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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
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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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
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A
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Abbott,
David S.
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Abbott,
Ian (Ira ??) Elmer
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Drafted to NIOBE 11 Feb 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Aglionby,
Charles Edward
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 18 Jun 1910 as St/Paym, RN
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Appleton,
Llewellyn Walter
1901-1985
Served in NIOBE 23 Jan 1917 - 12 Nov 1917 and 20 Jul 1918 - 12 Aug
1918 as a Boy
Sailor, RNCVR
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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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Ball,
George Beverly
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 18 Jun
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Barrowman,
Frederick William
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Drafted to NIOBE 29
Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Bass,
Sydney William
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Drafted to NIOBE 06 May 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Becker,
Wilfred Artland
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl
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Bell,
John Frances Fawcett
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Jun
1910 as Lt (E), RNR
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Berry,
Francis William
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Drafted to NIOBE 13 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl. RNCVR
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Blackie,
Charles Edward
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Drafted to NIOBE 27 Mar
1917 as A/Art (E), RCN
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Bower,
James Gordon
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Drafted to NIOBE 26 Feb 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Brown,
James
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 24 Jan 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Buchanan,
James Stewart
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Burke,
William Patrick
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Drafted to NIOBE 12 Jun 1917
as Ch/Skpr, RCN
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Burns,
Thomas Colin
1894-1964
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Burrows,
Alfred E.
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Mar 1911
as Surg, CNF
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Burton,
George
1882-1946
Served in NIOBE 06 Jan 1917 -
26 Jan 1917 as an OS, RNCVR and 10 May 1918 - 31 Oct 1918 as a PO,
RNCVR
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Butt, Henry
C.
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C
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Caine,
John Cowan
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Drafted to NIOBE 22 Apr 1918 as
Lt, RNCVR
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Carnduff,
W.E.
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Carmichael,
Daniel Norman
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Drafted to NIOBE (D/S) 15 Jul 1918 as Mate,
RNCVR
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Church,
Philip D.
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Drafted to NIOBE 04 Jul 1910 as Lt
(El), RN
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Clark,
Charles R.
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Clark,
John Daughtrey
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 08
Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Clegg,
John Harry Kay
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Drafted to NIOBE 10 Jun 1914 as
LCdr, RN
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Coffey,
John S.
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Colerick,
Allan Bowey
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Drafted 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 Herbert
1894-1967
Served in NIOBE 23 Oct 1917 -
31 Dec 1918 as AB, EA, Sto, Sto PO and 11 Jan 1919 - 16 Mar 1919 as
Sto PO
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Cox,
Edward
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Drafted to NIOBE 21 Apr 1909 as Carpenter,
RN
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Craig, W.P.
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 01 Jun 1918 as
Ch/Art, RCN
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Curry,
Angus Downes Mathwin
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Drafted to NIOBE 11 Feb 1911
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Daley,
Wynne, St. C
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Davies, John D.
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Served in NIOBE 25 Aug 1910 to 04 Jul
1916, RNCVR
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DeBurgh,
Hubert Hugh
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Drafted to NIOBE 23 Jun 1910 as Lt, RN
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Derrick,
Walter
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Drafted to NIOBE 25 Apr
1918 as Art (E) (Temp), RCN
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Deslauriers,
Joseph Joachim ____-____ Drafted to
NIOBE 18 Jun 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Dodd,
John William B.
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Drafted to NIOBE 07 Jun 1918
as Mate, RNCVR
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Dodge, William
T.
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Doherty,
William Albert
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Drodge, Eli
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E
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Elliott, Harold Albert
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Drafted to NIOBE 05 Jun 1918 as
W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Evans, Frederick
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Jul 1910 as Bosn, RN
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Evell,
Archibald William ____-____ Drafted to
NIOBE 01 Apr 1917 as A/Wt/Wtr (Temp), RCN
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Fletcher,
John Norman
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Drafted to NIOBE 27 Jul 1910 as
Ass/Paym, RN
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Fitzgerald,
Thomas Moffat ____-____
Drafted to
NIOBE 27 Jul 1910 as Ass/Paym, RN
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Forbes,
Robert
1887-1942
Served in NIOBE 25 Aug 1917 - 02
Feb 1919, RN
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Gagnon,
Amedee
1894-1947
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Gammon,
John Thomas
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Drafted to NIOBE 24 Jan
1918 as A/CPO,MAA (Temp), RCN
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German,
Albert W.T.
