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HMCS
NIOBE
Diadem
Class Cruiser
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HMCS NIOBE, Halifax, 1910
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Launched: 20
Feb 1897
Commissioned:
Paid off:
Transferred to RCN: 1910
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Commissioned:
06 Sep 1910
Paid off:
06 Sep 1915
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1920. Broken up in Philadelphia in
1922
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A good deal more imposing than Rainbow,
NIOBE had
served in the RN from 1898 to 1910, one of eight sisters of the
Diadem class. She was commissioned in the RCN on 06 Sep 1910,
at Devonport, and arrived at Halifax on 21 Oct 1910. NIOBE was nearly
lost during the night of 29-30 Jul 1911, when she went aground off
Cape Sable, necessitating repairs that were not completed until the
end of 1912. A court martial was held in Nov 1911. Lt Lord Allister
Graham who was officer of the watch up to approx 15-20 minutes before the
grounding, was found guilty of causing, or suffering to be caused, the
stranding of HMCS NIOBE on the dangerous ledges of Cape Sable. The
Navigating Officer, Lt Charles White, was found guilty of suffering, through
negligence, the NIOBE to strand on the treacherous ledges off Cape Sable. he
was severely reprimanded and dismissed from the ship. The Commanding
Officer, Cdr William Balfour MacDonald, RN, was tried and found not to be
negligent in the stranding of HMCS NIOBE. In the fall of 1914, after the ravages of two years'
disuse had been made good, she joined the RN's 4th Cruiser Squadron
on contraband patrol off New York. Worn out, she returned to Halifax
on 17 Jul 1915, never to put to sea again. With her funnels near
collapse and her engines worn out, NIOBE was paid off on 06 Sep 1915
and became a depot ship for the rest of the war. On 06 Dec 1917 she
was moored 700 yards from the ammunition ship Mont Blanc, which
caught fire after a collision with the Belgian relief ship Imo in
Halifax harbour. NIOBE was the first ship to give the alarm after
collision, and Warrant Boatswain Albert Mattison and six ratings
left NIOBE and boarded the Mont Blanc in an attempt to scuttle her.
They all died in the resulting explosion which destroyed much of
Halifax. NIOBE was extensively damaged in the explosion and her
superstructure and funnels were wrecked. Numerous fires were started
on board which destroyed the ship's records. NIOBE was repaired and
continued to serve as a depot ship until 1920 when she was sold for
scrap. She was broken up at Philadelphia two years later.
Photos and Documents
The Ship's Bell
Ship's Company Photos
HMCS NIOBE Collection HMCS
NIOBE'S anchor damaged in Halifax Explosion found
Commanding Officers
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Cdr William Balfour MacDonald,
RN - 06 Sep 1910 - unk
LCdr Charles Edward Aglionby,
RN - 20 Jun 1913 - unk
Capt Robert Gwynne Corbett,
RN - 15 Aug 1914 - 01 Sep 1915 |
A/Cdr P.F. Newcombe,
RN - 16 Oct 1916 - unk
Cdr Hugh Edward Holme,
RCN - 22 Dec 1917 - unk Cdr Hugh Edward Holme,
RCN - 04 Apr 1918 - unk |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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BEARD, Ernest Edmund
Sto PO, VR/1731 Albert Medal, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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BURNETT,
Rodney O.
Carpenter, 17017, RCN
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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CARVER,
William
PO, VR/2090, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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CHICK,
Sidney
L/Sig, VR/1786, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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GARDNER,
Walter
OS, VR/5091, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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KELSEY,
Patrick
Sto, RN
killed - 06 Dec 1917 |
LONEY,
William Sim
AB, Stoker, RNVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917 |
MATTISON,
Albert C.
