HMCS SACKVILLE K181

 

Flower Class Corvette

 


 

HMCS SACKVILLE's

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HMCS SACKVILLE K181

Click on the above photo to view a larger image

Courtesy of Erling Baldorf

 

Laid Down: 28 May 1940

Launched 15 May 1941 at Saint John, NB

Commissioned: 30 Dec 1941

Paid off: 08 Apr 1946

Re-commissioned: 04 Aug 1950 (as a depot ship)

Re-classed: 1953 as CNAV (later CFAV)

Fate: Paid off Dec 1982 - and transferred to The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in 1983 to be restored to her wartime configuration.

 

Built by Saint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Saint John, NB, she was launched on 15 May 1941. Commissioned on 30 Dec 1941, at Saint John, N.B., SACKVILLE arrived at Halifax on 12 Jan 1942. She joined NEF after working up, and on 26 May 1942 left St. John's to escort HX.191 as part of the newly formed EG C-3. 

 

In early August 1942 HMCS SACKVILLE engaged three U-boats in a 24-hour period damaging two before they were able to escape. At the time Sackville was under the command of Lieutenant Commander Alan Easton, DSC. As part of a western bound convoy 250 miles east of Newfoundland, she encountered a U-boat on the surface. At a range of less than a quarter mile, she fired a starshell and forced the U-boat to crash-dive. She then steamed into the swirl of water left by the submerging U-boat and fired a pattern of depth charges. The powerful blast threw the U-boat to the surface before it slipped back into the water and disappeared.  And 90 minutes later, SACKVILLE engaged another surfaced U-boat in a lethal ballet. When SACKVILLE zigged to ram, the U-boat zigged to avoid, but not before SACKVILLE fired a four-inch shell that punched a large hole in the base of the conning tower forcing the sub to return to port.

 

In Apr 1943, she transferred to C-1, and in Sep 1943 briefly joined EG 9 in support of the beleaguered combined convoy ONS.18 / ON.202, which lost six merchant vessels and three escorts. In Oct 1943 SACKVILLE transferred to C-2 for the balance of her war career.

 

She underwent two major refits: at Liverpool, N.S., and Halifax, from 14 Jan to 02 May 1943; and at Galveston, Texas, from late Feb to 07 May 1944, when her fo'c's'le was extended. Upon her return from working up in Bermuda, in Jun 1944, she made a crossing to Londonderry. Soon after leaving for the westward journey she split a boiler and had to return to 'Derry for repairs. She left again on 11 Aug 1944, to limp home as escort to ONS.248, refitted at Halifax and, in Sep 1944, briefly became a training ship at HMCS KINGS.

 

In Oct 1944 she began, at Halifax, refit and reconstruction to a loop-laying vessel, and work was still in progress by VE-Day. The ship was paid off on 08 Apr 1946, but re-commissioned 04 Aug 1950, as depot ship, reserve fleet. 

 

She was refitted in 1950 but remained inactive until 1953, when, as a Canadian Naval Auxiliary Vessel (CNAV), she began a survey of the Gulf of St. Lawrence that was to last several years. She also carried out a number of cruises to the Baffin Island-Greenland area. Extensive modification in 1968 reflected SACKVILLE's new status as a research vessel. She was operated by the Department of National defence on behalf of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

 

In 1983, as the sole surviving corvette, she was transferred to the Canadian Naval Corvette Trust (now Canadian Naval Memorial Trust) and restored to her wartime appearance.

 


 

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos

 

Committal of Ashes Services

 


 

HMCS SACKVILLE Deck Log - 24 Jul 1942 - 28 Sep 1942

 

Ref: LAC RG24 Vol. 7816 Deck Logs HMCS SACKVILLE

 


 

My Life Aboard HMCS SACKVILLE - by Patrick Onions A/B RCNVR Ret.

 

WW II veteran Larry Hartman visits HMCS SACKVILLE 71 years later

 

Canada's Naval Memorial (HMCS SACKVILLE)

 


 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt William Reid Kirkland, RCNR - 30 Dec 1941 - 05 Apr 1942

Lt Alan Herbert Easton, RCNR - 06 Apr 1942 - 09 Apr 1943

A/LCdr Angus H. Rankin, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1943 - 17 May 1944

Lt Anthony Rivers Hicks, RCNVR - 18 May 1944 - 17 Sep 1944

Lt C.C. Love, RCNVR - 18 Sep 1944 - 05 Nov 1944

Lt John Alfred McKenna, RCNVR - 06 Nov 1944 - 08 Apr 1946

 

Commanding Officers

HMCS SACKVILLE - Canadian Naval Memorial Trust

 

Capt (N) Vernan Howland 1982-1984

LCdr Maxwell Corkum 1984-1989

LCdr James Bond 1989-1994

LCdr Sherry Richardson 1994-1999

Cdr William Gard 1999-2003

Cdr Wendall Brown 2003-2012

LCdr James Reddy 2012-2019

Cdr Gary Reddy 2019-present

 


 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

CARTWRIGHT, Gordon D.

AB, RCNVR

MPK -14 Oct 1942 

 


 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

Allison, James H.L.

