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HMCS
STETTLER K681 / 311
River
Class / Prestonian Class Frigate
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Post wartime badge |
HMCS STETTLER 311 - 1964
Source: City of Vancouver Archives:
Photographer: Walter E. Frost
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Laid down: 31 May 1943
Launched: 09
Oct 1943
Commissioned: 05
Jul 1944
Paid off:
09 Nov 1945
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Re-commissioned: 27
Feb 1954
Paid off: 31
Aug 1966
Fate: Broken up at Victoria, B.C., in 1967
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Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd.,
Montreal, Que, STETTLER was commissioned 07
May 1944, at Montreal. She arrived at Halifax on 28 May 1944 then carried out workups in Bermuda in
Jul 1944. On her return to Halifax she
was assigned to EG 16. On 07 Mar 1945, she left for Londonderry,
EG 16's new base, and was thereafter employed in U.K. waters except
for two round trips to Gibraltar in May and Jun 1945. She left
'Derry for home on 16 Jun 1945, the last Canadian warship to do so, and
began tropicalization refit at Shelburne. Work was suspended in Aug
1945 and the ship was paid off 09 Nov 1945. She was sold but
later recovered and converted to a Prestonian class ocean escort,
being re-commissioned on 27 Feb 1954. In the Spring of 1966, STETTLER
participate in exercise Maple Spring along with HMCS GRILSE and
HMCS ST CROIX, with port visits along the east coast of South American. She subsequently moved
to the west coast, and was finally paid off there on 31 Aug
1966. She was purchased by Capital Iron and Metal, Victoria, BC, in
1967 to be broken up. Shortly after purchase the price of scrap metal
plummeted and she was not broken up late 1971, early 1972.
RCN Memories:
The
Cook and the Duty Watch
Photos
and Documents
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Dudley Gawen King,
RCNVR - 07 May 1944 - 09 Nov 1945
Cdr Gordon Cheeseman Edwards,
RCN - 27 Feb 1954 - 02 Sep 1955
LCdr George Richard MacFarlane,
RCN - 03 Sep 1955 - 09 Sep 1957
LCdr M.H. Cooke,
RCN - 10 Sep 1957 - 11 Aug 1959
LCdr R.A. Evans,
RCN - 12 Aug 1959 - 08 Mar 1961 |
LCdr Henry William Vondette, RCN -
09 Mar 1961 - 18 Oct 1962
LCdr R.F. Gladman,
RCN - 19 Oct 1962 - 23 Aug 1964
LCdr Thomas Arthur Irvine,
RCN - 24 Aug 1964 - 08 May 1966
Lt Sidney Charles Gould,
RCN - 09 May 1966 - 31 Aug 1966 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Adderson,
John W.
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Balfour,
James P
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Bandoian,
John V.
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Bannister,
Henry L.
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Barnes,
Jerry T.
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Bartram,
Vincent J.
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Bemister, Herbert G.
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Boughton,
Donald R.
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Bourdon,
Arthur J. R.
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Broster, G.
Arnold
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Brown,
Donald L.
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Buchan, William
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Bushen,
Lee P.
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Butchart,
Arthur A.
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Campbell,
David
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Canning,
Isaac G.
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Colegrave,
Bruce E.
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Cunningham, Norman A.
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Dale, T.
Leslie
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Dawson,
Stuart T.
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DeCosta, Wilfred H.
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Desrosiers,
Frederick C.
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Draper,
James R.
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Driemel,
Harry H.
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Dunahee,
Harvey J.
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Eccles,
Brian G. W.
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Edmundson,
Kenneth D.
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Fahey,
Robert G.
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Fast, Frank V.
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Fox-Decent, Norman
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Francis,
William L.
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Fraser,
Robert
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Goldring,
Gerald A.
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Gore, Andrew E.
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Gould,
Sidney C.
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Grant,
Richard R.
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Greco,
Vincent C.
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Grinstead,
Martin P.
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Halderson,
James
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Harrison,
Kenneth
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Henderson, Gordon
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Hendry,
Ian G.
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Hicks,
Stanley V.
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Hinton,
Peter R.
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Hobbs, John
E.
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Holmberg,
Warren K.
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Irvine,
Thomas A.
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Janson,
Frederick N.
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Jones,
Gordon G.
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Kirby,
Richmond H.
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Kostiuk,
Bohdan J. P.
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Ledwos,
Edward L.
