A/Lt, RCNVR - 20 Feb 1944
Hoffman,
Ward Roderick, Slt (E), RCNVR - 31 May 1943
Howarth,
W., Sto - 1945
Jamieson,
R., Tel - 1945
Kingsmill, John Gault, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1942
Lillie, Edward Burns, Slt, RCNVR - 19 Feb 1943
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McCarthy, John Alt, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Apr 1945
Miller, L.H., S/Sto
Needham, D., Sto - 1945
Nichols, W.A., AB - 1945
Rosser, Ralph F., Electrician - 1945 
The
Memory Project
Salvisburg, J., Sto - 1945
Williams, Ian Graham Harvard, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1943
Wolff, R., Sto - 1945
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Photos and
Documents
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HMCS New Minas' hockey team
Crow's Nest newspaper - Feb 1944 |
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HMCS Minas J165 - This photo was taken in the
English Channel shortly before the D-Day assault on the beaches of
Normandy
Photo from the collection of Rolf "Pelle"
Palmquist, published here courtesy of his nephew Ben. |
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HMCS Minas J165
From the collection of Ken Balch
Courtesy of Mary Kienapple
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PO ERA Ken Balch on HMCS Minas J165
From the collection of Ken Balch
Courtesy of Mary Kienapple
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District Naval Men Back From Overseas
The Free Press, London, ON, 09 Oct 1945
Crew members of HMCS Minas return home
Sailors
listed in article: AB R.F. Rosser, AB W.A. Nichols, L/Tel R.
Campbell, Tel R. Jamieson, Cook J.L. Emond, CERA K.J. Balch, Lt F.A.
Cunningham CO, ERA R. Churchward, L/Cook W. Milink, Sto W. Howarth,
Sto D. Needham, Sto R. Wolff, Sto J. Salvisburg, L/Sto L.H. Miller
From the collection of Ken Balch
Courtesy of Mary Kienapple
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Ship's bell for HMCS Minas
Courtesy of Mary Kienapple
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