Alward, Calvin J.

Andrews, William L.

Atherley, James J.

Aucoin, Paul B.

Blain, James

Boutilier, Theodore K.

Byatt, Archie

Byers, Kenneth

Campbell, Emile

Canning, Kevin M.

Chapman, Neil H.

Clappison, Philip H.

Clarke, Brian A.R.

Clow, Claude

Cox, Peter S.

Crewe, Norman

Darling, David

Easton, Alan H.

Frizzell, Wayne

Garceau, Paul

Goyer, Vernon J.

Gregoroschuk, Dan

Hallett, Abraham R.

Harrington, Walter

Harris, John F.

Hicks, Archie, R. C .L.

Hirtle, Richard D.

Ironside, John F.

Jaeger, Albert

King, John L. M.

Knowles, Robert A.

Macdonald, Frank J.

MacDonnell, Donald J.

MacGregor, Malcolm C.

MacRae, Morson L.

Margison, John E.

McDonald, Ronald J.

Medford, Kenneth A.

Morris, Ashley H.

Murray, Arthur W.

Olsen, John Hans

Onions, R. Patrick

Osburn, Anthony G.

Patterson, Roy

Randall, George

Reddy, James P.

Richards, Gordon A.

Rolland, Joseph W.

Round, Gilbert

Savas, James D.

Sawchuk, William

Sheppard, Bruce R.

Stone, George A.

Thomson, Woodburn S.

Todd, David

Van Allen, William G.

Wilkinson, Horace E.

Corky - Mascot

 

 


 

Former Crew Members

 

Aickens, Cliff, SBA - 1942

 

Binmore, David Armstrong, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1943

 

Brinacomb, Gordon

 

Carruthers, Colin Mackenzie, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1942

 

Chenard, Napoleon

 

Geldard, Alf

 

Graham, Keith

Hartman, Larry, Tel, 4721, RCN

 

Hickox, Jack, Leading Hand - 1942

 

Jollife, William Ernest, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1943

 

Jones, William Howard, Lt (El), RCNVR - 05 Mar 1945

 

Kent, William Gerald, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 06 Apr 1942

 

Ransom, Claude - 1942

Saunders, George - 1942

 

Schmeisser, Chester James, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1945 NavO

 

Smithwhite, Roy, ERA

 

Steele, James J. (Jim) - 1942

 

Stevenson, Tom - 1942

 

Tyler, Peter Jeffrey, A/Lt, RCNVR - 22 May 1944

 

Wheatley, Clifford Astley, Slt, RCNVR - 26 Jan 1943

 

Wilcox, Jack - 1942

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

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(SKV001) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - Summer 1942 //  From the collection of Joseph Henri Lionel Forget  //  Courtesy of Johnny Forget

(SKV002) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - summer 1942  //  Source: Archival photo - Naval Museum of Alberta

(SKV003) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - 1942 //  RCN Photo

(SKV004) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - summer 1943 //  Source: Archival photo - Naval Museum of Alberta

(SKV005) HMCS SACKVILLE K181  //  From the collection of James Savas, AB SD, RCNVR  // Courtesy of Rick Savas

 

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(SKV006) Unknown sailor on the jetty by HMCS SACKVILLE K181

(SKV007-SKV008) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - after 1944 refit and fo'c's'le extension  //  Source: Archival photo - Naval Museum of Alberta

(SKV009) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 looking aft from the fo'c's'le  //  From the collection of François Messier, AB, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Denis Messier

(SKV010) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 firing a depth charge - Aug 1944  //  From the collection of François Messier, AB, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Denis Messier

 

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(SKV011) CFAV SACKVILLE 113 // Courtesy of Gary Medford

(SKV012) CFAV SACKVILLE at Jetty 5, Halifax, NS - 18 Sep 1981  // Courtesy of Hugh Muir

(SKV013) CNAV SACKVILLE 113 flying her paying-off pennant - Dec 1982

(SKV014) This photo shows a mess deck on HMCS SACKVILLE, the last corvette, restored to her wartime configuration by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. The oilskin on the mannequin was donated by Catherine Crewe, daughter of the late George Crewe, RCN through For Posterity's Sake

 

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(SKV014-SKV016) Newspaper articles on the preservation and restoration of HMCS SACKVILLE K181  //  From the collection of Leonard Hare  //  Courtesy of Debbie King

 

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(SKV017) HMCS SACKVILLE K181, Halifax 2014  //  Photographer: John Floyd  //  © John Floyd 2014 / all rights reserved  //  Published here with permission of John Floyd. Do not reproduce, re-use or republish without permission of John Floyd

(SKV018) Autographs from 2 of HMCS SACKVILLE's wartime crew members - Ken Medford and Arthur Murray //  Courtesy of Bill Gard

 

(SKV020) HMCS SACKVILLE arriving in port

#169 of a limited edition print. Artist Unknown

Click on the above image to view the full print

Courtesy of Bill Gard

 

If anyone has any information on who the artist is for this print, please email info@forposterityssake.ca

 


 

