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HMCS OSHAWA
J330 / 174
Algerine
Class Mine Sweeper
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IN OMNIA PARATUS
READY FOR ALL THINGS
Post wartime badge |
HMCS OSHAWA J330 circa 1943
From the World War II photo collection of Harold
Douglas Fraser
Courtesy of Christopher
Fraser
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944-45
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Laid down: 06
Oct
1942
Launched: 10
Jun 1943
Commissioned: 06
Jul 1944
Paid
off: 28 Jul 1945
Re-commissioned: 24
Oct 1945
Paid
off: 24 Feb 1946 at Esquimalt, BC
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Re-designated:
Algerine Coastal Escort
Re-commissioned: 11
Apr 1956
Paid off:
06 Nov 1958
Re-designated:
1958 as Oceanographic research vessel CNAV OSHAWA
Paid off:
1966
Fate: Broken up
in 1966
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Built by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port
Arthur, ON, she was commissioned at Port Arthur on 06 Jul 1944. She
arrived at Halifax on 18 Aug 1944 and after working-up in Bermuda in
September, she was allocated to EG W-6 of Western
Escort Force as Senior Officer's Ship. On 10 May 1945. as the senior
warship of the convoy escort group, OSHAWA was dispatched to accept
the surrender of U-889. Her escort group was disbanded in
Jun 1945, and OSHAWA was paid off into maintenance reserve at
Sydney on 28 Jul. She was re-commissioned on 24 Oct 1945, and in Nov
1945 sailed for Esquimalt. She arrived there 21 Dec 1945 and on 24
Feb 1946, was paid off into reserve. During one more
commission from 11 Apr 1956 to 07 Nov 1958 she was part of the
Twelfth Canadian Escort Squadron before beginning her conversion to
an oceanographic research vessel on 02 Nov 1956. She was
extensively converted for oceanographic research and was manned by
the RCN until 06 Nov 1958 when she was again paid off and
re-designated as CNAV OSHAWA, manned by a civilian crew, a role
in which she
continued, until sold to Capital Iron and Metal, Victoria on 28 Aug
1966 and broken up in 1966-1967.
Photos and Documents
Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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A/LCdr James Charles Pratt,
RCNVR - 06 Jul 1944 - 27 May 1945
A/LCdr Richard
S. Williams,
RCNVR - 28 May 1945 - 28 Jul 1945 |
Lt John Kincaid,
RCNR - 24 Oct 1945 - 26 Feb 1946
LCdr Geoffrey
H. Barrick,
RCN - 11 Apr 1956 - 07 Nov 1958 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anton,
Clifford A.
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Barrick,
Geoffrey
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Benjamin,
Gordon
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Boyd,
George A.
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Brennan,
John F.
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Brennan,
Michael J.
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Burns, Robert
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Fisher,
Eric
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Fraser,
H. Douglas |
Brown,
Frederick
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Funk, John
T.
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Grainger,
Robert K.
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Hagarty,
Edwin F.
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Hendry,
Ian G.
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Hughes,
Donald C.
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Kemp, John
F.
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Kobayashi,
John A.
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Mitchell,
C.
Douglas
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Nylund,
Fred |
Pratt,
James C.
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Sigurdson,
Thomas A.
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Stanbrook,
Wilfred T.
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Stewardson,
Donald R.
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Waddington,
Malcolm R.
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Williams,
Richard S.
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Former Crew Members -
(889) = Mentioned in report on
surrender of U-889
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Baldwin, Frederick Alexander, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jun 1945
Brennan, Michael Joseph, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Jul 1944
Craig, John Robert, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Jun 1944 / 06 Jul
1944
Gilmour, Douglas Wilson, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Mar 1944 / 06 Jul
1944
Grisdale, William Latimer, Lt (E), RCNVR - 19 Mar 1944 /
06 Jul 1944
Harmer, Harold (Hub), Torpedoman - Second World War
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Johnson, Gerald
Jones, Ken, Tel - Second World War
Lehman, John, C.E.R.A., V19700, RCNVR - May 1945 (889)
Marquis, N., V9697, PO Tel, RCNVR - May 1945 (889)
Schuthe, George MacDonald, Lt, RCNVR - 31 May 1944 / 06
Jul 1944
Wood, Raymond Stratton, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945
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Photos and Documents
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HMCS OSHAWA J330
DND / RCN Photo - Crown copyright |
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CA64 |
HMCS OSHAWA J330
photographed from HMCS FREDERICTON K245
From the collection
of Charles Atkins, RCNVR
Courtesy of Lorne
Atkins |
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LCdr (N) Pratt receives a plaque presented to
HMCS OSHAWA from the city of Ottawa
From the collection of Robert Burns
Courtesy of Robert Burns (Jr) |
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Crew Members of HMCS OSHAWA J330
Harold Douglas Fraser, back row centre
(with circle around face)
Photo from
collection of Harold Fraser
Courtesy of Christopher Fraser
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Robert Burns chipping ice on HMCS OSHAWA
From the collection of Robert Burns
Courtesy of Robert Burns (Jr)
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Unknown submarine
Webmaster's
note: This photo was identified as the surrender of U-889, but this sub is
neither U-889 or U-190 as neither of the two U-boats that surrendered to the
RCN had a forward deck gun. This sub appears to be an allied sub.
From the collection of Robert Burns
Courtesy of Robert Burns (Jr)
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HMCS OSHAWA J330
From the collection of John C. Orr
Courtesy of John P. Orr
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HMCS OSHAWA J330 departing Boston circa 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward
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Lt.
John E. Heward, HMCS Rockcliffe; Lt. Bob Hunter, HMCS Dunvegan; LCdr
Richard (Dick) Williams, HMCS Saskatoon; LCDR Jim Pratt HMCS OSHAWA
(OTC), on board U 889 in Halifax May 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Surrender of U-889
Photo taken from HMCS OSHAWA J330
From the collection of Robert Burns
Courtesy of Robert Burns (Jr)
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Newspaper article on the upcoming arrival of
HMCS Rockcliffe J355 and HMCS OSHAWA J330 at Bathurst, NB on 01 Jul
1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS OSHAWA J330 (in company with HMCS
Rockcliffe J355) arriving at Bathurst, NB, 01 Jul 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS OSHAWA J330 (inboard) and HMCS Rockcliffe
J355 (outboard) at Bathurst, NB, Jul 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Parade at Bathurst, NB, 02 Jul 1945
Crews from HMCS Rockcliffe J355 and HMCS OSHAWA
J330
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Oceanographic Research vessel OSHAWA 174 |
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OSHAWA AGH 174 - 2 August 1963
Source: City
of Vancouver Virtual Archives
Photographer: Walter E. Frost
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The End
Former CNAV OSHAWA (former HMCS OSHAWA) being broken up
at Capital Iron and Metal, Victoria, BC, Jan 1967
Seen here is a view of her engine room.
© / Courtesy of Ron Green, Capital Iron and Metal
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After the end
Former HMCS OSHAWA's nameplate found in Victoria Harbour
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