HMCS VISON S11 / Z30

 

Armed Yacht

 

 

HMCS VISON S11

Source: Flickr photo collection of Don Gorham

 

 

Launched: 1931

Commissioned: 05 Oct 1940

Paid off: 04 Aug 1945

Fate: Final disposition unknown

 

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.

 

 

Photos and Documents          The Ship's Bell

 

 

RCN Memories - Remembrance

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

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

 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

LUCAS, William E.

Stwd, RCNVR

MPK - 19 Jan 1942

SHELLEY, Ralph T.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 21 Dec 1940

SHIBLEY, Francis R.

SA, RCNVR

died - 30 Jun 1943

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Allen, Lofuts Havilland, SLt, RCNVR - 01 Mar 1944

 

Angus, Ian, SLt, RCNR - 20 Jun 1940

 

Bovey, John Henry, Lt, RCNVR - 01 May 1942

 

Carr, Edward Franklin, SLt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1944

Ferguson, Graham Wilson, SLt, RCNVR - 03 May 1942

 

McEwan, Maynard David Wesley, Lt, RCNVR - 14 May 1944

 

McKee, Fraser, OS, RCNVR - 1944

 

Nickerson, Martin, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 23 May 1940

Noonan, John Russell, Lt, RCNVR - 03 May 1943

 

Rutherford, William Ritchie, Lt, RCNVR - 04 May 1944

 

Tangye, Walter Addy, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Mar 1945

 

William, Stafford Manning, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Feb 1945

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

HMCS VISON

 

RCN Photo # DB-0488-1

 

Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

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, NS

 

RS15

RS16

RS17

RS18

 

(RS15) Sketch aboard HMCS VISON S11 by Lt Richard Simon dated 15 Aug 1943 (RS16) HMCS VISION S11 (RS17) HMCS VISION S11 seen through a gun port from the harbour defences on either George's Island or McNabb's Island, Halifax Harbour (RS18) HMCS VISION S11

 

From the collection of Lt Richard (Dick) Simon

 

Courtesy of Rick Simon

 

 

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