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HMCS TRAIL
K174
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS Trail K174
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Laid down: 20
Jul 1940
Launched: 16
Oct 1940
Commissioned: 30
Apr 1941
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Paid off: 17
Jul 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in 1950
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Commissioned at Vancouver on 31
Apr 1941, she
left Esquimalt 31 May 1941 for the east coast, arriving at Halifax on
27 Jun 1941. In Aug 1941 she joined Newfoundland Command, departing St.
John's on 23 Aug 1941 to escort convoy HX.146 as far as Iceland.
During the year she made four round trips there, and on 20 Jan
1942, left St. John's to join SC.65 for the first of two round trips
to Londonderry. She returned to Halifax on 02 Apr 1942 and, after a
brief refit at Liverpool, N.S., joined Halifax Force for Northern
Waters in June. Between Jul and Nov 1942 she was employed escorting
convoys between Labrador and Quebec City, also calling at Gaspé and
Hamilton Inlet. She arrived at Halifax in Nov 1942 to join WLEF for
the balance of the war, as a member successively of escort groups
W-6 (from Jun 1943); W-5 (from Apr 1944) and W-4 (from Dec 1944). She underwent a refit at Lunenburg from
mid-Jul to 03 Sep 1943, followed by workups at Pictou, and a further
refit at Liverpool, N.S., between mid-Jul and 23 Oct 1944.
Following the latter, which included extension of her fo'c's'le, she
underwent additional repairs at Halifax and then proceeded to
Bermuda to work up in Dec 1944. She left there on 07 Jan 1945,
for Boston to resume service with WLEF until paid off on 17 Jul 1945
at
Sorel. In August 1950, Trail was sold to the Steel Co. of Canada,
Hamilton, ON, and was ship was broken up at Hamilton.
Photos and Documents
The Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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Lt George Stanley
Hall,
RCNR - 30 Apr 1941 - 08 Oct 1943
Lt G.M. Hope,
RCNVR - 09 Oct 1943 - 20 Aug 1944 |
Lt D.G.B. Hueston,
RCNVR - 21 Aug 1944 - 09 Oct 1944
Lt Donald James Lawson,
RCNVR - 10 Oct 1944 - 17 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
ROGERSON,
George S.
S.B.A., RCNVR
died - 12 Dec 1942
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Acaster,
Douglas H.
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Adey,
Kenneth J.
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Cornell,
Alan R.J.
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Falconer,
James A.
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Fenn, Frank
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Harden,
Harold A. N.
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Hunter,
Donald F.
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Inglis,
John
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Kynman,
Albert
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Lamb,
James B.
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Marentette,
Ernest W.
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Mavrinac,
Joseph
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Merriam,
Ronald C.G.
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Schmeisser,
Harold J.
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Taylor,
John A.
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Vondette,
Henry W.
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Walsh,
Donald E.
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Watters,
John C.
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Former Crew Members
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Armitage,
Nelson
Beattie,
Art
Cowan,
Russell F., SLt, RCNVR - 11 Feb 1945
Davey,
James Wilkie, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jul 1943
Dungay,
Harold
Gain,
Howard Francis, Lt, RCNVR - 12 May 1945
Housten,
Bruce, Lt, RCNVR
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McLean,
Jock
Money,
Roland (Cash)
Muszanowski,
Cornelius (Corny)
Nash,
Thomas Raymond, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1943
O'Neil,
John
Palmer,
Hugh Mallogh, SLt, RCNVR - 18 Feb 1942
Ranson,
Herbert Samuel, SLt, RCNVR - 24 Jul 1944
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Reed,
Ronnie
Schmeisser,
Chester James, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Jul 1942
Starkey,
Jack
Stevens,
Allan Wilday, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Apr 1942
Wallace,
Mathew Howard, Mate, RCNR - 30 Apr 1941
Wesley,
Ed
Wilson,
Bill
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Photos
and Documents
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HMCS Trail K174 |
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HMCS Trail K174
From the collection of Robert Macklem
Courtesy of Kelly Macklem |
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HMCS Trail K174 jacket patch
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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Sailors on HMCS Trail K174 - note the gun
shield artwork
Back: (L-R) Bruce Housten, Nelson
Armitage, Jock McLean, Roland (Cash) Money
Front: (L-R) Harold Dungay, Art Beattie, Ronnie
Reed, Cornelius (Corny) Muszanowski
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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Sailors from HMCS Trail K174 ashore
Left to right: Bill Wilson from BC;
Ernest Marentette from Windsor, ON; John O’Neil from
Sudbury; Ed Wesly from Windsor, ON
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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Sailors from HMCS Trail K174 ashore at the
Silver Dollar Bar, Boston, Mass
Left to right: Bill Wilson from B.C.;
John Inglis from Regina; Ernest Marentette; Cornelius
Muszanowski from BC; and Gibbons, from Montreal.
Ernest was a Steward and his battle station was
on one of the depth charge throwers.
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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HMCS Trail K174
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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HMCS Trail's builder plate
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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Ernest Marentette and Jack Starkey on HMCS
Trail k174 in Halifax goofing around
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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Ernest Marentette off duty relaxing aboard the
HMCS Trail K174
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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Jack Starkey and Ernest Marentatte on the rocks
at Peggy's Cove, NS
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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HMCS Trail pillow case
From the collection of Ernest Marentette
Courtesy of Terry Marentette |
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