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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS
VICTORIAVILLE K684 / 320
Then
HMCS GRANBY 180 (1966)
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HMCS Victoriaville 320
Post wartime badge |
HMCS Victoriaville K684
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HMCS Granby 180
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Laid down: 01
Feb
1943
Launched: 23
Jun 1944
Commissioned: 11
Nov 1944
Paid off: 17
Nov 1945
Re-commissioned: 25
Sep 1959
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Re-named / Reclassified: 21
Dec 1966
Paid off: 31
Dec 1973
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1974
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Commissioned on 11 Nov 1944, at Quebec
City, she arrived at Halifax on 03 Dec 1944 and late that month
proceeded to Bermuda to work up. In Feb 1945, she was assigned
to EG C-9, leaving Halifax on 27 Feb 1945 to join convoy SC.168 for
her passage to Londonderry, where the group was based. Victoriaville
spent the balance of the war on North Atlantic convoy duty. She left
Barry, Wales, on 02 May 1945 to pick up convoy ON.300 on her way home to
Canada, and on 12 May 1945 escorted the surrendered U 190 into Bay Bulls,
Nfld. She began tropicalization refit at Saint John, N.B., on 24 May
1945, but work was stopped on 20 Aug 1945, and on 17 Nov 1945 the ship
was paid off at Sydney and laid up at Shelburne. Subsequently sold
to Marine Industries Ltd., she was re-acquired by the RCN and
re-commissioned on 25 Sep 1959, following conversion to a
Prestonian class ocean escort. On 21 Dec 1966, she assumed the
name and duties of the retiring diving tender Granby, but was paid
off 31 Dec 1973, and sold for scrap the following year.
RCN Memories:
My
Time On The Vicky
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos WWII
Veteran Bob McDonald: A Life of Service
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Commanding Officers - HMCS Victoriaville |
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A/LCdr Lester Alton Hickey, MBE, RCNR
- 11 Nov 1944 - 17 Nov 1945
LCdr G.B. Wither,
RCN - 25 Sep 1959 - 04 May 1961
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LCdr William P. Rikely,
RCN - 05 May 19 61 - 10 Mar 19 63
LCdr A.J. Norman,
RCN - 12 Dec 1964 - 08 Jan 1965
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Commanding Officers - HMCS Granby 180 |
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LCdr E.A. Makin,
RCN - 21 Dec 1966 - unk |
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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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Benjamin,
Gordon
1937-2013
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Benson,
George Floyd A.
1935-2007
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Bertuzzi,
Peo
1920-2001
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Bockus,
Donald Roland
____-2002
Served in Victoriaville during WW
2
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Boyd,
Robert
Elmer
____-2009
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Brown,
Kenneth Frederick
1933-2019
Served in Victoriaville in 1961
as OpsO
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Burbidge,
Frederick Stewart
1918-2013
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C-D |
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Carnahan,
George Burton
1939-2016
Served in Granby as a Clearance
Diver |
Christie,
Robert William 1937-2006 Served
in Victoriaville in 1964 |
Curts,
Alexander
1916-1946
Served in Victoriaville 12 Oct
1944 - 31 Jul 1945 as a A/Sto PO |
Dohan,
John Chester
____-2018 |
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E-F |
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Ferroni,
Armand
1928-1979 |
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G-H |
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Gerrior,
Marshall James
1927-2004 |
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M-N |
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MacEachern,
Allister Joseph
____-2016 |
MacMillan,
Hugh Dale
1926-2006 |
Morison,
Allen Irwin
1918-2013 |
Munroe,
Frank Charles
1922-2014 |
Myers,
Alexander
James
1924-2009 |
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Nickerson,
Augustus
____-2002 |
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O-P |
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Paradis,
Clement
1923-2005 |
Power,
John Kevin 1922-2017
Commissioning crew as Lt (S),
RCNVR, Supply Officer |
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Q-R |
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Rikely,
William Paul
1925-2012
3rd Commanding Officer |
Ross, James Douglas
1933-2016
Served in Granby as a Clearance
Diver |
Ruckle,
William George
____-1990
Served in Victoriaville 1944 -
1945 |
Russell,
Harold Barry A.
____-2009 |
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S-T |
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Stanger,
Edgar Thorne
1923-2017 |
Stegen,
James William
1933-2017
Served in Victoriaville in 1962 |
Swim, Minard
George 1925-2017 Served
in Victoriaville in 1943 |
Turner,
Edward Joseph
1924-1995
Served in Victoriaville 11 Nov
1944 - 17 May 1945
Commissioning crew |
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U-V |
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Vermunt,
Charles Edward
1926-2002 |
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W-X |
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Walsh,
Gerald Francis
1937-2017 |
Walsh,
Michael
1938-1983
Served in Granby in the 1960s
& 1970S as a clearance diver |
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Former Crew Members
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Cleough,
Doug B., OS.BN, 35285-H, RCN - Sep 1959 - May 1961 
Dean,
William Patterson, Lt (E), RCNVR - 08 Apr 1945
Graham, Donald Vye, Surg Lt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1945
James, Richard Spencer, A/Lt, RCNVR - 04 Jun 1945
Kimber, Norman, AB.WU, RCN - 1961-1962
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LeMoine, Robert Edward Earle, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Apr 1945
McDonald,
Bob
Metcalfe, Harold Roy (Hal), AB, V75909, RCNVR (served in
Victoriaville during WW2)
Nichol, John Lang, SLt, O-55300, RCNVR - 30 Oct 1944 (Navy List Nov
1944). Appointed Lt, RCNVR 15 Feb 1945 (Navy List Mar 1945)
Pearson,
Don
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Pittendrigh, Jim, Signalman -
1962
Reid,
Andrew, Stoker - WW 2
Reid,
John, AB.RM1 - 1963 - 1965
Winterburn,
Nelson, AB.VS1 - 09 Oct 1961 - 19 Sep 1963 |
Photos
and Documents
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HMCS Victoriaville K684 conducting a stern
fueling
From the collection of Joseph Edward Turner
Courtesy of Adam Gaines |
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HMCS Victoriaville alongside .....
From the collection of Robert Macklem
Courtesy of Bob Macklem
Webmaster's Note: Robert Macklem served
in Chilliwack, St Boniface and Penetang - this photo would have been
taken from any of those 3 ships. |
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HMCS Victoriaville 320 |
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Roland Plante (HMCS Donnacona) on his Ship's
Team Diver course, summer 1972 on HMCS Granby 180 (former HMCS
Victoriaville 320)
Courtesy of Roland Plante |
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Roland Plante (HMCS Donnacona) with HMCS Granby
180 (former HMCS Victoriaville 320) in the background
Courtesy of Roland Plante |
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HMCS Granby 180 (former HMCS Victoriaville 320)
at French Cable Wharf, Dartmouth, NS - late 1960s early 1970s
Courtesy of Dan Delong |
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