Bos'n, RCN
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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McMILLAN,
Charles
LS, VR/2496, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917 |
MURRAY,
James
LCdr, RN
killed - 06 Dec 1917 |
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NICKERSON,
Freeman Burnley
OS, VR/1891, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917 |
SAUNDERS,
Albert
AB, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917 |
VEALS,
George
W/T Operator, VR/386, RCN
killed - 06 Dec 1917 
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Willigar,
Lloyd
OS, RNCVR
died - 06 Nov 1918
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WILSON,
Carl Cecil
AB, VR/1561, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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YATES,
George Roley
Sto, VR/5480, RNCVR
killed - 06 Dec 1917
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
A
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Abbott,
David S.
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Abbott, Ian (Ira ??) Elmer
Appointed to NIOBE 11 Feb 1918 as Mate,
RNCVR |
Aglionby,
Charles Edward
Appointed to NIOBE 27 Jul 1910 as Lt (T), RN.
Appointed to HMCS NIOBE on 20 Jun 1913 as
LCdr, RN, CO
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Agnew, Ronald I.
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Annesley,
John Smyth
Appointed to NIOBE 18 Jun 1910 as Staff/Paym, RN
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Appleton,
Llewellyn W.
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Asselin,
Joseph
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Atwood,
Arthur F.L.
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Avery, Josiah
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B
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Baldwin,
Albert J.
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Ball,
George Beverly
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Bannatyne,
Ninian
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Baquet,
Joseph Lucien Edmund
Appointed to NIOBE 18 Jun
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Barrowman,
Frederick William
Appointed to NIOBE 29
Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Bass,
Sydney William
Appointed to NIOBE 06 May 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Becker,
Wilfred Artland
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl
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Bell,
John Frances Fawcett
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Jun
1910 as Lt (E), RNR
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Berry,
Francis William
Appointed to NIOBE 13 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl. RNCVR
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Blackie,
Charles Edward
Appointed to NIOBE 27 Mar
1917 as A/Art (E), RCN, add'l |
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Bower,
James Gordon
Appointed to NIOBE 26 Feb 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Brown,
James
Appointed to NIOBE on 01 Feb 1911 as
A/Head Stwd CNF
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Browne,
William
WO, RN
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Bruhm,
Harry Benjamin
Appointed to NIOBE 24 Jan 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Buchanan,
James Stewart
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Burke,
William Patrick
Appointed to NIOBE 12 Jun 1917
as Ch/Skpr, RCN
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Burns,
Thomas C.
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Burrows,
Alfred E.
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Mar 1911
as Surg, CNF
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Burton,
George
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Butt, Henry
C.
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C
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Caine,
John Cowan
Appointed to NIOBE 22 Apr 1918 as
Lt, RNCVR
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Carnduff,
W.E.
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Carmichael,
Daniel Norman
Appointed to NIOBE (D/S) 15 Jul 1918 as Mate,
RNCVR
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Church,
Philip D.
Appointed to NIOBE 04 Jul 1910 as Lt
(El), RN
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Clark,
Charles R.
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Clark,
John Daughtrey
Appointed to NIOBE 18 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Clarke,
George P.
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Clayton,
Harold Frederick
Appointed to NIOBE 08
Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Clegg,
John Harry Kay
Appointed to NIOBE 10 Jun 1914 as
LCdr, RN
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Coffey,
John S.
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Colerick,
Allan Bowey
Appointed to NIOBE 14 May
1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Cooper,
Caleb
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Corke, Cecil
G.
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Cossey,
Hylton H.
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Cox,
Edward J.
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Craig, W.P.
Appointed to NIOBE on 01 Feb 1918 as Ch/Art
(E), RCN
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Cramm,
Joseph
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Critch, G.
Walter
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Cromwell,
James Wark
Appointed to NIOBE 01 Jun 1918 as
Ch/Art, RCN
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Curry,
Angus Downes Mathwin
Appointed to NIOBE 11 Feb 1911
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Daley,
Wynne, St. C.
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Davies, John D.
