HMCS OTTAWA H60 - For Posterity's Sake

HMCS OTTAWA H60

C - Class Destroyer (RN)

River Class Destroyer (RCN)

HMCS Ottawa H60

Courtesy of Don Smith

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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic 1939-42

Laid down: 12 Sep 1930

Launched: 30 Sep 1931

Commissioned: 02 May 1932

Transferred to RCN: 05 Jun 1938

Commissioned: 05 Jun 1938

Sunk: 13 Sep 1942

Built by the Naval dockyard, Portsmouth, UK, she was commissioned on 02 May 1932 as HMS CRUSADER. She was purchased by the RCN and commissioned as OTTAWA on 15 Jun 1938 at Chatham, U.K. She arrived at Esquimalt 07 Nov 1938 and, the war intervening, left for Halifax almost exactly a year later. Though assigned to the RN's America and West Indies Station, she remained based at Halifax as a local escort to eastbound convoys. She left Halifax for the Clyde 27 Aug 1940, and on arrival was assigned to EG 10, Greenock, until the formation of Newfoundland Command in Jun 1941. OTTAWA then shifted her base to St. John's and was employed as a mid-ocean escort from Jun 1941 onward, joining EG C-4 in May 1942. On 13 Sep 1942, while escorting convoy ON.127, she was torpedoed and sunk by U 91 in the North Atlantic with a loss of 116 officers and men.

From the war diary of Joseph Ambrose Walter Lees: "The Ottawa got it on the 13th, there were only 69 survivors out of a crew of 175, plus 50 that they had picked out of the water. She was hit in the mess deck and in the boiler room. She broke in two. The halves stood on end and went straight down."

Photos and Documents Ship's company photos

Battle for Convoy HX-133 Convoy O.N. 127 and the loss of HMCS Ottawa

HMCS Ottawa / HMS Crusader - Naval History Net

Commanding Officers

Capt Victor Gabriel Brodeur, RCN - 15 Jun 1938 - 01 Oct 1938

Cdr Cuthbert Robert Holland Taylor - 02 Oct 1938 - 20 Nov 1938

Capt George Clarence Jones, RCN - 21 Nov 1938 - 01 Apr 1940

Cdr Edmund Rolllo Mainguy, RCN - 02 Apr 1940 - 20 Jul 1941

A/LCdr Angus (Gus) George Boulton, RCNVR - 21 Jul 1941 - 18 Aug 1941

A/Cdr Hugh Francis Pullen, RCN - 19 Aug 1941 - 13 Nov 1941

A/Cdr Colin Degge Donald, RCN - 14 Nov 1942 - 04 Jul 1942

A/LCdr Clark Anderson (Larry) Rutherford, RCN - 05 Jul 1942 - 13 Sep 1942

In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice

Lest We Forget

ADLINGTON, Howard H.

SA, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

ASHLEY, Robert P.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BAGGS, William F.

AB, RN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BAIRD, John A.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BAKER, Elgy E.

Sto 1c, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BEDDIS, Samuel J.

ERA 3c, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BELL, David O.

OS A/AA III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BOWEN, Stephen D.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BOWMAN, Eric J.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BROWN, Robert D.

LS AA II, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BUCHESKI, William

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BURN, Albert E.

AB A/LR III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

BURROUGHS, Walter

AB A/QR III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CAMPBELL, Gordon K.

OS, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CAMPBELL, Woodrow

OS RDF 2c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CHANDLER, Harry M.

AB LR III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CHISHOLM, Robert D.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CLEMO, Frederick J. B.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

COLLIER, Chesley

AB, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

COLLIN, Joseph A.J.L.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CONNOLLY, Richard

L/Sto, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

COOMER, Frederick

AB A/SD, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

COOPPER, Ewart B.

LS SD, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

COUSINEAU, Lionel

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CRANE, Walter J.

Sig, V8330, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CRAWFORD, Gordon R.

PO LTO, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CREANEY, Thomas

AB LR III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CRESSEY, Harold F.

Sig, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CUDMORE, Alfred

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

CULLIFORD, Doyle I.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

DAVIES, William T.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

DEEVES, Arthur J.

L/Tel, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

DON, John R.

Tel, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

DORAN, Patrick D.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

DOUGLAS, Albert

AB ST, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

DUGUAY, Henri R.

Cook (S), RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

EMERSLUND, Arnold G.

