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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
STE THERESE K366 / 309
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Post wartime badge |
HMCS Ste Therese 309 - Jun 1962
RCN Photo
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1945
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Laid down: 18 May 1943
Launched: 16
Oct 1943
Commissioned: 28 May
1944
Paid off: 22
Nov 1945
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Re-commissioned: 22
Jan 1955
Paid off: 30
Jan 1967
Fate: Broken up
in 1967 |
Built by Davie Shipbuilding
& Repairing Co. Ltd., she was commissioned on 28 May 1944, at
Lévis. She
arrived at Halifax early in Jul 1944 and, after preliminary workups in
St. Margaret's Bay, proceeded to Bermuda to complete the process.
Returning n mid-Aug 1944, Ste. Therese left Halifax in late Oct 1944 to
join convoy HX.317 for passage to Londonderry. There she joined EG
25 and served with it in U.K. waters until Feb 1945, when she
was re-assigned to EG 28, Halifax. She served locally with EG 28
until the end of the war, and on 22 Nov 1945 was paid off at Sydney
and placed in reserve at Shelburne. She re-commissioned on 22 Jan 1955, after conversion to a Prestonian class ocean escort,
finally being paid off at Esquimalt on 30 Jan 1967. She was
broken up in Japan that year.
Photos and Documents
Ship's company photos
The Ship's Bell
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Commanding Officers |
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A/Cdr James Evelyn Mitchell,
RCNVR - 28 May 1944 - 05 Jul 1945
A/LCdr Alexander Craig Campbell,
RCNVR - 06 Jul 1945 - 04 Sep 1945
Lt J. Jackson,
RCNVR - 05 Sep 1945 - 26 Sep 1945
Lt G.A. Macpherson,
RCNVR - 27 Sep 1945 - 22 Nov 1945
LCdr William Frances Potter,
RCN - 22 Jan 1955 - 03 June 1956
LCdr Philip John Pratley,
RCN - 04 Jun 1956 - 12 Jan 1958
LCdr Aubrey Ravening Pickels,
RCN - 13 Jan 1958 - 25 Apr 1958 |
LCdr John Burleigh
Chapleau Carling,
RCN - 24 Jan 1959 - 17 Aug 1960
LCdr A.G. Murray,
RCN - 18 Aug 1960 - 16 Aug 1962
LCdr Michael Arthur (Mike) Martin,
RCN - 17 Aug 1962 - 02 May 1963
LCdr Peter Gerald May,
RCN - 03 May 1963 - unk
LCdr Keith Murray Young,
RCN - 30 Oct 1964 - 14 Sep 1965
LCdr Pierre Edouard
Gerard Simard,
RCN - 15 Sep 1965 - 30 Jan 1967 (OIC) |
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten |
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A-B
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Bates,
Alan William
1931-2018 |
Bernuy,
Jacques A.
____-2007
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Burck,
David
____-1998
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C-D |
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Cameron,
Joseph Kerr
1920-2003 |
Campbell,
William R.
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Served in Ste Therese during WW 2 |
Carver,
Robert James
1935-2015 |
Clark,
Donald Stanley
____-1963
Served in Ste Therese in 1962 |
Clark,
George
1936-1977 |
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Clarkson,
Henry Lloyd
1931-2017 |
Crawford,
Galered Glenwood
1940-2009 |
Curry,
Walter
1918-2017 |
Day,
Alfred David John
1923-2015
Served in Ste Therese during
WW 2 |
Downs,
Steve
1935-2016 |
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Eastick,
David Charles
1940-2017
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Ebner, Ernest
Fredrick
____-2013
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Emberly,
William G.
1928-2019
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Emberton,
Ivor
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Etherington,
Jack E.
1932-2015
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Fahey,
Robert Gary
1940-2013
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Fell,
Lloyd Allan
1927-2014
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Fenwick,
Charles Wayne
1942-2006
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Finley,
William E.
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Fox-Decent,
Norman W.
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Fraser,
Robert Neilson
1933-2017
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G-H |
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Gallo,
Mike
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Good,
Jack Williamson
1938-2018
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Goodbrandson,
Siggi
1925-2006
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Grainger,
Robert K.
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Hall,
Gordon Frederick
1925-2015 |
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Harwood,
John
1932-2018 |
Hayley,
Al
1921-1997
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Hennis, John
1938-2013
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Hill, Peter
E.
1941-2019
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Hodgkins,
Frederick William
1922-2017
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I-J |
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Johnson,
Kenneth E.