Served in NIOBE 25 Aug 1910 to 04 Jul
1916, RNCVR
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DeBurgh,
Hubert Hugh
Appointed to NIOBE 23 Jun 1910 as Lt, RN
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Derrick, Walter
Appointed to NIOBE 25 Apr 1918 as Art (E)
(Temp), RCN
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Deslauriers,
Joseph Joachim Appointed to
NIOBE 18 Jun 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Dockrill,
Robert A.
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Dodd,
John William B.
Appointed to NIOBE 07 Jun 1918
as Mate, RNCVR
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Dodge, William
T.
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Doherty,
William Albert
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Drodge, Eli
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Elliott, Harold Albert
Appointed to NIOBE 05 Jun 1918 as
W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Evans, Frederick
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Jul 1910 as Bosn, RN
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Evans, Thomas
H.
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Evell,
Archibald William Appointed to
NIOBE 01 Apr 1917 as A/Wt/Wtr (Temp), RCN
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Gagnon,
Amédée
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Gammon, John Thomas
Drafted to NIOBE 24 Jan 1918 as
A/CPO.MAA (Temp), RCN |
German,
Albert W.T.
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Gesner,
William E.
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Gibb,
Alexander Clark
Appointed to NIOBE 08
Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Goodwin,
Charles Harford Richard Octavian Woodley
Appointed to NIOBE 05 Jun 1917 as Lt, RNVR
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Gordon,
Arthur Melvin
Appointed to NIOBE 29 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl
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Goodman,
Lawrence H.
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Gordon-Canning,
Cecil James George
Appointed to NIOBE 05 Jun 1917
as Lt, RNVR
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Goreham,
William
Appointed to NIOBE 11 Feb 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Graham,
Alistair M.
Appointed to NIOBE 26 Jun 1910 as Lt, RN
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Graham, George Duncan Henry
Appointed to NIOBE 07 Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Graver,
George Dewing
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Jul 1910 as
Gnr, RN
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Gray,
Alfred Edward
Appointed to NIOBE 06
Jun 1918 as A/W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Green,
Eldred
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Grimson,
Grimur S.
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Grosse,
Eleazer
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Guy,
Simeon
Appointed to NIOBE 12 Feb 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Hadley,
William Henry
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Haines, Ernest
1876-1965
Appointed to HMCS NIOBE on 15 May 1918
as A/Ch/Gnr, RCN
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Hall,
Charles R.
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Hearne,
John
Appointed to NIOBE 16 Mar
1918 as Ch/Skpr, RCN
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Henn,
William P.
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Hibbard,
Godfrey M.
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Hibbard,
Hubert J. F.
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Holme,
Hugh Edward
Appointed
to NIOBE 04 Apr 1918 as
Cdr, RCN, CO
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Hood, James A.
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Hopkins,
George William
Appointed to NIOBE 14 Feb 1912 as Head Bandmaster,
RCN
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Horton W.
Cecil
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Hopkins,
Isaac Armstrong
Appointed to NIOBE D/S on 20 Jul
1917 as Bos'n, RCN
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Howard,
William M.
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Huclin,
Richard Henry
Appointed to NIOBE 11 Feb 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Hudson,
Albert Edward
Appointed to NIOBE 08 Jan
1918 as A/Bosn, Temp, RCN
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Huffman,
Henry M.
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Hunt,
Hugh Michael
Appointed to NIOBE 05 Apr 1918
as Ch/Art (E), RCN
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Irwin,
George Allen Lyall
Appointed to NIOBE on 15 Jun 1912
as Surg, RCN
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Kirkbride,
Lyth Priestman
Appointed to NIOBE 05 Jun
1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Lambert,
Thomas
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Leavens,
Harry Canniff
Appointed to NIOBE 27 Mar
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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LeBlanc, L.
Anaclet
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LePage, Herbert Stuart
Appointed to NIOBE 27 Feb 1918 as Lt, RNCVR
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Livesay,
Edward H.
