HMCS UNGAVA J149 - For Posterity's Sake

For Posterity's Sake

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS UNGAVA J149

HMCS Ungava J149

Battle honours and awards: Atlantic 1941-44, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944

Laid down: 24 Apr 1940

Launched: 09 Oct 1940

Commissioned: 05 Sep 1941

Paid off: 03 Apr 1946

Fate: Sold for scrap in 1946

Built by North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., she was commissioned at Vancouver on 05 Sep 1941. Ungava left Esquimalt on 10 Oct 1941 for Halifax, arriving on 14 Nov 1941. Initially assigned to Halifax Force, she was transferred in May 1943, to Gaspé Force, then back to Halifax Force in Dec 1943. In May 1944, she joined Sydney Force, returning again to Halifax Force in Feb 1945. Following a refit from Apr to May 1945, at Liverpool, N.S., she went to Bermuda to work up, and on her return after VE-Day she was assigned miscellaneous duties until paid off at Halifax on 03 Apr 1946. She was sold in 1946 to T. Harris, of Barber, New Jersey to be broken up.

Photos and Documents

Commanding Officers

Lt C. Winterbottom, RCNR - 05 Sep 1941 - 19 Jan 1942

Lt Francis Samuel Eric Scoates, RCNR - 20 Jan 1942 - 08 Feb 1943

Lt Denis Murray Coolican, RCNVR - 09 Sep 1943 - 12 Mar 1944

Lt John McGlinchey Home, RCNVR - 13 Mar 1944 - 17 Dec 1944

Lt J.W. Radford, RCNR - 18 Dec 1944 - 16 Jan 1945

Lt J.M. Home, RCNVR - 17 Jan 1945 - 30 Jan 1945

Lt Stuart Henderson, RCNR - 31 Jan 1945 - 09 Apr 1945

Lt Frank Kinnear Ellis, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1945 - 16 Jul 1945

Lt Fergus Cross, RCNR - 17 Jul 1945 - 30 Oct 1945

In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice

Lest We Forget

OLSON, Lloyd Allyn

Tel, V38140, RCNVR

died - 02 Sep 1945

In memory of those who have crossed the bar They shall not be forgotten
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D'Aoust, Percy J. 1923-2018 Served in Ungava 18 Mar 1943 - 27 Mar 1943 as a Cook, RCN
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Guy, Allan Ross 1925-2016	Henderson, Stuart 1904-1966 7th Commanding Officer
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Kerley, Alfred Horace ____-2004 Drafted to Ungava 14 Apr 1943 as Slt (E), RCNVR, Engineering Officer
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Orr, John Cecil 1923-1995 Served in Ungava circa Jul 1945 - Sep 1945
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Sheehan, Michael J. 1915-____	Small, Stu O. ____-____	Smith, Everett 1924-2011	Stanger, Gordon Harry 1920-2011
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Walls, Bertram Robert 1920-2005	Walsh, Patrick Douglas Served in Ungava 04 Sep 1941 - 18 Feb 1942 as a Sto 2c and Sto 1c, RCN killed - 20 Sep 1943 while serving in HMCS St Croix I81