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Gesner,
William Edward
1876-1951
Listed on the books of NIOBE as
Mate, RNCVR, Add'l 22 May 1917
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Gibb,
Alexander Clark
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Drafted to NIOBE 08
Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Goodwin,
Charles Harford Richard Octavian Woodley
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Drafted to NIOBE 05 Jun 1917 as Lt, RNVR
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Gordon,
Arthur Melvin
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Drafted to NIOBE 29 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl
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Goodman,
Lawrence Halloway
1902-____
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Gordon-Canning,
Cecil James George
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Drafted to NIOBE 05 Jun 1917
as Lt, RNVR
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Goreham,
William
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Drafted to NIOBE 11 Feb 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Graham,
Alistair M.
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Drafted to NIOBE 26 Jun 1910 as Lt, RN
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Graham,
George Duncan Henry
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Drafted to NIOBE 07 Jun 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Graver,
George Dewing
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Jul 1910 as
Gnr, RN
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Gray,
Alfred Edward
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Drafted to NIOBE 06
Jun 1918 as A/W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Green,
Eldred
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Grosse,
Eleazer
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Guy,
Simeon
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Drafted to NIOBE 12 Feb 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Hadley,
William Henry
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Haines, Ernest
1876-1965
Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 16 Mar
1918 as Ch/Skpr, RCN
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Holme,
Hugh Edward
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Appointed
to NIOBE 04 Apr 1918 as
Cdr, RCN, CO
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Hood, James A.
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Hopkins,
George William
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Drafted to NIOBE 14 Feb 1912 as Head Bandmaster,
RCN
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Horton W.
Cecil
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Hopkins,
Isaac Armstrong
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 11 Feb 1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Hudson,
Albert Edward
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Drafted to NIOBE 08 Jan
1918 as A/Bosn, Temp, RCN
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Hunt,
Hugh Michael
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Drafted to NIOBE 05 Apr 1918
as Ch/Art (E), RCN
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Irwin,
George Allen Lyall
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Drafted to NIOBE on 15 Jun 1912
as Surg, RCN
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J
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James, Sidney
G.
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Jefferson,
Frank Harvey
____-1977
Served in NIOBE in 1910 as A/Engineering Slt,
RCN
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Johnston,
William D.
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K
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Kirkbride,
Lyth Priestman
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Drafted to NIOBE 05 Jun
1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Lambert,
Thomas
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Leavens,
Harry Canniff
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Drafted to NIOBE 27 Mar
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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LePage,
Herbert Stuart
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Drafted to NIOBE 27 Feb
1918 as Lt, RNCVR
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Livesay,
Edward H.
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Lowrie,
Thomas
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Drafted to NIOBE 24 Jan 1918 as Skpr
(Temp), RCN
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Lye,
Harold Meelars
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Drafted to NIOBE 23 Jan
1918 as W. OP 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Macarow,
Phillip Daniel
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Drafted to NIOBE 25 Jan
1918 as Asst/Paym, RNCVR
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MacDonald, W.B.
Cdr, RN
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1st Commanding Officer
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Macken,
Martel Keith
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Drafted to NIOBE 29 Jan
1918 as W. Op 3rd Cl, RNCVR
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Maitland-Dougall,
William M.