Tel, RCN

DOW - 13 Sep 1942

FISHER, John A.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

FROATS, Donald M.

Cook (O), RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

GALLAGHER, Howard

LS LR III, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

GARLAND, Melvin

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

GIBB, James A.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

GLASGOW, Charles E.

AB QR II, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HARKER, James S,

L/Tel, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HARRIS, Carl N.

OS, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HEIBERG, Kenneth G.

PO TGM, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HENDRY, George A.

Surg/Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HENRY, Robert

AB LR III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HICKEY, John C.

AB, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HOBBIS, William H.

EA 3c, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HOCKLEY, John W.

Stwd, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HOLMES, Earl I.

AB ST, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HOUGHTON, David H.

O/Sig, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HOWARD, Frederick C.

Tel, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

HUNT, William E. D.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

KING, Arthur H.

OS, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

KOSTENKO, Nicholas

Tel, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

LABONTE, Ernest

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

LEROY, Charles E.

AB RDF2, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

LESLIE, Kenneth L.

Sto 1c, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MACDONALD, Arthur

LSA, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MACDONALD, Herbert

Ch Sto, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MACKENZIE, Charles

PO LR I, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MacMILLAN, Alexander

L/SBA, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MADOLE, Carl H.

OS A/AA III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MASSON, Andre

AB A/SD, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

McKECHNIE, Morton H.

AB A/LR III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MCLEOD, Ian S.

Lt, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MILBURN, John R.

OA 4c, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MILLER, Earl G.

Sto 1c, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MOORE, Albert A.

Sto PO, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MORRISON, Francis A.

Sto PO, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MORRISON, Harry

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MUCHMORE, John V.

Sto 1c, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

MURPHY, Gerald W.

OS, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

NEATH, John F. E.

AB A/ST, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

NEIL, Percy T.

AB ST, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

PALMER, Ralph B. N.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

PARADIS, Paul V.

AB QR II, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

PEPPLER, Stanley

AB, 4299, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

PETTITT, John B.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

PIONTEK, Jack W.

AB A/SD, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

POOLES, Donald H.

Tel, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

PORTER, Harold S.

OS A/LR III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

PURCELL, Herbert A.

ERA 3c, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

QUIGLEY, Lloyd P. W.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

RASMUSSEN, Clifford J.

OS AA LG, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

RICHES, Clifford

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

ROBERTSON, Earl J.

Coder, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

ROBINSON, Walter V. D.

AB QR III, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

ROBSHAW, George A.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

ROOP, Roy M.

AB, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

RUTHERFORD, Clark A.

LCdr, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SECORD, Gerard F.

AB AALG, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SHEPPARD, David G.

L/Sig, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SHILLITO, John G.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SIMONS, Clinton L. R.

O/Sig, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SLAUNWHITE, Harry M.

AB, RCNR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SMITH, Alexander D.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SMITH, Arthur S.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SMITH, Kenneth G.

Ck (S), RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SMITH, Roseville S. C.

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

SOUTHALL, Harry K.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

STEPHENS, Oswald B.

Sto, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

STREET, Leslie G.

AB, RN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

TAYLOR, Ernest F.

AB ST, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

TAYLOR, Frederick

AB A/AA III, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

TRAINOR, Alfred N.

PO Stwd, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

TREMBLAY, Joseph A.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

TRUDEL, Camille .

Sto 1c, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

WHITING, Basil E.

AB, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

WILSON, Archibald W.

Sto 1c, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

WILSON, Donald A. K.

SLt, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

WRIGHT, Keith F.

SLt, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

YOUNG, Thomas W.

AB RDF 2C, RCN

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

ZINCK, Cyril M.

LSA, RCNVR

MPK - 13 Sep 1942

In memory of those who have crossed the bar

They shall not be forgotten

(s) - Survived the sinking of HMCS Ottawa

Bernard, Pierre Y. (s)

Beveridge, George

Billard, Robert A. (s)

Bissett, Audrey A. (s)

Conway, Archibald H. W.

Cookman, Edgar A.

Corbin, William H.

Corrigan, Francis O.

Daley, Arthur T. (s)

Dawkins, George H. (s)

Eagle, Frederick W. (s)

Fox, Edward R. (s)

Frayer, Donald L.

Goldsmith, Thomas H. H.

Green, George C.

Grivel, George A. (s)

Jenson, Latham B. (s)

Johnson, George D. (s)

Jones, George C.