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(DDDD57-DD59) HMCS SACKVILLE K181. PhotoS taken from HMCS OWEN SOUND K340

From the collection of Dan L. Dunbar, AB, RCNVR

Courtesy of Dan Dunbar

 


 

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(RK15) HMCS SACKVILLE K181

(RK16) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 jacket patch

(RK17) Off duty in a mess deck on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 in Halifax. Robert Knowles 2nd from right

(RK18) ERA Robert Knowles by the depth charge rails on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - 1943

 

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(RK19-RK21) Unknown Chiefs and Petty Officers on HMCS SACKVILLE K181

(RK22-RK23) Unknown sailor on HMCS SACKVILLE posing with the latest survival gear if one is washed overboard.  The CPO in RK23 is also unknown

 

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(RK24) Unknown sailor on HMCS SACKVILLE K181

(RK25) A photograph of a photographer taking a photograph on HMCS SACKVILLE K181. All in the photo are unknown

(RK26) Unknown Lt and rating in the Bandstand on HMCS SACKVILLE K181. Standing on the starboard raft is an unknown SLt with a camera

(RK27) Unknown Lt in the Bandstand on HMCS SACKVILLE K181

(RK27) Port side aft looking forward on HMCS SACKVILLE K181.  All in the photo are unknown

From the collection of Robert A. Knowles, A/Wt (Eng)

Courtesy of George Knowles

 


 

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(JR12) SS Belgian Soldier torpedoed and sunk by U-607 on 04 Aug 1942. Photo taken from HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR13-JR14) Survivor of SS BELGIAN SOLDIER.  He was knocked out by the blast, woke up alone and lowered himself into a lifeboat  (JR15) Unidentified submarine and corvette outboard of HMCS COWICHAN J146  (JR16) Either raising or lowering SACKVILLE's workboat

 

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(JR17) Joe Rolland on HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR18) SACKVILLE crew members playing ball on the jetty  (JR19) Closed up at action stations. U-boat contacted.  Waiting for action  (JR20) Joe Rolland (with X over his head) and shipmates on HMCS SACKVILLE  32 hour action against 3 subs with an "unofficial" fourth sub sighted. Captain Easton has ordered the crew to sleep with their clothes on  (JR21) Sailors on HMCS SACKVILLE

 

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(JR22) Sailors on the fo'c's'le of HMCS SACKVILLE at St. John's, NFLD.  HMCS AVALON II in the background  (JR23) Sailors on the quarterdeck of HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR24) Sailors on HMCS SACKVILLE looking at convoy on the horizon  (JR25) One of SACKVILLE'S CPO with Joe Rolland in background on right  (JR26 ) Sailors on HMCS SACKVILLE. Ken Medford front, left

 

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(JR27) Joe Rolland on HMCS SACKVILLE  (J28) HMCS SACKVILLE icing up at sea  (JR29-JR31) One of SACKVILLE'S CPOs

 

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(JR32) HMCS SACKVILLE awash in rough seas  (JR33) Joe Rolland in centre  (JR34) Unknown sailor in crow's nest on HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR35) Sailors on the quarterdeck on HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR36) Unknown sailor washing down the decks on HMCS SACKVILLE

 

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(JR37) Joe Rolland on HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR38) Sailors heading up to the gun deck on HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR39) Painting ship at sea on HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR40) Joe Rolland (left)  (JR41) Work party on HMCS SACKVILLE

 

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(JR42) HMCS SACKVILLE Christmas card  (JR43) HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (JR44) Joe Rolland (right) and Bess  (JR45) Joe Rolland  (JR46) Ranson, Hickscock, Laviolette

 

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(JR47) Joe Rolland (left) and McCoon  on HMCS SACKVILLE  (JR48) HMCS SACKVILLE - " some of the crew"  (JR49) HMCS SACKVILLE - " some of the crew". Joe Rolland with "X"

 

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(JR50) Bob Laderoute  (JR51) Kelly  (JR52) Capatula  (JR53) McPherson

(Note: above 4 sailors believed to be crew of HMCS SACKVILLE)

 

(JR54) Sailors on HMCS SACKVILLE

circa Apr 1942 - Mar 1943

 

Standing L-R:  Hick, Steve, Saunders, Harry, Dick, Cra..., Morris, Ciguer..., Rolland, Donsell, McLean, Medford

 

From the collection of Joseph W. Rolland, RCNVR

 

Courtesy of Jordan McCallum

 


 

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(LH16) Gunnery drills on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - 1942  (LH17-LH18) HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (LH19) Larry Hartman on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - 1942  (LH20) Larry Hartman on HMCS SACKVILLE K181

 

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(LH21) Larry Hartman on the signal lamp on HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (LH22-LH23) Depth charge launched ...... Depth charge detonated  (LH24) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 at sea  (LH25)Larry Hartman (left) and Arf Geldard on HMCS SACKVILLE K181

 

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(LH26) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 as part of the Barber Pole Brigade - as designated by the barber pole on her funnel  (LH27) Gordon Brinacomb on HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (LH28) Alf Geldard on HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (LH29) L-R: Alf Geldard, Larry Hartman, "Hot Dog", Phil and Eric on HMCS SACKVILLE K181, Greenock, Scotland, 1942. The gun shield of HMCS AGASSIZ is in the background  (LH30) Unknown sailor up in SACKVILLE'S crow's nest