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Lowrie,
Thomas
Appointed to NIOBE 24 Jan 1918 as Skpr
(Temp), RCN
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Lye,
Harold Meelars
Appointed to NIOBE 23 Jan
1918 as W. OP 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Macarow,
Phillip Daniel
Appointed to NIOBE 25 Jan
1918 as Asst/Paym, RNCVR
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MacDonald, W.B.
Cdr, RN
1st Commanding Officer
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Macken,
Martel Keith
Appointed to NIOBE 29 Jan
1918 as W. Op 3rd Cl, RNCVR
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Maitland-Dougall,
William
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Martin, Joseph
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Mason,
William
Appointed to NIOBE on 01 Jan 1916 as
A/SLt, RNCVR
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Mattison,
Albert Charles
Appointed to NIOBE 06 Feb 1916 as
A/Bos'n, RCN
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Mawley, Ralph Hodgson
Appointed to NIOBE 05 Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Mead, Frank
C. C.
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Morrell,
Samuel George Seagrove
Appointed to NIOBE 10 Jun
1910 as Bos'n, RN
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Morres,
Stephen Harvey
Appointed to NIOBE 27 Jul 1910 as Lt, RN
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Morrison,
William S.E.
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Morse,
John W.
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Mountain,
Thomas J.
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Murphy,
John Michael
Appointed to NIOBE 28 Feb 1918 as
Mate, RCNVR
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Murray,
Frederick
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Murray, Leonard W.
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Murray,
Stanley
Appointed to NIOBE 13 May 1918
as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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O
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O'Reilly, William
Appointed to NIOBE 09 May 1917 for
Instruction Duty, as Gnr, RCN
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Osborne,
George Burton
Appointed to NIOBE 31 Mar 1918 as Fleet/Paym (Intel),
RN
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Palmer,
Clifford, Stoker
Died Oct 1983 |
Pape,
Oswald Joseph
Appointed to NIOBE 13 Jul 1916
for trg as W.Op/L, RNCVR
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Parkin,
William
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Payne,
Charles Harold Chaytor
Appointed
to NIOBE 01 Jul 1916 as Asst/Paym, RNCVR, addl
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Pearce,
Alfred Thomas
Appointed to NIOBE as Shpwt, RCN
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Peddle, Harvey
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Pellett,
Herbert
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Penny, Joseph
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Pond,
Nathaniel
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Pringle,
Kenneth M.
Appointed to NIOBE 06 May 1918 as
SLt,
RNCVR
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Race,
Harry
Appointed to NIOBE 01 Jun 1918 as
Ch/Art, RCN
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Ratcliff,
James Hamilton
Appointed to NIOBE 19 Mar 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Reid, Howard
E.
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Reid,
Robert Sedgewick
Appointed to NIOBE 01
May 1917 as A/Wt/Wtr, RCN
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Ridges, Robert
V.
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Robbins,
Benoni
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Rowdon,
Victor Kirk
Appointed to NIOBE 04
Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Sadler,
David R.
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Sampson,
Lawrence William
Appointed to NIOBE 26 Feb 1918
as Mate, RCNVR
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Schofield,
John Francis
Appointed to NIOBE 30 May 1918 as Lt, RCN
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Scott,
James
Appointed to NIOBE 12 Jul 1917 as
A/Bos'n, RCN, add'l
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Scott,
Robert Balgarnie Young
Appointed to NIOBE 30 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Shipley,
Robert
Appointed to NIOBE 09 Mar 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Sinnott,
William Job
Appointed to NIOBE 28 Jan
1918 as W. Op 3rd Cl, RNCVR
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Skeldon,
Horace
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Smith, Leander
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Smith,
Robert
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Smith,
Timothy
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Soper, Isaac
J.
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Southern,
Percy Clinton
Appointed to NIOBE 26 Apr 1918 as W. OP 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Stephens,
Harold Frederick Dale
Appointed to NIOBE 04 May
1918 as Surg, RNCVR
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Stephens, Harry
Appointed to NIOBE 26 Feb 1918 and on 28
Jun 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Sterrett,
Ernest J.