Jones, Lloyd I. (s)

Lantier, Joseph (s)

Lloyd, William H.

Logos, Steve F. (s)

McQueen, William S. (s)

Power, Clifford S. (s)

Pullen, Hugh, F.

Pullen, Thomas C. (s)

Raymond, Clifford (s)

Rollinson, Frederick M. (s)

Seath, Richard O. (s)

Silver, Bernard L.

Sigston, George D.

Skillen, Clement R. (s)

Smith, John B. (s)

Soles, Norman S. (s)

Spicer, Robert B.

Stubbs, John H.

Taylor, Cuthbert R. H.

Thompson, Ross E.

Tizard, John (s)

Underhill, Alvin R. (s)

Vander Haegen, G.

Walker, Kenneth E.

Waller, James (s)

Webb, Frederick A. H.

Whitehouse, Eric

Wilson, Norman P. (s)

Wormworth, Thomas

Former Crew Members

(s) = Survived the sinking of HMCS Ottawa H60 on 13 Sep 1942

Abwheeler, Vernon, ERA 3c, V22137, RCNVR (s)

Acton, Robert G., AB, V18199, RCNVR (s)

Archbald, Herbert L., AB, 3124, RCN (s)

Barriault, Michael, A/L/Steward, A2961, RCNR (s)

Buchanan, Thomas Hugh, SLt, RCNVR drafted to HMCS Ottawa on 11 May 1942 (s)

Carracher, F., Cook, V1521, RCNVR (s)

Causley, John L., Supply Assistant, V19414, RCNVR (s)

Cheney, COX'N

Collinson, Fred, AB (s)

Currie, Patrick D., PO, 2800, RCN (s)

Doucette, Wilfred U., AB, A4762, RCNR (s)

Fraser, Alexander, OS, V326, RCNVR (s)

Gignac, Robert H., Stoker, V19217, RCNVR (s)

Haddon, Philip Edwin, Lt, RCN - 02 Apr 1940

Hard, Arthur A., A/PO, 3267, RCN (s)

Heiberg, TGM

Hill, Jimmy - 1942

Hobbs, CERA

Hood, Patrick A., LS, 2486, RCN (s)

Hunger, Herbert, OS, V14625, RCNVR (s)

Jones, Ernest Usher, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Apr 1940

Joseph, Aurelle F., AB, 4248, RCN (s)

Kirkpatrick, James J., Stwd, V13662, RCNVR (s)

Knowlton, John Grant, Cdr (E), RCN

Lanman, Albert Cyril, Lt (E), RN - 23 May 1938 (Stand by)

Layman, Albert Cyril, Lt (E), RN - 15 Jun1938

Leighton, Thomas A., Sig, V24029, RCNVR (s)

Lendrum, Yeoman

Locke, Maurice M., ERA 3c, 21650, RCN (s)

MacKinnon, Duncan L., OS, V10550, RCNVR (s)

Madwick, Edward Thomas, Lt, RCN - 09 Jun 1940

Mason, Roy, A., Cook (S), A834, RCNR (s)

McCauley, Harry - 1942

McCauley, Henry A., AB, V6239, RCNVR (s)

McDonald, CSPO

McGillivray, Donald Lachlan, Lt (E), RCNVR (s)

McGiyn, George H., L/Sto, 231592, RCN (s)

McLaurin, Donald, Writer, V6440, RCNVR (s)

McLeod, Malcolm A., L/Sto, 21759, RCN (s)

Middleton, Robert Earl, RCN

Milburn, OA

Mills, James Gordon, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Jul 194

Nolan, James, Lt, RCNR - 06 May 1941

Paradis, Anthony G., Supply Ass't, 40719, RCN (s)

Parent, Joseph N., Sto 2c, V3723, RCNVR (s)

Pattern, Kenneth, L/Cook (O), V13806, RCNVR (s)

Reeves, Douglas H., AB, 4254, RCN (s)

Scott, Peter W., AB, V7623, RCNVR (s)

Sinclair, Roy C., A/Sto PO, 21564, RCN (s)

Smith, CBM (Buffer)

Smith, Cecil, A/ERA 3c, V30468, RCNVR (s)

Stevenson, QR2

Stone, Douglas B., AB, 4222, RCN (s)

Taylor, David S., PO, 3393, RCN (s)

Terrabassi, Joseph, OS, V19351, RCNVR (s)

Thomas, Fernard, OS, 4171, RCN (s)

