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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
HMCS VISON
S11 / Z30
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HMCS Vison S11
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham
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Launched: 1931
Commissioned: 05
Oct 1940
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Paid off: 04
Aug 1945
Fate:
Final disposition unknown
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Built by Pusey & Jones
Corp., Wilmington, Del. in 1931. Vison left Halifax on 23 Jun 1940, for Pictou, where she was to be converted and armed. She
returned to Halifax on 02 Oct 1940 and was commissioned three days
later. She was then assigned to the base at Gaspé, but returned to
Halifax in Nov 1940 when the base was closed for the winter. In Dec 1940, she was sent southward, operating out of Trinidad
and Bermuda until her return to Halifax on 13 May 1941. In Jul 1942 she became a member of Gaspé Force, proceeding to Halifax for
passage to Trinidad in Dec 1941. She rejoined Halifax
Local Defence Force in Apr 1942, but was transferred to Sydney
Force in Jul 1942. In Feb 1943, Vison returned to Halifax as
a training ship attached to HMCS Cornwallis and moved with the
establishment to Digby in Apr 1943. She remained there until the
end of the war as a seamen's training ship, exercising with RN
submarines in the Bay of Fundy, and was paid off for disposal on 04
Aug 1945.
RCN Memories
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Remembrance
Photos and Documents
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Commanding Officers |
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LCdr Robert Irving Swansburg, RCNVR - 05 Oct
1940 - 31 Jul 1941
LCdr F.A.
Price, RCNVR - 01 Aug 1941 - 21 Nov 1941 |
Cdr W.G. Sheddon, RCNR - 22 Nov 1941 - 14 Apr
1942
Lt William Ernest Nicholson, RCNR - 15 Apr
1942 - 04 Aug 1945 |
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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LUCAS,
William Eldon
Stwd, V19180, RCNVR
MPK - 19 Jan 1942 
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SHELLEY,
Ralph Thomas
AB, V13261, RCNVR
died - 21 Dec 1940
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SHIBLEY,
Francis Roy
Supply Assistant, V32049, RCNVR
killed - 30 Jun
1943
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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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Anderson,
Kenneth Wingfield
1924-2012
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Bond, James
1888-1962
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E-F |
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Fotheringham,
James Brant
1921-2013
Drafted to Vison 02 Jun 1942 as Slt, RCNVR
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French,
Donald Frederick
Lt, RCNVR
Served in Vison for various
appointments in 1943 & 1944.
MPK - 25 Nov 1944
while serving in
HMCS
Shawinigan K136
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G-H
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Hurst,
Howard, R.
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M-N
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Mahoney,
John Elliott
____-2003
Drafted to Vison 20 Jun 1940 as
Skpr, RCNR (stand by)
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Murza,
John Andrew 1924-1990
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Q-R
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Richmond, Robert V.
1918-1949
Drafted to Vison 14 Oct 1942 -
15 Nov 1942
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S-T
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Sheehan,
Michael J.
1915-____
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Y-Z
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Young,
Breen Philip
1912-1956
Served in Vison as XO
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Former Crew Members
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Allen,
Lofuts Havilland, Slt, RCNVR - 01 Mar 1944
Angus,
Ian, Slt, RCNR - 20 Jun 1940 (Stand by)
Bovey,
John Henry, Lt, RCNVR - 01 May 1942
Carr,
Edward Franklin, Slt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1944
Ferguson,
Graham Wilson, Slt, RCNVR - 03 May 1942
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McEwan,
Maynard David Wesley, Lt, RCNVR - 14 May 1944
McKee,
Fraser, OS, RCNVR - 1944
Nickerson,
Martin, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 23 May 1940 (Stand by) |
Noonan,
John Russell, Lt, RCNVR - 03 May 1943 Rutherford,
William Ritchie, Lt, RCNVR - 04 May 1944 Swansburg,
Robert Irwin, LCdr, RCNR (stand by) CO - 08 Jul 1940
Tangye,
Walter Addy, Slt, RCNVR - 26 Mar 1945
William,
Stafford Manning, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Feb 1945 |
Photos and
Documents
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HMCS Vison
Courtesy of Fraser Mckee |
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HMCS Vison S11 undergoing refit / repairs at
the Thomson Brothers yard in Liverpool, NS
From the collection of Hector Dunlop
Courtesy of Jane Dunlop Stevenson, Liverpool,
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