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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE
J355 / 173
Algerine
Class Minesweeper
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Post wartime badge |
HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1945
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Laid down: 23
Dec
1942
Launched: 19
Aug 1943
Commissioned: 30
Sep 1944
Paid
off: 28 Jul 1945
Re-commissioned: 24
Oct 1945
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Paid
off: 14 Jan 1946
Re-commissioned:
03 Mar 1947
Paid off: 15
Aug 1950
Fate: Broken up around 1960
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Commissioned at Port Arthur on 30 Sep
1944, ROCKCLIFFE arrived at Halifax on 30 Oct 1944 and proceeded to
Bermuda to work up. Upon returning to Halifax in mid-Dec 1944 she
was assigned to EG W-6 until Jun 1945. She escorted the
surrendered U 889 part of the way to Shelburne, N.S., on 10 May
1945. Paid off to reserve at Sydney on 28 Jul 1945, she was
re-commissioned for passage to Esquimalt, where she arrived on 21
Dec 1945. On 12 Jan 1946, she was again paid off into
reserve, but was re-commissioned on 03 Mar 1947, to serve as a
training ship. In 1948 she was listed as an oceanographic vessel. In Jul 1949, she was listed a a depot ship. She was finally paid off on 15 Aug 1950, and
scrapped ten years later.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
A
Brief History of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 / 173
Re-dedication of HMCS
ROCKCLIFFE'S bell at CFB
ROCKCLIFFE
Commanding Officers
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Lt John Edisforth Heward,
RCNVR - 30 Sep 1944 - 28 Jul 1945
A/LCdr Albert Elliott Gouch,
RCNR - 24 Oct 1945 - 14 Jan 1946
LCdr James Wake
Golby, RCNR - 03 Mar 1947 - 30 Mar 1947
Cdr Harry Kingsley,
RCN - 31 Mar 1947 - 15 Oct 1948
LCdr J.B. Bugden, RCN - 16 Oct 1948 - 03 Dec
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Cdr Harry Kinglsey,
RCN - 04 Dec 1948 - 25 Apr 1949
LCdr John Beaumont Bugden,
RCN - 26 Apr 1949 - 10 Jul 1949
LCdr Harry Romeyn Beck,
RCN - 11 Jul 1949 - 06 Sep 1949
A/Capt Harry Kingsley,
RCN - 07 Sep 1949 - 21 Apr 1950
Cdr James Sinclair Davis,
RCN - 22 Apr 1950 - 15 Aug 1950 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anderson,
Hugh L. |
Beck,
Harry R.
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Bennett,
Hedley
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Bernard,
Paul-Andre
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Briggs,
Mervin J.
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Broster, G.
Arnold
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Burgess,
Charles T.
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Burns,
Arthur W.
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Bush,
Leslie K.
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Calderbank,
Kenneth
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Campbell,
David
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Clark,
William G.
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Cluff,
Charles T.
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Crossley,
Sidney R. |
Crosswell,
F. Clinton
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DeCosta,
Wilfred H.
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Dew, Norman
A.
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Down,
John T.
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Driemel,
Harry H.
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Dunham, Roy
O. |
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Edwards,
Moray C.
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Edwards,
Ralph W.
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Elliott,
Glen L.
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Fee, James
P.
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Fee,
Roland A. B.
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Giddings,
Oliver A. W.
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Godbout,
Gaston E.
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Golby,
James W.
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Grant,
Harold B.
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Greengrass,
Frederick
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Grossman,
Henry
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Hall, Raymond
M.
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Hawkyard,
Charles H.
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Heath, John
R.
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Hendrickson,
Melvin L.
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Heward,
John E.
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Hicks,
Arthur J.
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Hodgkin,
William P.
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Howarth, William
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Huddleston,
Lorne
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Hutton, James
L.
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Johns, William
F.
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Johnson, Halldor M.
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Jones, Harold
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Jones,
Lloyd I.
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Jupp,
Robert H.
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Justice,
David W.
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Kahler,
Lawrence J.
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Kellerman, Wilfred H.
J.
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Kingsley, Harry
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Knight, R.
N.
Pete
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Krieger,
Willy
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Kubis, John
K.
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Laycock, Albert
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Lloyd,
Evan S.
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Loewen,
Leslie J.
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Lysne,
Jack M.
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Malin,
Richard R. G.
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Mann, Dennis
H.
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McLean,
Elvin R.
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Moir,
Harvey R.
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Molyard,
John M.
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Naysmith,
David M.
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O'Brien.
Joseph M.
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Payne,
Douglas B.
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Penfold, Ronald
E.
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Reilly,
John N. B.