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Martin, Joseph
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Mason,
William
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Drafted to NIOBE on 01 Jan 1916 as
A/Slt, RNCVR
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Mattison,
Albert Charles
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Drafted to NIOBE 06 Feb 1916 as
A/Bos'n, RCN
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Mawley,
Ralph Hodgson
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Drafted to NIOBE 05 Jun
1918 as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Morrell,
Samuel George Seagrove
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Drafted to NIOBE 10 Jun
1910 as Bos'n, RN
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Morres,
Stephen Harvey
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 28 Feb 1918 as
Mate, RCNVR
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Murray,
Frederick
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Murray, Leonard Warren
1896-1971
Served in NIOBE in 1914 as
Midshipman, RCN
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Murray,
Stanley
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Drafted to NIOBE 13 May 1918
as W. Op 4th Cl, RNCVR
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Naufts,
John
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Drafted to NIOBE 26 Feb 1918 as Mate,
RNCVR
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O'Reilly, William
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Drafted to NIOBE 09 May 1917 for
Instruction Duty, as Gnr, RCN
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Osborne,
George Burton
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Drafted to NIOBE 31 Mar 1918 as Fl/Paym (Intel),
RN
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Palmer,
Clifford, Stoker
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Pape,
Oswald Joseph
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Drafted 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 ____-____
Drafted to
NIOBE 01 Jul 1916 as Asst/Paym, RNCVR, addl
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Pearce,
Alfred Thomas
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Drafted 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.
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Drafted to NIOBE 06 May 1918 as Slt,
RNCVR
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Race,
Harry
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Drafted to NIOBE 01 Jun 1918 as
Ch/Art, RCN
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Ratcliff,
James Hamilton
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 01
May 1917 as A/Wt/Wtr, RCN
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Robbins,
Benoni
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Rowdon,
Victor Kirk
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 26 Feb 1918
as Mate, RCNVR
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Schofield,
John Francis
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Drafted to NIOBE 30 May 1918 as Lt, RCN
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Scott,
James
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Drafted to NIOBE 12 Jul 1917 as
A/Bos'n, RCN, add'l
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Scott,
Robert Balgarnie Young
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Drafted to NIOBE 30 Apr 1918 as W. Op 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Shipley,
Robert
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Drafted to NIOBE 09 Mar 1918 as
Mate, RNCVR
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Sinnott,
William Job
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Drafted 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
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Drafted to NIOBE 26 Apr 1918 as W. OP 4th
Cl, RNCVR
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Stephens,
Harold Frederick Dale
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Drafted to NIOBE 04 May
1918 as Surg, RNCVR
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Stephens,
Harry
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Drafted to NIOBE 26 Feb 1918 and on 28 Jun
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Sterrett,
Ernest J.
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Drafted 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 Joseph
1879-1945
Served in NIOBE in 1918 as LCdr,
RNR, Naval Examining Officer
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Surette,
Leslie Joseph
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Drafted to NIOBE 03 Mar
1918 as Mate, RNCVR
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Swarbrick,
Frederick A.
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Tait, Wilfred
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Taylor,
Cuthbert R.H.
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Taylor,
Fred
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Drafted to NIOBE 04 Jan
1918 as W. Op 3rd Cl, RNCVR
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Thompson,
Cecil Elner
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Drafted to NIOBE 07 Jun
1918 as W. Op 4th Cl
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Tonkin,
John Steven
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Drafted to NIOBE 27
Mar 1918 as Ch/Skpr, RC
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Toope, Charles
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Trimbee, Walter E.
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Vosper, John Danie
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Drafted to NIOBE 05 Jun 1917 as
A/Lt, RNVR
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Waddleton,
Lawrence
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Drafted to NIOBE 01 Mar 1918 as Mate,
RNCVR
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Wager,
William
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Drafted to NIOBE 09 Jun 1918 as Art (E), TEMP),
RCN
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Waggs,
Stewart Arthur
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Drafted to
NIOBE 04
Jan 1918 as W. Op 3rd Cl, RNCVR
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Washington,
Basil George
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Drafted to NIOBE 18 Jul 1912 as Lt, RN
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Webster,
Robert James
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Drafted to NIOBE 28 Jan 1918
as Ch/Art (E), RCN
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Western, Charles Alexander
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Engineer (stoker), RNCVR
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White,
Walter Lawrence
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Drafted to NIOBE 28 Feb 1918
as Mate, RCNVR
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Whitehead,
Herbert
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Williams,
Walter
1893-1983
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Wilmot,
Frederick Gordon
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Drafted 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
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Served in NIOBE in 1916 as Lt, RNCVR
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Wragg,
George
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Drafted to NIOBE 22 Jan 1917 as
A/War/Elec (Temp), RCN
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Photos
and Documents
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HMCS NIOBE - date unknown
Webmaster's note: considering how tiddley she
looks my guess is that the photo was taken shortly after her arrival
in Halifax in 1910
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HMCS NIOBE - date unknown
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Two
stokers enjoy a few moments on deck, away from feeding coal to the
boilers used to power HMCS NIOBE'S two large steam engines. NIOBE'S 30
boilers needed large gangs of stokers to keep them supplied with coal.