Appointed to NIOBE 15 Apr 1916 as Surg, RNCVR
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Stevens,
Frank D.
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Stevens,
Frank D.L.
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Stotesbury,
John
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Stuart,
Charles J.
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Surette,
Leslie Joseph
Appointed to NIOBE 03 Mar
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Swarbrick,
Frederick A.
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Vosper, John Danie
Appointed to NIOBE 05 Jun 1917 as
A/Lt, RNVR
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Waddleton, Lawrence
Appointed to NIOBE 01 Mar 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Wager,
William
Appointed to NIOBE 09 Jun 1918 as Art (E), TEMP),
RCN
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Waggs,
Stewart Arthur
Appointed to
NIOBE 04
Jan 1918 as W. Op 3rd Cl, RNCVR
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Washington,
Basil George
Appointed to NIOBE 18 Jul 1912 as Lt, RN
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Webster,
Robert James
Appointed to NIOBE 28 Jan 1918
as Ch/Art (E), RCN
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Western, Charles Alexander
Engineer (stoker), RNCVR
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White,
Walter Lawrence
Appointed to NIOBE 28 Feb 1918
as Mate, RCNVR
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Whitehead,
Herbert
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Williams,
Walter
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Wilmot,
Frederick Gordon
Appointed to NIOBE 07
Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl
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Wingate,
Walter
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Wood, Herbert Henry De Lally
Served in NIOBE in 1916 as Lt, RNCVR
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Wragg,
George
Appointed to NIOBE 22 Jan 1917 as
A/War/Elec (Temp), RCN
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Photos
and Documents
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NBE000 |
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(NBE000)
HMCS NIOBE arrived in Halifax, NS to officially become one of the first
warships of the newly established Royal Canadian Navy. This photo is from the
personal photo album of OS J. O. Cossette (later Rear-Admiral Cossette) of
NIOBE sailing past Georges Island on the day it arrived in 1910 //
Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax
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NBE001 |
NBE002 |
NBE003 |
NBE004 |
NBE005 |
(NBE001)
HMCS NIOBE
(NBE002)
HMCS NIOBE
(NBE003)
Canadian Cruiser NIOBE in Danger of Foundering // Newspaper article on the grounding of HMCS NIOBE on 29/30 Aug 1911 off Cape Sable
// The Toronto World, Wed., 02 Aug 1911
(NBE004)
HMCS NIOBE in dry dock after nearly sinking
when she ran aground off Cape Sable in 1911
(NBE005)
HMS NIOBE in dry dock // Photo credit: Library and Archives of Canada
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NBE006
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NB3007
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NBE008
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NBE009
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NBE10
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(NBE006)
HMCS NIOBE in Halifax after
conversion to Depot Ship // Source: ReadyAyeReady.com
(NBE007)
HMCS NIOBE at St. John's, Newfoundland // From the collection of William Herbert Rose and Marmaduke
Rose // Courtesy of Bud (Donald) Rose
(NBE008)
SAILORS GET ORDERS TO QUIT NIOBE // Canadian Cruiser to be Dismantled at Once
// The Morning Chronicle, 16 Jun 1913, Halifax, NS //
Courtesy of George Newbury
(NBE009)
John Stotesbury - Survivors Account of the
Halifax Explosion // Ottawa Journal, Dec. 4, 1965 p.2 c. 1-3
// Courtesy of Ken McLeod
(NBE010)
HMCS NIOBE in Halifax - date unknown // Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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NBE011
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NBE012
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NBE013
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NBE014
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NBE015
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(NBE011)
HMCS NIOBE (postcard)
(NBE012)
HMCS NIOBE at sea (postcard) // Source/Credit: Cape
Breton Military History Collections
(NBE013)
Boxing match
on HMCS NIOBE - undated // Courtesy of
Dave Shirlaw
(NBE014)
Boxing match on HMCS NIOBE - 1917 // Courtesy of the Naval Museum of
Halifax. This photo appears to have been taken at the same time as
"NBE013"
(NBE015)
"The Arena Cup" presented to HMCS NIOBE in 1912 by the Arena Rink
Company for "competition between the ship's crew for
Hockey." // Courtesy of Bennetts Barbershop
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NBE016
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A
postcard featuring HMS DEVONSHIRE addressed to Mr. Paul Le Vasseur,
Ship's Officer, HMCS NIOBE, Halifax, NS. The post card is from Els
Burrows and it appears from his comments on the ledgers, he possibly
served in NIOBE as well. // Courtesy
of Michael Cormier
Note:
The
RCN Ledger Sheets list a Paul Levasseur who served in the RNCVR (O.N.