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Robertson,
Robert
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Rostek, Arthur
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Rowan,
Robert
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Rowland,
Arthur F.
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Russell, James
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Scougal,
Gordon J.
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Scullion,
James S.
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Sealy, Earl
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Sears, Robert J.
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Shields, Marshall
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Stanbrook,
Wilfred T.
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Strachan, Jack
H.
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Sutherland, Neil M.
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Thomson,
Melvin L.
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Weigand,
Edwin V.
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Zabrick,
Demetro
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Former Crew Members
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Beck, Harry Romeyn, Lt, RCN, XO - 04 Jul 1949
Bedwell, George E. 
Best, George Samuel, SLt, RCNVR - 04 May 1945
Bushman, Yeoman - 1944
Cadman, Thomas Alva, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 29 Jan 1945
Candy, George Watson, A/Gnr (TAS) (T), RCN - 03 Mar 1947
Crosby, Bernard Vincent, Lt (S), RCN - 27 May 1948
Dalley, Andrew Roosevelt, Cd (E), RCNR - 22 Feb 1945
Harrison, Walter Charles, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945
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Hodgkin, William Leonard, Gnr, RCN - 03 Mar 1947
Horne, John Edmund, LCdr (L), RCN - 01 Jun 1948
Lee, Norman Frederick, Wt (E), RCN - 04 May 1944
Lodge, George, Cox'n - 1945
Mackintosh, James Francis, Wt (E), RCN - 03 Mar 1947
McBride,
Ronald Thomas, Lt - 1944-1945
McBurney, James William, Lt (S), RCN - 18 Jun 1947
Rae, Robert Graham, Lt (E), RCNVR - 16 Jun 1945
Smith, Roy, Lt (E), RCN - 27 May 1950
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Photos and
Documents
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The Christening of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355, Port
Arthur, ON, 29 Sep 1944
(1 - 2) Mrs. D.P. Cruickshank and Lt. J.E.
Heward (3) The Christening Party
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE fitting out at Port Arthur, ON
- Sep 1944
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 transiting the St.
Lawrence, passing Montreal, enroute to Halifax - Oct 1944
Note that her radar antenna has been removed by
the censors
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 transiting the St.
Lawrence, passing under the Jacques Cartier bridge, Montreal,
enroute to Halifax - Oct 1944
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Gun and bridge of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 conducting a stern fueling
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - circa 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - circa 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Surgeon Lt John Nelson Boright Reilly, RCNVR on
HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - circa 1945
(1) Surg Lt John Reilly climbing into HMCS ROCKCLIFFE's seaboat (2) Surg Lt John Reilly climbing
ladder onto HMCS ROCKCLIFFE
(3) Surg Lt John Reilly on HMCS ROCKCLIFFE
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Boat crew form HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - date
unknown
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Boat crew form HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - date
unknown
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Lt. Ron McBride, SLt Ron Penfold, Cox'n George
Lodge, HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - circa 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Lt Moray Edwards and Yeoman Bushman on the
bridge of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - circa 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Slt George Best on the bridge of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE
J355 - circa 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Officers in the wardroom of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 - early 1945
Lt Raymond M. Hall - Top right
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Sailors along the rails as HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355
pulls away from the jetty in Halifax - date unknown
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Boat crew from HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 being
lowered to the jetty - date unknown
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355 moored to a buoy - date
and location unknown
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355, V.E. Day in Halifax
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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Newspaper article on the surrender of U-889 to
HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355
The Ottawa Citizen 13 Jun 1945
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Crews from ROCKCLIFFE and OSHAWA on their
respective quarterdecks - date and place unknown
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Newspaper article on the upcoming port visit 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 ROCKCLIFFE J355 (in company with HMCS
Oshawa J330) 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
Photo (1) LCdr Richard (Dick) Sugden Williams
(C.O. of HMCS OSHAWA) meets Betty and
Peter Heward (wife and son of John Heward - C.O of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE)
on HMCS OSHAWA
Note:
The port visit to Bathurst, NB was not originally the deployment
schedule and John Heward apparently work hard to get the town added
to the list. His family summer home was there and he wanted to be
able to see his wife and son.
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Parade at Bathurst, NB, 02 Jul 1945
Officers and ratings from HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355
and HMCS OSHAWA J330
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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Newspaper article on the visit of HMCS ROCKCLIFFE
J355 and HMCS OSHAWA J330 to Summerside, PEI
From the collection of John Edisforth Heward
Courtesy of Roger Heward |
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HMCS ROCKCLIFFE J355
From the collection of John C. Orr
Courtesy of John P. Orr |
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