HMCS Uganda

Courtesy of Gordon Howard

HMCS Uganda's badge and motto

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Newspaper article on the transfer HMCS UGANDA to the RCN from the RN

From the World War II collection of John Acorn

Courtesy of Barry Acorn

Newspaper article on the transfer HMCS UGANDA to the RCN from the RN

From the World War II collection of John Acorn

Courtesy of Barry Acorn

Robert Gordon Browne's Crossing the Line (Equator) Certificate on HMCS Uganda 25 Feb 1945

From the collection of Robert Browne

Courtesy of Daniel Browne

LS Alex Ramsey, A-6208, served on HMCS Uganda during WWII.

Courtesy of Don Ramsey

The gundeck of HMCS Uganda after shelling Miyakojima in May, 1945. The ship in the distance is HMNZS Gambia.

Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum:  Image # VR2014.1.1

Officers from HMCS Uganda visit El Alamein

In photo - Lt Eric Makovski, Instr Lt E. Smeathers and Capt H. Hollister

Crow's Nest newspaper - May 1945

Crossing the Equator on HMCS Uganda

Crow's Nest newspaper - May 1945

Bombardment by HMCS Uganda off Sukuma Airfield on Miyako Jima

Source: Library and Archives Canada, ref PA-136073

Petty Officer Engine Room Artificer John Renvik, HMCS Uganda, Jun 1945

Source: Lt Gerald M. Moses / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-179624

Sailors from Medicine Hat, Alberta, serving aboard HMCS Uganda, Jun 1945

(L-R): AB J.L. Taylor, W.C. Moore, M.M. Brigham, Stokers E. Titsing, S.A. Tanbling

Source: Lt Gerald M. Moses / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-188863

AB Garth Barnes and Paul Kuzma relaxing during a lull in action stations aboard the cruiser HMCS Uganda in the Pacific Ocean, 18 May 1945

Source: Lt Gerald M. Moses / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-140832

Gun crew of HMCS Uganda setting fuses on 6" shells prior to bombardment of Truk 23 June 1945

Source: Lt Gerald Milne Moses / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-114920

HMCS Uganda

Source: Obituary for Kenneth Grant Stewart

HMCS Uganda

From the photo collection of the late Sid Mowat

Courtesy of Rod Holt

HMCS Uganda

Source: Corvus Publishing Group

HMCS Uganda - Stoker Phillips Burial at Sea 1945

Source: Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-132982

Aboard HMCS Uganda in the Pacific

CPO Kenneth Barker, Lt Eric Makovski, LS John B. Elder and CPO John Rafter

Crow's Nest newspaper - Aug 1945

HMCS Uganda - Esquimalt, 1945

From the collection of Hugh A. Benson

Courtesy of Doug Benson

Summary of Uganda's voyage from her commissioning in Charleston to her arrival in Esquimalt on 10 Aug 1945.

From the collection of Charles Bourgeois

Courtesy of John Bourgeois

HMCS Uganda - Esquimalt, 1945

From the collection of Kenneth Marlatt, HMCS Hespeler

Courtesy of Judy Agis

WRENs on HMCS Uganda, 30 Aug 1945

Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum

HMCS Uganda

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

PO's Mess, HMCS Uganda - PO Larry Restall serving

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda in Esquimalt - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda in San Diego - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

PO Larry Restall (left) and friend at the San Diego Zoo - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Share Patrol in San Diego - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

PO Larry Restall (right) and friend in Tijuana, Mexico - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda, Magdalena Bay, Mexico - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

PO Larry Restall, Magdalena Bay, Mexico - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Newspaper article on crew of Uganda assisting locals in the village of Bahia, Magdelina Bay, Mexico, 1946

Crew mentioned in article: Chaplain (R.C.) J.H. Laporte, RCN; Surgeon-Commander J. Blair MacLean, RCN; Capt. E.B. Hooks (Dentist), C.D.C.(N); Surgeon-Lt F.C. Johns, RCN; L/S.B.A. Frank Oliver, RCN

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda's padre performing Baptisms/Christenings at Bahia, Magdelina Bay, Mexico, 1946

He was the first priest to visit the village in 11 years

 From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda's ship's dentist examining the local villagers at Bahia, Magdelina Bay, Mexico, 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Crossing the Line (Equator) on HMCS Uganda during her trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Crossing the Line (Equator) on HMCS Uganda during her trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

King Neptune's Men

Crossing the Line (Equator) on HMCS Uganda during her trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda at anchor of Peru - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

PO Larry Restall standing by a train in Perua steam locomotive in Peru.

The train ran up the mountains using a series of switchbacks. At the end of the day they still had not got to the top, so they returned to their starting point. PO Restall had hoped to get up to Machu Pichu.

From the collection of Larry Restall

Petting a Llama, Peru, 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda arriving at Valparaiso, Chile

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda Libertymen, Valparaiso, Chile

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Some of the crew of HMCS Uganda

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda rounding Cape Horn "under sail", 1946

From the photo collection of Eric Stapleton

HMCS Uganda rounding Cape Horn "under sail", 1946

"It may not look rough, but the swells were so large that when the ship's whaler went in a trough it could not see the ship"

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Charles Williamson onboard HMCS Uganda rounding the Horn in 1946

Courtesy of Dale Welta

HMCS Uganda rounding Cape Horn "under sail", 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Falkland Islands - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Penguins on the Falkland Islands - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Crew member of HMCS Uganda at an event on the Falkland Islands - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda entering harbour - possibly Montevideo

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

The crew of the Uganda collection artifacts from the wreck of the Admiral Graf Spee, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

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A piece of the pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee

From the collection of Tom Elstone

Courtesy of Rick Elstone

A few of Uganda's crew talking to a local in Montevideo - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Montevideo - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

A few of HMCS Uganda's crew, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1946 - PO Larry Restall on the left

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda at sea en route to Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda at sea en route to Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda entering Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda entering Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Surgar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Church service on HMCS Uganda - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda alongside in Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Parade / Ceremony, Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

A few sailors at the Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda alongside in Trinidad - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

Trinidad - 1946

From the collection of Larry Restall

Courtesy of Clayton Restall

HMCS Uganda at the old Ocean Dock, Prince Rupert, BC - circa 1946

Courtesy of John Gabel

Rodney Carson on HMCS Uganda 1945

From the collection of Rodney Carson

Courtesy of Chris Carson

Fo'c's'le of HMCS Uganda circa 1945

From the collection of Rodney Carson

Courtesy of Chris Carson

Valley Sailor on the Uganda

The Picton Gazette 13 Feb 1946

Source: Prince Edward County Archives Microfilm collection

Researched and complied by: © John Lyons 2016

HMCS Uganda in San Francisco - date unknown

From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman

Courtesy of Sue Horsley