VR-6930) that was born 18 sep 1875, Quebec, Quebec and in the RCN (O.N.
61312) with a surname spelling of Lavesseur but the same date and
place of birth.
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NBE017
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Members of the Gunroom on HMCS NIOBE, Halifax,
circa 1910-1911
Rear:
A/SLts Napier-Hemy, Hubert John; Currey;
Hallewell, Edmund Gilling; De Quetteville, Stanley Nelson; Jefferson,
Frank Harvey; Clarke; Front: Midshipmen Beard, Charles Taschereau;
Brodeur, Victor Gabriel, Barron; Nelles, Percy Walter; German; Bate,
Henry Trennick; SLt Hollingsworth, Alfred
Source: Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN
3398852
Courtesy of Mary Ruth Noiles
(NBE015)
HMCS NIOBE - 1915
(NBE016)
HMCS NIOBE // Edward H. Livesay's 2nd ship
(NBE017)
HMCS NIOBE - 1915 // Typed
on back of photo: HMCS NIOBE, 1915. The arrow shows where I began to
paint, and I continued as far as the mast. It is about 100 ft. from
the yard to the water, or 75 ft. to the deck. Only a swinging wire to
stand on, and a rod along the top of the yard. I was very, very
scared! If I had got dizzy, and fallen, I should have been killed. It
was the first time I had ever been aloft - I was 33. (Able Seaman
Edward H. Livesay)
From the collection of Sam Sunter
Courtesy of Brian Dobing
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CH06
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CH07
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(CH06-CH07) Tea Party on board HMCS NIOBE - 1911
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CH08 |
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(CH08) Cecil Horton
(CH12)
Lady Laurier with unknown Battle Class Trawler ahead, towing HMCS NIOBE out to HMS
CORNWALL after she ran aground in Jul 1911
(CH13) HMS CORNWALL towing
HMCS NIOBE
(CH14) Lady Laurier following astern of HMCS NIOBE with tow
ropes attached while NIOBE is being towed by HMS CORNWALL
(CH15-CH17) HMCS NIOBE in dry dock at
Halifax - 1911
From the collection of Cecil W. Horton,
Engineer Captain, RN
Courtesy
of Roslyn Duffus
HMCS NIOBE collection from the Naval Museum of
Halifax
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NMoH-Niobe-001
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NMoH-Niobe-002
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Hoisting the White Ensign on HMCS NIOBE, Devonport, England
(NMoH-Niobe-002)
HMCS NIOBE coaling, Devonport Dockyard, England
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NMoH-Niobe-003
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NMoH-Niobe-004
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NMoH-Niobe-005
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(NMoH-Niobe-003)
"Quite Times" HMCS NIOBE in Halifax - 1910
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"Marching to Prayer" HMCS NIOBE
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Mess deck on HMCS NIOBE
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HMCS NIOBE alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax - winter
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HMCS NIOBE alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax - winter
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HMCS NIOBE, Jetty 4, HMC Dockyard, Halifax - winter
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HMC Dockyard, Halifax - winter - seen from HMCS NIOBE
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Sailors going ashore to HMC Dockyard from HMCS NIOBE - winter
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Official Residence - 1911 & No. 4 Jetty (Coaling Jetty) - 1911 - HMC
Dockyard
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Supervised exercise for NIOBE sailors by the Halifax Graving Dock
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Canada's First Naval Recruits Nov 1910 - HMCS NIOBE
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Canada's first Naval Recruits (province not listed) - HMCS NIOBE
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Canada's First Naval Recruits from Ontario
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Canada's First Naval Recruits from Ontario Nov 1910 - HMCS NIOBE
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Canada's First Naval Recruits from Nova Scotia
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No Caption - presumed to be Naval Recruits
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1st Naval Recruit from New Brunswick on HMCS NIOBE