Thomas, Richard H., A/Sto PO, V15131, RCNVR (s)

Turnbull, Alexander Reginald, Lt, RCN - 15 Jun 1938

Walterson, Budmende J., A/L/Sto, V2201, RCNVR (s)

Waycik, Walter E., AB, V22866, RCNVR (s)

Wedmark, Alvin G., AB, V9592, RCNVR

Weir, Robert R., AB, V17167, RCNVR (s)

Williamson, John N., Stoker, V1680, RCNVR (s)

Wilson, John E., Stoker, V12367, RCNVR (s)

Winterburn, George Frederick, Lt (E), RCNR - 25 May 1940

Withus, Alfred S., AB, V16464, RCNVR (s)

Works, Harlan, Stoker, V26154, RCNVR (s)

Worth, Elton, AB, V1227, RCNVR (s)

Wortman, George E., A/Sto PO, 21200, RCN (s)

Photos and Documents

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(OTT000) HMCS OTTAWA H60 - postcard // Courtesy of Hugh Muir

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(OTT001) HMCS RESTIGOUCHE H00 with HMCS OTTAWA H60 ahead, in the lower chamber, Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 18 Apr 1938 // Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum Photo # 2002.31.8

(OTT0002) Looking down from the crow's nest on HMCS OTTAWA H60 - Nov 1939 // From the collection of Douglas John Ford // Courtesy of Jay Ford

(OTT0003) Breaking ice off the fo'c's'le - HMCS OTTAWA H60 // From the collection of Douglas John Ford // Courtesy of Jay Ford

(OTT0004) Ratings play chess on HMCS OTTAWA H60 - 22 Jun 1940, Botwood, NFLD

(OTT0005) HMCS OTTAWA H60 - Bedford Basin, Halifax, Dec 1940 // Source: H.F. Pullen Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1984-573 Box 1 F/18

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(OTT0006) HMCS OTTAWA H60 // From the collection of Wilfred Bowen, A/AB, RCNVR // Courtesy of Abbie Gourgon

(OTT0007) Newspaper article from the Ottawa Citizen on some of HMCS OTTAWA'S casualties and survivors

(OTT0008) Article on 3 Manitoba sailors lost in the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA H60 - AB Arthur Smith, AB W.T. Davies, AB Ken Southall // The Winnipeg Evening Tribune 22 Sep 1942

(OTT0009) Stoker Petty Officer Dick Thomas // HMCS OTTAWA Survivors Describes "Lucky Escape" // The Winnipeg Evening Tribune 20 Oct 1942

(OTT0010) Newspaper article on survivors from HMCS OTTAWA H60 being landed

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(OTT0011) AB Andre Masson on HMCS OTTAWA H60. Andrea died when HMCS Ottawa was sunk on 13 Sep 1942 // Source: CVWM website

(OTT0012) RCN members of the ship's company (all from Ontario) who survived the sinking of H.M.C.S. OTTAWA, which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-91 on 14/15 September 1942 // Photo: 24 Sep 1942, St. John's, NFLD // Library and Archives Canada / PA-204607

(OTT0013) 8 Winnipeggers among 113 Lost with Destroyer // Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS Ottawa H60 // Courtesy of Operation Picture Me

(OTT0014) AB Ernest Taylor on HMCS OTTAWA H60 // Source: Operation Picture Me // AB Taylor died when HMCS OTTAWA H60 was sunk on 13 Sep 1942

(OTT0015) Stoker Patrick Doran by an AA gun on HMCS OTTAWA H60 // From the collection of Sto 1c Patrick Doran // Courtesy of Roxanne Smith

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(OTT0016) Article on the loss of HMCS OTTAWA H60 // The Star Weekly, Toronto, 03 Oct 1942 // From the collection of J. Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR // Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor

(OTT0017) HMCS OTTAWA casualties from Toronto and area // The Toronto Star, Sep 1942

(OTT0018) HMCS OTTAWA casualties from British Columbia // The Vancouver Sun, Sep 1942
(OTT0019) HMCS OTTAWA SUNK - 113 Lost // The Vancouver Sun 21 Sep 1942

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(NPW025) Sailors chipping ice of HMCS OTTAWA H60. Her forward gun mount is encased in ice.