 

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(LH31) Boarding party from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 preparing to go to a tanker  (LH32) Depth charger thrower on HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (LH33) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 rescuing U-boat survivors  (LH34) Larry Hartman on HMCS SACKVILLE K181, his first trip arriving in Ireland

 

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(LH35) Larry Hartman on HMCS SACKVILLE in 1944 and again, 71 years later, on HMCS SACKVILLE in Halifax

 

From the collection of Larry Hartman, Telegraphist, RCN

 

Courtesy of Ray Hartman

 


 

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(PC01) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 at sea - 1942  (PC02) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 alongside in St. John's, Newfoundland - 1942  (PC03) The White Ensign flying on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (PC04) Gunshield art on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942 

 

From the collection of Peter Cox

Courtesy of Gary Medford

 


 

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(KM29) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - Photo taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 while convoy escort for ONS.18 & ON.202, Sep 1943  (KM02) HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (KM03) Floating mine seen just off HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM04) A flock of seagulls over HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM05) North Atlantic convoy seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942

 

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(KM34) Unknown corvette seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM35) Kenneth Medford on the twin Lewis machine gun on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM36) Jetty 3 Halifax circa 1942 - The bow and forward gun of HMCS Ottawa H60 seen on the right of the photo  (KM37-KM38) HMCS GALT K163 seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 (foreground) circa 1942

 

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(KM39) HMCS SKEENA I59 seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 (foreground) circa 1942  (KM40-KM41) HMCS SACKVILLE'S whaler turned out and ready for use circa 1942 - Note convoy in the distance  (KM42) Rough seas in the North Atlantic circa 1942 - HMCS SACKVILLE'S whaler turned out and ready for use  (KM43) HMCS SACKVILLE K181, looking aft along the port side circa 1942

 

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(KM44) North Atlantic convoy seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM45) Paddy's Milestone (Ailsa Craig), seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942. Ailsa Craig or in Scots Gaelic, Creag Ealasaid, is an island of 99 hectares (240 acres) in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) from mainland Scotland which was formed from the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano  (KM46) RMS Queen Elizabeth, seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM47) HMS BRAMHAM L51, seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM48) Seaplane base on the way to Greenock, Scotland circa 1942

 

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(KM49) Depth charge thrower on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM50-KM52) Two unknown aircraft carriers and a County class cruiser on the River Clyde - photos taken from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM53) Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ship (CAM ship) seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942. The planes on these ships were one launch planes.  Once launched, the pilot had to ditch the plane and hope he would be able to be picked up

 

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(KM54-KM58) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 Iced-up, Winter 1942-1943. Note her gunshield art in photos 57 and 58

 

 

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(KM59) Catalina Flying Boat seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM60) At sea on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942.  "The Rev" Morris holding the ship's mascot Corky. Others in the picture ... Gordie Cartwright, Tom Stevenson, Claude Clow. Note submitted by Mary Gair - "The Rev" - Ashley Harl Morris was nicknamed Reverend due to his ability to tell lies (tall tales)  (KM61) Jim Steele from Toronto, ON on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circ 1942  (KM62) Jack Wilcox from PEI and Kenneth Medford on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM63) Claude Ransom from Windsor, ON on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942

 

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(KM64) Kenneth Medford on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM65) HMCS SACKVILLE K181, St. John's, NFLD circa 1942  (KM66-KM67) Unknown Allied sub alongside HMCS SACKVILLE K181 at St. John's NFLD circa 1942. Kenneth Medford standing on sub in photo 66  (KM68) Kenneth Medford on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 at St. John's NFLD circa 1942

 

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(KM69) SS Belgian Soldier (4th ship 9th column of ON 115), torpedoed but still afloat, under tow by unknown corvette (not in photo). Convoy ON 115 departed Liverpool, England 24 Jul 1942, arrived Boston, Mass, 08 Aug 1942. Belgian Soldier was torpedoed and damaged by U-553. She straggled and was later sunk by U-607 on 4 Aug. Twenty-one dead  (KM70) G S Waldren, ON 115, torpedoed but still afloat, under tow by HMCS Agassiz (not in photo). Convoy ON 115 departed Liverpool, England 24 Jul 1942, arrived Boston, Mass, 08 Aug 1942.   G.S. Waldren was a tanker. She was torpedoed by U-552 on 03 Aug 1942, East of Cape Race. She was towed into St. John’s, NFLD. 1 Dead  (KM71) Line ahead in Conception Bay, NFLD circa 1942  (KM72) Unknown freighter near St. John's, NFLD circa 1942

 

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(KM73-KM75) Entering St. John's, NFLD circa 1942

 

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(KM76) Kenneth Medford on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM77) Tom Stevenson of Toronto, ON on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM78) Claude Ransom (with rifle) on the jetty by HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM79) Cliff Aickens, SBA, HMCS SACKVILLE K181 at Trafalgar Square, London circa 1942

