HMCS RENARD
S13 / Z13
Armed
Yacht
HMCS RENARD S13
Launched: 1916
Commissioned: 27 May 1940
Paid off: 01
Aug 1944
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Fate:
Last reported in 1955 as a derelict vessel in Sydney Harbour, N.S. -
final disposition unknown |
Built by Bath Iron Works, Bath,
ME, USA in 1916. In her prime, RENARD had
shown a turn of speed to match her destroyer-like appearance, but
she was 24 years old when commissioned on 27 May 1940, at
Halifax. She left the following day for Quebec City for
conversion and arming, returning on 03 Dec 1940 to Halifax, where she
was assigned to Halifax Local Defence Force. In Apr 1942,
she began a long refit at Liverpool, N.S., and Pictou, on completion
of which in July she became a torpedo and gunnery training ship
attached to HMCS CORNWALLIS, with torpedo tubes fitted for the
purpose. She moved with the establishment to Digby in Jul
1943, but returned that Nov 1943 to Halifax to serve as a
torpedo-firing ship. Surveyed in 1944 and found not to be
worth repairing, she was paid off on 01 Aug 1944. She was sold in
1945, purportedly to become a floating power plant for a Cape Breton
mine, but was derelict at Sydney in 1955. Her specifications were: Length: 225 ft, Beam: 21 ft,
Draught: 8 ft, Speed: 15 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr, 2-21" TT.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
LCdr Norman Vincent
Clark, RCNR - 27 May 1940 - unk
LCdr D.G.
Jeffrey, RCNR - 02 Oct 1940 - unk |
Mate John Herbert Maxner, RCNR - 28 Apr
1942 -
unk
Mate H.A. Sowerbutts, RCNR - 09 Sep
1942 -
unk |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Douglas, Albert
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Edwards,
Ralph W.
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Graham,
William A.
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Grossman,
Henry
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Kerr,
Ian
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Knowles,
John C.
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Mott,
Charles A.
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Pelletier,
Joseph E. R.
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Pratt,
Edward A.
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Saint
Louis, Joseph A.
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Former Crew Members
Atwood,
Lorenzo Lysons, LCdr, RCNVR - 27 May 1940 / 27 Jun 1940
Anderson,
Freeman hewitt, Skpr, RCNR - 15 Jul 1941
Burns,
Robert, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 01 Jul 1940
Gagne,
Marius Joseph Alfred, Skpr, RCNR, 22 Feb 1943
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Gravel,
Louis Jean Marie, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Jan 1943
Herdman,
Robert, A/Lt (E), RCNR - 24 May 1940 / 27 May 1940
Joyce
Hugh Kirkpatrick, SLt, RCNVR - 23 Mar 1942
LeBlanc,
Wilfred - Dec 1940
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Stephens,
Richard Edward, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 26 Feb 1943
Stevens,
William Bradfield, SLt, RCNVR |
Photos and Documents
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HMCS Renard in Halifax
From the collection of Edouard
Ouellette
Courtesy of Cathy Fitzgerald |
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HMCS Renard S13
Date and place unknown |
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HMCS Renard S13
Source: Queen's Co. Museum, Liverpool, NS
Courtesy of Don Smith |
FM740 |
FM741 |
(FM740)
HMCS
RENARD - 10 Apr 1944 (FM741) HMCS RENARD firing a torpedo - 1942
From the collection of François
Messier, AB, RCNVR
Courtesy of Denis Messier
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