(NPW026) The fo'c's'le of HMCS OTTAWA H60 iced up at sea

(NPW027) Destroyer firing a 4.6 Q.F. - torpedo tube showing on the right

(NPW028) HMCS OTTAWA H60, Lough Foyle, Northern Ireland - 1942

(NPW029) HMCS OTTAWA H60 on the Foyle Rifer. Written on the back of the photo: "Randy - This is the OTTAWA that was sunk. We are on the River Foyle in Ireland and that is me right at the bottom - rowing the whaler. This was on the trip that we got hit on Sept 13, 1942. Love Dad" // Back of photo

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NPW031

(NPW030) Mel Garland, from Vancouver, BC. HMCS OTTAWA H60 at St. John's, Nfld. Mel did not survive the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA

(NPW031) Arnold Quigley behind an ice covered mount on HMCS OTTAWA H60. Arnold did not survived the sinking of HMCS OTTAWA

From the collection of Norman Wilson, QR II, RCNVR

Courtesy of Randy Wilson

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MOG011

MOG012

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(MOG009) Sailors in a mess deck on HMCS Ottawa H60 // Click here to view the names on the back of the photo // DND-RCN photo

(MOG010) Unknown sailor by AA gun on HMCS Ottawa H60

(MOG011) Looking aft along HMCS Ottawa H60's port side

(MOG012) Officers and ratings on the bridge of HMCS Ottawa H60

(MOG013) Unknown sailors on HMCS Ottawa H60

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(MOG014) Ships at anchor. It is believed the one of the 2 destroyers in the foreground is HMCS Ottawa H60 // Note that the wartime censor has blanked out the ship's pendant numbers and something on the shore.

(MOG015) Newspaper article from British Columbia newspaper on a Canadian warship (presumed to be HMCS Ottawa H60) arriving in England

(MOG016) Newspaper article on HMCS Ottawa H60 rescuing survivors of the SS Eurymedon and SS Sularia - both of which were sunk from Convoy OB12 - Sep 1940

From the collection of Frank Mogensen, CPO, RCN

Courtesy of Avril Mogensen

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(JS004) Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS Ottawa H60 // The Toronto Daily Star 28 Sep 1942

(JS005-JS006) OTTAWA: REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT - Article on the sinking of HMCS Ottawa H60 // Chief & Petty Officers' Associations bulletin Vol 33 No. 8, Mar 1989

(JS007) Son recalls father's moment of heroism // Article on Petty Officer John Benjamin Smith's actions during the sinking of HMCS Ottawa H60 // LOOKOUT Newspaper 09 Nov 2009

(JS008) An Unaffordable Loss // 1st page of an article on the loss of HMCS Ottawa H60 for the July/August 2015 issue of the Legion Magazine

From the collection of John B. Smith, CPO Cox'n, RCN

Courtesy of Larry Smith

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(FC01) Newspaper article HMCS Ottawa H60 survivors from the city of Toronto

Photos above are better quality scans of the photos in the newspaper article

From the collection of Fred Collinson

Courtesy of Steve Hlasny

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(SD058) HMCS OTTAWA H60 c1940

(SD059) HMCS Ottawa with a 3-inch AA gun in lieu of her rear torpedo tube mount and 'Y' gun removed

(SD060) HMCS Ottawa H60 - Fo'c's'le deck in from of 4.7" gun - 1942 // L-R: Clare Tour(??sp), Jimmy Hill, Sid Dobing, Earl Holmes. Earl Holmes was lost when HMCS Ottawa H60 was sunk

(SD061) Sid Dobing with Harry McCauley on Sid's 20th Birthday on board HMCS Ottawa H60 - 1942

(SD062) Sid Dobing and the Captain's Steward, John Hockley * going on leave - May 1942 // John Hockley was lost when HMCS Ottawa H60 was sunk

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(SD063) Sailors on the quarterdeck of HMCS Ottawa H60 // Back row (L-R): Bob Weir, Earl Neath, Cliff Riches, Cy Zinck. Front row (L-R): Sid Dobing, Harry McCauley // Earl Neath, Cliff Riches and Cy Zinck were all lost when HMCS Ottawa H60 was sunk

(SD064) Crew members of HMCS Ottawa H60 // Back row (L-R): unknown, Hare, Jimmy Hill, Earl Holmes. From row (L-R): Mike Neil, Sid Dobing // Earl Holmes and Mike Neil were lost when HMCS Ottawa H60 was sunk // Webmaster's note: according to the casualty lists, the name of the man identified here as Mike Neil is Percy T. Neil