1931-2017 |
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K-L |
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Kahler,
Lawrence John
1926-1985
Served in Ste Therese 04 Jan
1955 - 07 Jun 1956 as a P1.AW, RCN |
Kirby,
Richmond Hill
1929-2006
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Kostiuk,
Bohdan John Peter
1929-2017
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Larone,
Ronald T.
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Leeming,
Matthew R.
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Logie,
Robert Douglas
1928-2017
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Martin,
Charles Raymond
____-2002
Drafted to Ste. Therese on 01 May 1944 as Lt, RCNVR, Stand
by / 28 May 1944, as Lt, RCNVR |
Martin,
Michael Arthur
1927-1918
10th Commanding Officer |
McArdle,
Christopher Charles
1934-2017 |
McComb,
Gerald Edward Christopher
____-2001 |
Miller,
David Donaldson
1922-2007 |
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O-P |
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Parsons,
Harvey
1936-2016 |
Pesclevich,
Thomas William
1939-2013 |
Prokopow, Thomas
Knox
1931-2017 |
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Roberts, Joseph
A.
1912-2004 |
Roggeveen,
Paul Adrian
____-2014 |
Rumberger,
Donald Thomas
1922-2016
Served in Ste Therese during
WW2 |
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S-T |
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Sauder,
Wilton H.
1927-2016 |
Seibel,
Arthur J.
1925-2016 |
Simard,
Pierre Edouard Girard
____-1999
13th (final) Commanding Officer |
Southin,
Howard Edward
1922-2018 |
Stenson,
Allan E. |
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U-Z |
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Usher,
Ewart Sheldon
1920-2005
Drafted to Ste Therese 16 Mar
1945 as a Lt (E), RCNVR |
Vergouwen,
Peter J.
1931-2016 |
Walter,
John R.T.
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Wareham,
Earle A.
1922-2016
Served on Ste Therese as Yeoman |
Wright,
David L. 1942-2017` |
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Young,
Keith Murray
1929-2019 |
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Former Crew Members
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Ball, Darrell Allan, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 28 May
1944
Berbeck, Robert, Jan 1961 - Sep 1962
Bradley, Richard Stewart, Slt, RCNVR - 23 Apr 1945
Coombes, Robert Arthur, Lt (E), RCNVR - 14 Mar 1944 (Stand by) / 28
May 1944
Fowler, William Horace, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1944
Fraser, John Newby, Lt, RCNVR - 20 Mar 1944 (Stand by) / 28
May 1944
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Kerr, Henry Kirby, Slt (E), RCNVR - 24 Jun 1944
Martin, Charles Raymond, Lt, RCNVR - 28 May 1944
Martin, John Abarbanell, Lt, RCNVR - 14 May 1944 (Stand by) / 28 May
1944
Mitchell, James Evelyn, LCdr, RCNVR - 02 Apr 1945
Montgomer, Richard Alan, Lt (El) (R), RCNVR - 14 Mar 1945
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Pendergast, Walter Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1945
Rutherford, Robert (Bob), Lt, RCN, NavO - May 1965 - Aug 1965 
Stew, George E., Signalman
Todd, Clarke, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 28 May 1944
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Photos and Documents
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HMCS Ste Therese K336 - WW2 jacket patch
From the collection of William Finley
Courtesy of Shawn MacGuire
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A cold day at sea on board HMCS Ste Therese K366 - 1945
L-R: Moore, Whalley, Evans, Glover
From the collection of David E. Glover, LS, RCN
Courtesy of David Glover
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6 Mess, HMCS Ste Therese K366 - 1944
Click
here to see a copy of the photo with the crew numbered
(1) Thiffault, L. (2) Partington, G. (3)
Nisbett (4) Blundy, P. (5) French
(6) Jessup (7) Bell, G., LS (8)
Hooper (9) Good, N. (10) Duckworth, T. (11) Glover, G .
From the collection of David E. Glover, LS, RCN
Courtesy of David Glover
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HMCS Ste Therese - 27 Oct 1956
Photographer Walter E. Frost
City of Vancouver Archives
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Crossing the Line Ceremony - HMCS Ste Therese
309 - 10 Mar 1959
Courtesy of Nigel Whiteley, LCdr, RCN, Ret'd |
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HMCS Ste Therese - 09 May 1959
Photographer Walter E. Frost
City of Vancouver Archives
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The boys of Ste. Therese at Fort Derussy, Honolulu
Courtesy of Jim Dobell |
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HMCS
Ste Therese and HMCS New Glasgow tied up at Seward Defence Jetty circa 1966
- 1967. All ships equipment was being moth balled and stored ashore before
they were anchored in harbour in the Black Squadron.
Courtesy of
Steve Hlasny |
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