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HMCS
SAMBRO (1941)
Then
HMCS VENTURE
II 1943 (March)
Then
HMCS VENTURE 1943 (May)
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HMCS Venture II
Source: The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces
1910-1981 by Ken Macpherson and John Burgess
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Built: 1925
Commissioned:
07 Dec 1939 as HMS Seaborn
Transferred
to RCN: 1941
Commissioned: Sep
1941 as HMCS Sambro
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Renamed:
06 Mar 1943 - HMCS Venture II
Renamed:
May 1943 - HMCS Venture
Paid off: 14
Jan 1946
Fate:
Sold to commercial use. Final disposition unknown |
Formerly the U.S. yacht Seaborn, she had been acquired in 1939 by Northumberland Ferries
Ltd. and renamed Charles A. Dunning just in time to be taken over
for naval service and revert to her former name. On 07 Dec 1939, she was commissioned as HMS
SEABORN, flagship of the Read
Admiral, 3rd Battleship Squadron, Halifax. At the end of Sep 1941, she became HMCS
SAMBRO, depot ship at Halifax for destroyers
and auxiliaries, and on 06 Mar 1943 was again renamed VENTURE II
as depot ship for Fairmiles. When the sailing yacht VENTURE was
re-designated on 13 May 1943, H.C. 190, the depot ship dropped her
Roman suffix and remained plain Venture until paid off on 14 Jan 1946. Sold for commercial purposes, she still existed in 1953
under Panamanian flag.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
A/Cdr Thomas Grant Denny, RCNVR -
20 Dec 1944 - unk
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be forgotten
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Amyot,
Francis
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Beech,
Walter H.
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Budge,
Patrick D.
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Chapman,
Frederick H.
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Clark, Gavin
C.
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Gillis, Channing D.
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Currie,
George H.
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Décarie,
Wilbrod
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Denny, Roy
C.
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Denny,
Thomas G.
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Gilbert, William M.
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Hartley,
John S.
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Hibbard,
James C.
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Leigh,
Laithwood L.
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McKay,
Graham A.
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McPhail,
Archibald B.
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Miller,
Lloyd K.
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O'Leary,
Stanley M.
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Powell,
Robert M.
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Seager, Robert
W.
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Seath, Richard
O.
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Stevens, John
F.
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Streisel,
John C.
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Tilbury, Albert E.
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Trudel, Joseph
M. R.
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Former Crew
Members
Middleton,
Robert Earl, RCN
Photos and
Documents
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A few sailors on the jetty with what looks like
it will be the evening supper with HMCS VENTURE in the background
Photographer: Roy T. Cardy
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy |
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Fairmiles tied up outboard of HMCS
SAMBRO,
Halifax, 1941. Q086 outboard the forward group of 4 ships
From the collection of Laithwood Leigh
Courtesy of Judy Saunders
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Capt. M.L.s and Staff on HMCS SAMBRO, Halifax, 1942
From the collection of Laithwood Leigh
Courtesy of Judy Saunders
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