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OS Joseph Edward McInnis - 1st Naval Recruit from Prince Edward Island on
HMCS NIOBE
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OS J. O. Cossette (later Rear-Admiral Cossette - Full name: Marie Joseph
Romeo Oscar Cossette)
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Unknown group of sailors on HMCS NIOBE - likely new Naval Recruits
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P.M.O. & French Canadians on HMCS NIOBE
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Unknown Chief Petty Officer on HMCS NIOBE
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Unknown sailor on HMCS NIOBE
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Unknown sailors on HMCS NIOBE - the sailor on the right has a Stoker trade
badge
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POBN Hanna with Boy Seaman Mike Macdonald on HMCS NIOBE.
Note: the caption read that Hanna was a PO, however, the rank on
his sleeve is that of a Leading Seaman
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Ship's Cooks on HMCS NIOBE
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Officer's Chef and Mates on HMCS NIOBE
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Portrait of an unknown HMCS NIOBE sailor. The medal he is wearing has
not been identified
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Chief Torpedo Instructor on HMCS NIOBE
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Unknown sailor on HMCS NIOBE - May 1911
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The RCN's Coronation Contingent for the Coronation of King George V 1911
onboard HMCS NIOBE
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HMCS
NIOBE lit up while at anchor in harbour at Charlottetown, PEI, for the
coronation of King George V in 1911
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Engineer Officers on HMCS NIOBE
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Officers on HMCS NIOBE
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"Ex Snotty - Engr Subs" on HMCS NIOBE
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Unknown officer on HMCS NIOBE
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The Chief Writer on HMCS NIOBE "Wailing"
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Coaling Party HMCS NIOBE
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Coaling Party HMCS NIOBE
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Coaling Party HMCS NIOBE, Halifax, 27 Oct 1910
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Two HMCS NIOBE sailors in "Coaling Rig" ... and then in
"Going Ashore Rig"
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Part of HMCS NIOBE'S Brass Band that played on Coaling Days
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Coaling ship alongside HMCS NIOBE
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Coaling ship alongside HMCS NIOBE - Feb 1911
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HMCS NIOBE'S Artisans
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Dhobey day on HMCS NIOBE
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HMCS
NIOBE sailors on the jetty in HMC Dockyard preparing for a "Road
March"
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Steam Pinnace alongside HMCS NIOBE
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Steam Pinnace and 2 whalers alongside NIOBE preparing to take liberty
sailors ashore
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Sailors manning the rails on HMCS NIOBE (possibly waiting to go ashore)
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Sailors on the boom of HMCS NIOBE climbing down to the boat alongside.
(webmaster's note: There had to be a better / safer way to do this)
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HMCS NIOBE - Loading Ammunition
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Gunnery Instruction on HMCS NIOBE
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Gunnery practice on HMCS NIOBE
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HMCS NIOBE'S main engine
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Wrestling on HMCS NIOBE'S boat deck in winter
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HMCS NIOBE Scratch Soccer Team
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Wedding of the Fleet Paymaster, St. Mary's Church, Halifax // Click
here to see a photo of St. Mary's Church after the Halifax Explosion.
Source: St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica Foundation
Courtesy
of the Naval Museum of Halifax
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