HMCS VICTORIAVILLE K684 / 320

River Class / Prestonian Class Frigate

HMCS GRANBY 180 (1966)

Diving Tender

HMCS VICTORIAVILLE

Post wartime badge

HMCS VICTORIAVILLE K684

HMCS GRANBY

Laid down: 01 Feb 1943

Launched: 23 Jun 1944

Commissioned: 11 Nov 1944

Paid off: 17 Nov 1945

Re-commissioned: 25 Sep 1959

Re-named / Reclassified: 21 Dec 1966

Paid off: 31 Dec 1973

Fate: Sold for scrap in 1974

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 The Ship's Bell History of HMCS VICTORIAVILLE

The capture of U-190's Enigma machine by HMCS THORLOCK and HMCS VICTORIAVILLE

Commanding Officers - HMCS VICTORIAVILLE

A/LCdr Lester Alton Hickey, MBE, RCNR - 11 Nov 1944 - 17 Nov 1945

LCdr G.B. Wither, RCN - 25 Sep 1959 - 04 May 1961

LCdr William P. Rikely, RCN - 05 May 19 61 - 10 Mar 19 63

LCdr A.J. Norman, RCN - 12 Dec 1964 - 08 Jan 1965

Commanding Officers - HMCS Granby 180

LCdr E.A. Makin, RCN - 21 Dec 1966 - unk

In memory of those who have crossed the bar

They shall not be forgotten

Burbidge, Frederick S.

MacEachern, Allister J.

Oxholm, Bendt A. O'N.

Former Crew Members

Ashton, Cliff J.

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

Hopkins, Ted (HMCS GRANBY)

Hyatt, Randall Everett - WW2

James, Richard Spencer, A/Lt, RCNVR - 04 Jun 1945

Kimber, Norman, AB.WU, RCN - 1961-1962

LeMoine, Robert Edward Earle, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Apr 1945

McDonald, Bob

Metcalfe, Harold Roy (Hal), AB, V75909, RCNVR - HMCS VICTORIAVILLE during Second World War

Pearson, Don

Pittendrigh, Jim, Signalman - 1962

Power, George (HMCS GRANBY)

Reid, Andrew, Stoker - HMCS VICTORIAVILLE during Second World War

Reid, John, AB.RM1 - 1963 - 1965

Winterburn, Nelson, AB.VS1 - 09 Oct 1961 - 19 Sep 1963

Photos and Documents

HMCS VICTORIAVILLE K684 conducting a stern fueling

From the collection of Joseph Edward Turner

Courtesy of Adam Gaines

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 could have been taken from any of those 3 ships.

Believed to be members of the boarding party of U-190 from HMCS VICTORIAVILLE

From the collection of Douglas Glendon McInnes

Courtesy of Lorna Tamura

HMCS VICTORIAVILLE K320 - undated

DND / RCN photo

Roland Plante (HMCS DONNACONA) on his Ship's Team Diver course, summer 1972 on HMCS GRANBY 180 (former VICTORIAVILLE 320)

Courtesy of Roland Plante

Roland Plante (HMCS DONNACONA) with HMCS GRANBY 180 (former VICTORIAVILLE 320) in the background

Courtesy of Roland Plante

HMCS GRANBY 180 (former VICTORIAVILLE 320) at French Cable Wharf, Dartmouth, NS - late 1960s early 1970s

Courtesy of Dan Delong

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(PS01) HMCS VICTORIAVILLE k684 passing under the Reversing Falls bridge, Saint John, NB (PS02) German U-boat U-190 flying the black flag of surrender. Photo taken from HMCS VICTORIAVILLE K684

From the collection of E.T. Peter Stanger, Lt, RCNVR

Courtesy of Maurice Eldridge