 

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(KM80-KM84) Transiting the River Foyle enroute to Londonderry, Ireland

 

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(KM85-KM89) Transiting the River Foyle enroute to Londonderry, Ireland

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(KM90) Blue Watch, HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942 - L-R: Tom Stevenson, Toronto, ON;  Ashely Harl “The Rev” Morris, Chester,  NS;  Jim Steele, Toronto, ON;  Hunter, Alberta;  Claude Clow, Shelbourne, NS;  Medford, Kenneth, Leading hand

 

(KM91) Blue Watch, HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942 - Back Row: L-R:  Kenneth Medford, Leading Hand; Ashely Harl "The Rev" Morris;  Unknown   Front Row: L-R:  Jim Steele;  Claude Clow; Tom Stevenson

 

(KM92) Blue Watch, HMCS SACKVILLE K181, in Newfoundland circa 1942 - Front: Kenneth Medford - Back Row: L-R:  Jim Stevensen , Jim Steele, Hunter, Ashley Harl "The”Rev” Morris, Claude Clow

 

(KM93) White Watch, HMCS SACKVILLE K181, in Newfoundland circa 1942 - L-R: unknown; unknown; Jack Hickox, Leading Hand, Charlottetown, PEI; unknown; George Saunders, Montreal; unknown

 

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(KM94) Ashley Harl "The Rev" Morris on a train in Scotland circa 1942  (KM95) An overturned lifeboat near HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM96) Unknown freighter in convoy carrying trucks circa 1942  (KM97) Unknown freighter in convoy circa 1942  (KM98) 

 

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(KM98) HMCS SACKVILLE biting in to a wave circa 1942  (KM99) Kenneth Medford standing by the port Engine room air intakes on HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1942  (KM100) HMCS SACKVILLE K181, starboard Engine room air intakes (foreground), starboard Boiler room air intake (background) circa 1942  (KM101)

 

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(KM102-KM103) Fo'c's'le and 4-inch gun on HMCS SACKVILLE icing up - circa 1942  (KM104-KM106) Iceberg near HMCS SACKVILLE K181 - circa 1942

 

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(KM107-KM110) Liverpool NS, during refit of HMCS SACKVILLE, K181 - Jan-Feb 1943

 

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(KM111) HMCS SACKVILLE K181 circa 1943-1944 - Photo taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 (KM112) Convoy seen from HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (KM113) HMCS ROSTHERN K169 and (likely) HMCS GALT K163. Photo taken from HMCS SACKVILLE K181  (KM114) US gunboat arriving in Halifax. Photo taken from HMCS SACKVILLE K181. HMCS Galt K163 outboard of HMCS SACKVILLE  (KM115) Newspaper article on how sailors (on HMCS SACKVILLE) pass time at sea

 

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(KM116-KM118) Various newspaper articles on HMCS SACKVILLE action with U-boats

 

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(KM119) Legion Newspaper Article mentioning Claude Clow, Sep 1995  (KM120) Article from the Trident magazine - Ken Medford visits HMCS SACKVILLE 60 years later

 

From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM

 

Courtesy of Gary Medford 

 


 

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(PT12) HMCS SACKVILLE Z62 after conversion to Cable Recovery ship  (PT13) HMCS SACKVILLE Z62 alongside in Halifax  (PT14) Unknown sailors on HMCS SACKVILLE Z62  (PT15) Pat Onions on the jetty in Halifax with an unknown CPO  (PT16) Pat Onions climbing up the most on HMCS SACKVILLE Z62

 

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(PT17) Unknown sailor on HMCS SACKVILLE Z62  (PT18) Unknown sailors on HMCS SACKVILLE Z62  (PT19-PT20) unknown sailors working on the fo'c's'le of HMCS SACKVILLE Z62

 

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(PT22) Pat Onions on HMCS SACKVILLE Z62  (PT23) unknown sailor cutting bread in a mess deck on HMCS SACKVILEL Z62. The bread appears a tad hard.  (PT24) Unknown sailor on HMCS SACKVILLE Z62

 

From the collection of LS Patrick Onions, RCNVR

 

Courtesy of Bill Gard

 


 

11 Feb 2018 - HMCS SACKVILLE is moved to the Syncrolift in Halifax for a refit. Her hull will be cleaned of algae and then there will be extensive plate repair/replacement done in the submarine shed.

 

 

              

 

                 

 

Photographer / © 2018 Carl Anderson (1 - 4) and Bill Gard (5 - 13)

Courtesy of Bill Gard

 


 

HMCS SACKVILLE on the syncrolift in Halifax - 11 Feb 2018 - being prepared for refit

 

     

 

Photographer / © 2018 - Doug Struthers

Courtesy of Bill Gard

 


 

 

HMCS SACKVILLE's refit is progressing.  Her hull has been scraped/sandblasted and primed.

 

Photographer / © 2018 - Bill Gard

Courtesy of Bill Gard

 


 

HMCS SACKVILLE on the synchrolift at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott, HMC Dockyard Halifax, for more hull work - 25 Sep 2020 -  Photo source:  Tweet by the CO FMFCS - Docking of HMCS SACKVILLE. A real privilege to have the opportunity to work on this fine WWII ship. Thank you @HMCSSACKVILLE1 for your trust and confidence!