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Lesiuk,
Dmeytro
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Logie, David
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MacDonald,
Duncan H.
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MacFarlane,
George R.
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MacKinnon,
Bruce E.
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Malak,
John
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Manifold, C.
Robin
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McCartney,
David
G.
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McCormick,
Peter K.
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McGowan,
Harold A.
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Miskimins,
Byron J.
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Moore,
Jim F.
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Nickel,
Daniel B.
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O'Neill,
John D.
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Panteluk,
William
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Parsons,
Harvey
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Pfister, Robert
L.
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Phillips,
Edward C.
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Robertson,
James W.
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Rombough,
Wallace O.
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Seip, Harry E.
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Seright, Harry
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Smith,
Gordon J.
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Sommerville,
Wilfred J.
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Sophonow,
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Spencer,
Alan
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Stolee,
Erling B.
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Thompson,
Ross E.
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Thomson, Donald G.
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Tooms,
Arthur
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Vondette,
Henry W.
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Weigand,
Edwin V.
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Wilson,
Malcolm D.
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Woodruff,
David S.
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Woolford,
John
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Yanow,
Robert D.
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Former Crew Members
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Bedster,
Arthur - 1965-1966
Brown,
Clifford Francis, Lt, RCNVR - 10 May 1944
Brown,
Harry Morley, SLt, Torpedo Officer, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 / 07 May 1944
Crowley,
William, Lt (E), RCNR - 12 Feb 1944 / 07 May 1944
Dalton,
Alfred Glen, A/Lt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944
Francis,
Allan Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Mar 1945
Gagnon,
Maurice, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Mar 1944 / 07 May 1944
Goyder,
David, SLt, RCN - Dec 1963 - Aug 1966
Grant,
Roy, CK, V87042, RCNVR
Hughes,
Cyril
King,
Dudley Gawen, A/LCdr, RCNVR - 20 Mar 1944 CO
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Fave, John 33169-H
Marsh,
Robert McCann, Lt, RCNVR - 07 May 1944 / 21 Apr 1945
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Mitchell,
Mike
Ouimet,
Armamd, Lt, RCNVR - 01 May 44 / 07 May 1944
Padget,
Robert Loren, Lt (E), RCNVR - 13 Mar 1945
Paries,
Emil T., ABRP
Parrott,
Dean Allan, Lt, RCNVR - 03 May 1945
Phemister,
William Ian, SLt (E), RCNVR - 19 Apr 1944 / 07 May 1944
Quinn,
Hubert Fredrick, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 03 Mar 1945
Robinson,
John William David, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945
Rogers,
John Peter, Lt (E), RCNVR - 21 May 1944
Simpson,
James Wright, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jun 1944
Sparrow,
Ken, ER, 39776E, RCN
Torrie,
Allan Macdonald, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 / 07 May 1944
Vowels, Gerry 
Zilinsky, Larry - Apr 1965 - May 1966
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Photos and
Documents
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Postcard of HMCS STETTLER K681
From the collection of William (Bill) Carey
Courtesy of William (Bill) Carey / Jeff Tripp |
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HMCS STETTLER K681 Second World War jacket patch
It is not known if this was based on an
unofficial ship's badge or if it was a unique design for a jacket
patch
Courtesy of Brent Walker |
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HMCS STETTLER K681 silk scarf
From the collection of Warren Holmberg
Courtesy of Ron Holmberg |
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HMCS STETTLER 311 alongside HMCS Ontario circa
1957-1958
From the collection of Steve Hlasny
Courtesy of Steve Hlasny |
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HMCS STETTLER 311 - date unknown
From the collection of Gordon
Arnold (Art) Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
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HMCS STETTLER 311 - date unknown
From the collection of Gordon
Arnold (Art) Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
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HMCS STETTLER 311 - date unknown
From the collection of Gordon
Arnold (Art) Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
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Sailors from HMCS STETTLER 311 ashore at the Kam
Inn, Hilo, Hawaii - date unknown
From the collection of Gordon
Arnold (Art) Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
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Concert progamme on board HMCS STETTLER during
her 1957 Spring Cruise - 14 Apr 1957
From the collection of Gordon
Arnold (Art) Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
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HMCS Settler's Spring Cruise - Jan - May 1957
From the collection of Gordon
Arnold (Art) Broster
Courtesy of Cathy Robinson |
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HMCS STETTLER 311 - undated |
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HMCS STETTLER 311 - 1965
Courtesy of Hugh Muir |
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