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HMCS
POUNDMAKER K675
River
Class Frigate
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HMCS Poundmaker K675
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944-45
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Laid down: 29
Jan
1944
Launched: 21
Apr 1944
Commissioned: 17
Sep 1944
Paid off: 25
Nov 1945
Sold:
1947 to Peruvian Navy
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Commissioned:
1947 as Teniente Ferre
Renamed:
1963 - Ferre
Paid
off:
Fate: Broken up in 1966
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Built at Montreal, she was commissioned
there
on 17 Sep 1944. She arrived at Halifax in Oct 1944
and worked up in Bermuda in Nov 1944. In mid-Dec 1944 she arrived at
St. John's to join EG C-8, serving as a mid-ocean escort for the
rest of the war. She left Londonderry for the last time on 11 May
1945 to escort convoy
ONS.50 westward, and on 31 May 1945 began tropicalization refit at
Lunenburg. Work was completed on 20 Aug 1945, and on 25 Nov 1945 she
was paid off at Sydney and taken to Shelburne for disposal. She was
sold to the Peruvian Navy in 1947 and re-named Teniente Ferre and,
in 1963, Ferre. She was broken up in 1966.
From The
Montreal Gazette March 31, 1947 Page 19 - Ex-R.C.N. Frigates
Ready - Halifax, March 30. - Peruvian officers and crews were making
final preparations here today for the sailing of the former Royal
Canadian Navy frigates Poundmaker and St. Pierre, recently refitted
at nearby Dartmouth at a cost of $200,000. The ships, renamed
the Teniente Ferre and Teniente Palacios, will take up service with
the Peruvian Navy.
The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
LCdr H.S. Maxwell,
RCNVR - 17 Sep 1944 - 14 Apr 1945
LCdr John Trumbell Band,
RCNVR - 15 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
LCdr William Purves Moffat,
RCNVR - 20 Apr 1945 - 30 May 1945 |
A/LCdr Albert Elliott Gough,
RCNR - 31 May 1945 - 24 Aug 1945
LCdr William Purves Moffat,
RCNVR - 25 Aug 1945 - 25 Nov 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anderson,
Alexander C.
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Band,
John T.
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Blackburn, Arthur
J.
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Brown,
Alexander F.
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Calderbank,
Kenneth R.
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Chanter,
Charles E.
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Eldridge,
Richard
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Laurie, John
R.
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Light,
Charles E.
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MacIntyre,
Donald F.
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McDonald,
John A. L.
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McMurray,
Gerald A.
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Patti,
Benedetto |
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Pratt,
Edward A.
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Russell,
Raymond L.
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Ursaki,
Frank J.
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Former Crew Members
Brooks,
Robert Royde, Lt (E), RCNVR - 24 May 1945
Chappell,
Hyliard Garfield, A/Lt, RCNVR - 10 Mar 1945
Eldrige,
Dick, LS, ASDIC
Gough,
Albert Elliott, A/LCdr, RCNR - 30 May 1945
Greatrex,
Warren Robert, Lt (S), RCNVR - 05 Jul 1945
Learoyd,
Doug
Howe,
William, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jul 1945
Maxwell,
John Wright, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 29 Jan 1945
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Michaluk,
John, Wireless operator - 1944
Plaxton,
John Melville, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945
Revfem,
Erik, Lt (E), RCNR - 03 Jul 1944
Ross,
Henry Brown, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 08 Mar 1945
Smith,
Wilfrid Ewart, Lt(El), RCNVR - Jan 1945
Tooby,
Norman David, Lt, RCNVR - 11 Mar 1945
Young,
Earl Blythe |
HMCS
POUNDMAKER K675
Click
on the above photo to view a large image
From
the collection of Lt Richard (Dick) Simon
Courtesy
of Rick Simon
Alexander
F. Brown (on right) with shipmates on HMCS POUNDMAKER K675
From
the collection of Alexander Brown, Stoker,
RCNVR
Courtesy
of Peter Harvey
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