 

Courtesy of Bill Gard

 


 

HMCS SACKVILLE decorated for the 2023 Christmas Season

Source: CFB Halifax Formation Imaging Services

 


 

List of those who ashes were committed to the sea from HMCS SACKVILLE

 

07 May 2000

 

Duncan

Vernon Lewis

Milen

John Buchan

 


 

06 May 2001

 

Bradley

Thomas Alexander Richard

Bryant

William Henry

Cameron

Donald Keith

Dodds

Norman Eric

Dugals

Gordon Wales

Gard

Raymond Ernest

Holman

Raymond Harrison

Jones

Charles Edward

Nix (née Light)

Margaret Isabel

Orange

Thomas

 


 

02 May 2002

 

Miller

Robert

Cocks

John Arthur

Gamblin

Donald Roy

Kelcher

Francis Joseph

Mann

John Michael

Richardson

Noran F.

Toscana

Joseph Leonard

Tremblett

Alfred Charles

Ware

Henry George

 


 

04 May 2003

 

Curry

Edward Arthur

Howitt

David Mickle

Shergold

Terrence Anthony, CPO1 / Lt (N), RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

 


 

02 May 2004

 

Buchan

Peter Lowden

Jackson

Norman Shuttleworth

Janes

Howard Morgan

Janes

Marguerite

Knight

Robert Warren

Low

John P.

McCulloch

John David Wesley

McCulloch

Jean Victoria

Morris

John Duechers

Newton

Kenneth Reginald

Newton

Frederic Arthur

Rigby

Edward Albert

Steele

Walter M.

Turner

Thomas Charles

Woods

Kenneth Douglas

 


 

07 May 2006

 

Anderson

Richard Leon

Barker

James Henry

Barry

Paul E.

Burgess

Benjamin Harry

Christie

Robert William, PO1 Med A, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Cole

Frederick Thomas

Cox

Allan Charles

Dorrance

John Stirling

Hally

George Allan Fenn

Jackson

James Jeffrey

Lillington

Samuel

McMaster

John Warwick

McMaster

Kathleen Gertrude

Mills

James Edward

Rolston

William John

 


 

06 May 2007

 

Bailey

George Alexander

Book

Kenneth Elemore

Brown

Eileen

Brugger

Harold Dagelbert

Champagne

Joseph Arthur

Champagne

Marie

Champagne-Sorochan

Mary Anne

Hereman

Bruce Kendall

Kendall

Richard Haddon

Kent

Peter Randall

Latimer

Donald Victor

Lawrence

Dawson Bowman

Mackin

Richard Warren

Melanson

Paul Joseph

Milligan

John William

Murray

Wray David

Patterson

William

Potter

Burton Raymond

Rainer

Vernon Harcourt

Rubin

Donald John

Sanderson

William John

Smith

Elizabeth Lochead

Stanick

Boyd LeRoy

Thornton

Ypres Clyde

Villeneuve

Ralph Severe

Watkins

Ross John Geoffrey

 


 

04 May 2008

 

Auns

Kristine Vilma

Chabot

Gerald Arthur

Colpitts

Michael Stanley

Cumming

Donald Walter

Dillman

Douglas Harrison

Etienne

Gerald Gilbert

Finlay

Ferguson

Graham

Thomas William

Hedden

George Byard

Henderson

Bradley Densmore

Johnston

Creighton George Armar

Kozyra

Edward

Lusty

William Albert

McEachern

Brian Francis

McKee

Frederick Gilbert

Minoque

Howad Douglas

Murphy

Stanley Joseph

Ogaick

Desmond Thomas

Phillips

Vernon Bruce

Phillips

Lenore Francis

Pidlesny

Louise Regina

Shee

John Arthur

Stack

Edward Patrick

Tost

David James

Wilson

Arthur Charles

 


 

03 May 2009

 

Ball

Harold Loftus

Ballard

Peter John

Butters

John James

Dockrell

James William

Fralic

William Mansfeld

Grant

Geroge Henry

Hoyem

William Barry

Kamermans

William Edward

Keefe

Austin James

Lambie

Vincent Frederick

McEachern

George Howard Gregory

McRae

Arthur Emerson

Mitchinson

Norman Rale MacGregor

Roy

Jacques Robert

Thmpson

Michael Gerard

Walker

Frank John

Wimsby

Kenneth William

 


 

02 May 2010

 

Barr

William Frederick

Bates

William Alfred

Clinch

Ian Armstrong

Cooper

Merrill Rankin

Croucher

Selby Claude

Dubois

Bernard Wilfred Leo Joseph

Dunn

Timothy Hibbard

Harriott

Alfred

Hotte

Donald Edward

Kramer

Francis George

Leal

Ernest Reginald

Marlow

Russell Bruce

Mason

Robert Dudley

Ouellet

Rene Ernest Joseph

Picard

Gerald

Quesnel

David John Randolf

Quigley

Richard Gordon

Ramsay

Barbara Francis (née Rice)

Skelhorne

Frederick Morton

Smith

Jesse Lewis

Squire

Thomas Alan

Wagstaff

Arthur (Jr.)