Covered from head to foot with soot and coal dust, these two stokers
in their ragged overalls bear evidence of the arduous and demanding
nature of their work, shovelling coal out of storage bunkers and into
the boilers' hot fireboxes deep within the ship.
Source: George Metcalf Archival
Collection, CWM 20030174-074, Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum
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HMCS NIOBE at Anchor 1910
This
photograph depicts HMCS NIOBE soon after its arrival in Halifax from
England in October 1910. Though expensive to operate, NIOBE was useful
for training the nucleus of a new navy, having been modified to
accommodate cadets. It had also received a state-of-the-art heating
system to protect its crew from Canadian winters. NIOBE has boat booms
(right and centre) swung out to accommodate the small boats coming
alongside. The balcony-like gallery at NIOBE's stern (left) led to a
luxurious suite of rooms markedly different from the ones with mess
tables and hammocks where sailors ate and slept.
Source: George Metcalf Archival
Collection, CWM 20030174-045, Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum
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HMCS NIOBE gun practice
One
of HMCS NIOBE'S gun crews fires a 6-inch gun during training. NIOBE'S
effectiveness as a warship depended heavily on rapid and accurate
gunfire, which required frequent training. In this summertime view,
officers (centre and left) in white pith helmets supervise the gun
crew and watch for the fall of the shot. A sailor stands behind the
gun (left), ready to remove the spent cartridge while others prepare
to load the gun with propellant charges and projectiles raised on the
hoist seen at right.
Source: George Metcalf Archival
Collection, CWM 20030174-052, Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum
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Tea Party on board HMCS NIOBE - 1911
Courtesy of Roslyn Duffus
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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 |
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HMCS NIOBE in dry dock after nearly sinking
when she ran aground off Cape Sable in 1911
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HMS NIOBE in dry dock
Photo credit: Library and Archives of Canada
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HMCS NIOBE in Halifax after
conversion to Depot Ship
Source: ReadyAyeReady.com
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The crew of HMCS NIOBE After loading coal into
the ship at Halifax
Source: Library and Archives Canada - PA 190758
Of the 22 sailors in the photo - 8 are wearing
white hats (RCN) 8 blue hats (NRNR) and the rest wearing their old
"scrub-bees".
* NRNR - Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve
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HMCS NIOBE at St. John's, Newfoundland
From the collection of William Herbert Rose and Marmaduke
Rose
Courtesy of Bud (Donald) Rose |
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SAILORS GET ORDERS TO QUIT NIOBE
Canadian Cruiser to be Dismantled at Once
The Morning Chronicle, 16 Jun 1913, Halifax, NS
Researched by George Newbery |
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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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John Stotesbury - Survivors Account of the
Halifax Explosion
Ottawa Journal, Dec. 4, 1965 p.2 c. 1-3
Courtesy of Ken McLeod |
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HMCS NIOBE
Edward H. Livesay's 2nd ship
From the collection of Sam Sunter
Courtesy of Brian Dobing |
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HMCS NIOBE - 1915
From the collection of Sam Sunter
Courtesy of Brian Dobing |
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Members of the Gunroom on HMCS NIOBE, Halifax,
circa 1910-1911
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 |
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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
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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HMCS NIOBE in Halifax - date unknown
Courtesy of Mike O'Keefe
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Newspaper article on the award of the Albert
Medal to A/Bos'n H.C. Mattison, RCN - 1919
Source: Canadian Virtual War memorial |
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HMCS NIOBE (postcard)
From the collection of William
D. Johnston, L/Sto, RNCVR
Courtesy of William Johnston |
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HMCS NIOBE at sea (postcard)
Source/Credit: Cape
Breton Military History Collections |
(CH06-CH07) Tea Party aboard HMCS NIOBE
1911 (CH08) Cecil Horton
(CH12)
Lady Laurier with unknown vessel 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
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