Waters

William Henry

West

Christopher

 


 

01 May 2011

 

Ady

Peter John

Baak

Hans William

Brodie

Jean

Brodie

Charles Alexander

Campbell

Raymond John

Clarke

Edward Newton

Crawford

Calvin Charles

Davis

Robert Joseph

Derbyshire

Stephen William

Edwards

Gordon Lewis

Goodchild

John Wesley Ferguson

Morrison

Richard Francis

Roberts

Lionel A.

Ruth

Cyril Edward

Schafer

Elmer Norman

Strong

Clyde Maceill

Tremblett

Kathleen Ann

Wagener

Lawrence Ross

Walter

John Robert

 


 

06 May 2012

 

Ady

Betty

Austin-Moore

Chloris Violet

Barkhouse

Douglas Ross

Barnaby

Kenneth Lenwood

Bonneau

Jean Claude

Borgal

George Gordon

Brown

Norman Leslie

Budge

Daniel Gilbert

Bunbury

Arthur Corbet

Corkum

Maxwell Fred Legold

Daley

Robert James

Dollimore

Laverna katie

Dopp

Donald Edward

Furzecott

William John

Gill

Patricia Catherine (née Ferris)

Griffin

Clement Francis

Hardy

Reginald James Malcolm

Hobb

Donald Robert

Lee

Frderick Joseph

Lyon

Robert Alexander Graham

Lyon

Gloria Viola

MacNutt

Donald Scott

Moore

Arthur Wilfrid

Peever

Graham Ronald

Pegley

John Charles Fredrick

Radley

Bryon Herbert

Rogers

Eugene Seldon

Thistle

Robert Dustan

Wright

William Arthur

 


 

05 May 2013

 

Bone

Richard Melburne

Brunelle

Paul Joseph

Courage

William Ronald

Crawford

John Mortimer

Crewe

Wayne Hector

Crickard

Frederick William

Cull

Arnold Joseph

Desmeules

Roger Alfred

Dickinson

Peter R.

Forbes

Raymond Burnett

Gardner

Peter Alan

Lindsey

Ralph George

McCrimmon

William Henry

McEwan

James

Munday

Robert William

Pattison

Clive Donald Everett

Plant

Merle Alexander

Poliseno

Ernest

Sabean

Charles Roy

Tanner

Elizabeth Louise

Walker

Edward

Walker

Irene

 


 

04 May 2014

 

Arthur

Robert Harold

Bergeron

Roger Alfred

Bone

Frederick Reginald Gordon

Burnett

Mark Donald Gray

Busby

Shirley Joan

Cosburn

Ronald Thomas

Dunlop

Roy Bruce

Easton

William Ross

Fox

Edward Mark

Harnock

James Edward

Howell

John Phillip

Illig

Joseph John

Jay

John

Kennett

Frederick George

Kostal

Joseph Wilfred

Lourme

Ernest Patrick

McMillin

Adnrew Clark

Mowat

John Franklin

Murray

Arthur William

Petrony

Sophia Elizabeth

Petrony

Edward Charles

Picco

Thomas Joseph

Reed

James David

Smith

Edward Stanley

Sykes

Douglas Roderick McIvor

Travers

Bernard Vincent

Wilcox

Donald Arthur

Williams

Ronald Trevor

 


 

23 Jun 2020

 

Brown

Kenneth Frederick

Morehouse

Robert Ernest

 


 

18 Aug 2020

 

Devenish

Edmund Walter

Devenish

Elizabeth

Gamble

William Ralph

 


 

21 Sep 2020

 

HMCS SACKVILLE being brought alongside so that families may board for the committal service

 

Bass

Gary Allen, PO1

Cowbrough

Abbigail. SLt, RCN

Gilbert

Kenneth James, Telegraphist

Hunt

Raymond Charles

Krilow

William John, PO1, E Tech

Pedersen

Stephen Alan, Naval Cadet

Reddy

James Patrick, LCdr, C.A.F. (Navy)

Suto

Harry Stanley, Lt (N), RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

 


 

08 Oct 2021

 

Bertrand

Leo Joseph

Grace

Matthew Richard

Jennings

Thomas Calvin

Lander

Thomas Henry

Lander

Elizabeth Meredith

Meade

John William

 


 

01 May 2022

 

Broyden

Wilfred

Carpenter

Hugh Ernest Gordon

Chafe

Cyril Arthur

Cottle

John Baudains

Cottle

Beverley Joyce

Darlington

Robert Arthur

Dionne

Aldolphus William Alexander

Dionne

Barbara Joan

Dumsday

Harvey John

Dziadyk

Althea Dale

Gabriel

Gervase William

Hare

John Louis

Kowalchuk

Reginald William

MacLean

George Carleton

Pattenden

John Paul

Pattenden

Phyllis Mary

Perkins

William Victor

Perkins

Muriel Gweneth

Stegen

James William

Stegen

Elinor Royce

Strange

Kenneth Frederick

Van Ee

Henry

Webber

Donald Terrance

Wellard

Peter David

Williamson

Albert Clare

 


 

22 Sep 2022

 

 

HMCS SACKVILLE, under command of Commander Gary Reddy (ret’d), carried out a committal of ashes of naval veterans and serving members off Point Pleasant Park in September. The ship’s crew was supported by CFB Halifax Base Chaplain office, Queen’s Harbour Master (tug service), fleet personnel and CNMT trustees. The committal service involving family members was conducted by Chaplain Andrew Cook. Among the guests attending the memorial service were Eamonn McKee, Ireland’s ambassador to Canada and the commanding officer of the Irish Naval Service offshore patrol vessel LE James Joyce visiting Halifax at the time.

 

Caie

Douglas Innes, Cdr

Connors

Michael Edwin John, CPO2

Davies

Davis Llewellyn (Sr.), PO2

Eddington

David Harcus, British Merchant Navy

Franklin

Kenneth Verner, CPO1

Gray

John Douglas, PO1 / WO

Hillier

Clyde Calvert, LCdr

Knudsen

John Krogsgaard, CPO1

Kupnicki

Nicholas Anthony, Lt, RCNR

Nugent

Desmond Francis LCdr

Plumb

Alexander Duncan, MWO

Quinn

Warren John, CPO1

Shepard

John Frederick (Fred), PO1

Short

Frederick Garland, Mr., CNMT Trustee

Sproule

Joseph Peter Hugh, Lt

Watkins

Maxine Corine, Mrs. (Widow of PO1 Howard William Watkins)

Watkins

Brian Joseph Andrew, AB

Willson

Robert Ashton, Cdr

 


 

07 May 2023

 

Photographer: Doug Struthers (on smugmug)

 

Adderson

John William, LCdr

Baugniet

Robert Norman, Cmdre

Brownrigg

John Allan Lloyd, CPO

Cocks

Barbara Joan (Widow of CPO1 John Arthur Cocks)

Conrick

Thomas William

Cruickshank

Robert Douglas, Lt (N)

Deir

Wayne James, PO2

During

Raymond Lewis, CPO1

During

Judith Diane, Sgt

Feltham

Richard Stanley, Major

Hanakowski

Terence Michael, PO2

Knowles

Barbara Ellen

MacNaughton

James Gary, WO

McDonald

Angus, Capt, Merchant Navy

McDonald

Mary (née Smith)

Parker

Reginald Alton, PO QM

Perks

Robert Gordon, AB

Potter

John Wallace, Telegraphist

Smale

Joseph Brett, CPO2 VS

Wills

Gerald Douglas, PO2

Wilson

Howard Albert, LS

 


 

19 Sep 2023

 

 

Spearing Sackville Landing

Sailor's Memorial at Point Pleasant Park

Committal Service

 

Aitken, Charles Edwin, PO1 Naval Storesman, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Baker, David Dennis, LS, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Burley, Kenneth Lawrence, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Durand, Joseph Gabriel Richard, PO1 Steward, C.A.F. (Navy)

Kollen, John William, PO1

McNeil, Bryant John, LS, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Poirier, Roger, CPO1

Scott, Wayne Bryant, CPO1

Seguin, Joseph Arthur Ronald, PO1

Seguin, Theresa Mary (wife of Joseph Arthur Seguin)

Thompsett, Robert Warren, PO Supply Technician, C.A.F. (Navy)

Walker, Albert Alexander (Bert), CNMT Trustee, Air Force

White, Lawrence Tassian, LS, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

 


 

21 Sep 2023

 

Bowes, Harold Gordon

Chauvin, Guy Henri, Lt (S), RCN

Cormier, Lisa

Gard, Robert Michael

Lipp, Charles William Cameron

Maskell, Thomas Bertram, Radar Technician, C.A.F. (Navy)

McPhee, Thomas James, PO, C.A.F. (Navy)

 


 

05 May 2024

 

Batten-McKenna, Catherine, Mrs.

Bergeron, Kathryn Mary, Mrs.

Blakley, George Douglas, AB

Bolduc, André G., LS, RCN

Daws-Knowles, Rosalyn Ethel, Mrs.

Daws-Knowles, Stuart John Vere, CPO2, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Dowdall, Francis Theodore, Lt (N) (AERE), RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Edwards, Robert Henry, Cdr

Goldie, John Terrence, LCdr, C.A.F. (Navy)

McGee, James Terrance, PO2, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Nelson, Charles Horace Hugh, CPO1 AT, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Nesbit, Keith Gordon, Capt. (N), RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Nevitt, Joseph Neal, PO1, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Peterson, Buddy Lionel, CPO2, C.A.F. (Navy)

Quinn, Dorothy Patricia, Mrs. (wife of CPO1 Warren John Quinn)

Ruston, Richard Vernon, PO1, EA, RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

Stone, David William, PO.SA, Second World War

Whyte, Donald George, LS

Zboril, Ronald Martin, Lt (N), RCN / C.A.F. (Navy)

 

 


 

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