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HMCS
WENTWORTH K331
River
Class Frigate
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HMCS Wentworth K331
DND/RCN photo
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford
Click on the above photo to view a larger image
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944-45
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Laid down: 11
Nov
1942
Launched: 06
Mar 1943
Commissioned: 07
Dec 1943
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Paid off: 10
Oct 1945
Fate: Broken up
in 1947
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Wentworth was commissioned on 07 Dec 1943,
at Victoria and arrived at Halifax 24 Jan 1944. She left for
Bermuda to work up, but defects forced her to return and the
working-up exercises were carried out in St. Margaret's Bay. In Jun
1944
she joined EG C-4, becoming Senior Officer's ship in Aug 1944, and
remained continuously on convoy duty until Feb 1945, when she
commenced a major refit at Shelburne, from 07 Mar to 09 Aug 1945. She
was paid off on 10 Oct 1945, to reserve in Bedford Basin, and
broken up in 1947 at Sydney.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Stanley Warren Howell,
RCNR - 07 Dec 1943 - 04 Jul 1944
LCdr Roderick John Cornell Pringle,
RCNVR - 05 Jul 1944 - 15 Jan 1945 |
A/LCdr John Boyd Graham,
RCNVR - 16 Jan 1945 - 10 Apr 1945
Lt G.C. Campbell,
RCNVR - 25 Aug 1945 - 10 Oct 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Benoit,
Francis G.
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Bertoia,
Roger L.
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Carmichael,
Thomas E.
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Collins,
Robert C.
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Crossley,
Sidney R.
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Fraser,
Edward D.
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Glass,
John G.
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Holmberg, Walter
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Jenson,
Gerald K.
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Jones,
George H.
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Krotch,
Michael
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LeBeouf,
Lawrence
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Leontowicz,
Peter
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Love,
Alan T.
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Lynn, Dewart
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Maskerine,
William J.
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Medford,
Kenneth A.
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Pearson,
John J.K.
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Samson,
Kenneth
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Vysohlid,
Milan A.
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Wale,
Henry
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Warren,
Walter
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Young,
Wilfred H.
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Ship's Mascot
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Ship's Mascot
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Former Crew Members
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Bardall,
J. - 1944-1945
Clark,
William, Lt - 1944-1945
Dery,
Pierre Yvon, Lt, RCNVR - 30 May 1944
Finch-Noyes,
Edward (Ted) William, A/Cdr, RCN - 27 May 1944
Graham,
Bertram Rawlinson, A/Lt, RCNVR - 28 Jan 1944
Kerrigan,
Thomas Richard, Lt (S), RCNVR - 05 Jul 1945
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Mills,
Timothy Stuart, A/Lt, RCNVR - 18 Mar 1944
Palmer,
Winston John, SLt, RCNVR - 14 Mar 1945
Plamquist,
David Ernest, Lt (El), RCNVR - 31 May 1945
Puncheon
- 1945
Robinson,
Michael Dennis Edward, Slt, RCNVR - 14 May 1945
Rowlings,
Harry Winfred, Lt, RCNVR - 27 May 1944
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Shuttleworth,
James Murray, A/Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jul 1944
Sturrock,
Bernard James Archibald, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Feb 1944
Stocker,
George Clifford, SLt, RCNVR - 05 Mar 1945
Sullivan,
Richard, Lt (E), RCNR - 26 May 1943
Turner,
Leslie Charles, Lt (E), RCNVR - 28 Feb 1944
Wilson,
Thomas Bruce, Lt (E), RCNVR - 12 Jul 1944
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Photos and
Documents
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Lieut.
Tim Mills, 21, RCNVR, of Toronto, has a personal score to settle
with German E-boats in the English Channel. His brother, Mike, was
killed in a running battle with eleven of them in the fall of 1941
while commanding a British motor gunboat. Tim is gunnery officer
aboard the new frigate H.M.C.S. Wentworth and likes it, but his
ambition still is to take his brother's place in the M.G.B.
flotillas. The young officer was a student at the U. of T. before
joining the Navy two years ago.
Source:
City
of Kawartha Digital Archives |
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HMCS Wentworth K331 postcard
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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"Wentworth" at Lt. Clark's wedding,
St. John's, NFLD
Ken Medford, front row, 1st on left
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Unknown sub in St. John's Harbour - possibly
the surrendered U-190
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Chain Rock, NFLD
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Launch from HMCS Wentworth K331 (foreground) -
HMCS Chebogue K317 in background
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Ken Medford (left) and Bill Clark with ship's
mascot
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Bill Clark (left) and Ken Medford with ship's
mascot
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Castle class corvette
Photo taken from HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Unknown merchant ship
Photo taken from HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Ken Medford on HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Ken Medford on HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Quarterdeck of HMCS Wentworth K331 awash in
rough seas
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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HMCS Wentworth K331 - aft looking forward
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Hedgehog on HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Ken Medford on HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Castle class corvette
Photo taken from HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Convoy seen from HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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HMCS Wentworth K331, Christmas, 1944,
Londonderry, Ireland
1st
photo: Ship's Cox'n Ken Medford, DSM stands beside Ordinary Seaman
Pringle. Following tradition, OS Pringle is the ship's CO, Cdr
Pringle, who exchanged places with the youngest sailor on the ship
for the day at Christmas.
2nd & 3rd photo: OS Pringle
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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HMCS Wentworth K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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J. Bardall and W. Clark
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Kenneth Medford, DSM, Cox'n, HMCS Wentworth
K331
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Londonderry, Ireland (from the bog side)
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Summer 1945
Photos taken while HMCS Wentworth K331 was in
refit at Shelburne from 07 Mar 1945 to 09 Aug 1945
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Puncheon from Toronto, ON at Shelburne, NS
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
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Gerald Jenson on shore leave from HMCS
Wentworth - location unknown
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Gerald Jenson on HMCS Wentworth by the aft gun
platform
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Gerald Jenson peeling potatoes on HMCS
Wentworth
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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A makeshift shower on the quarterdeck of HMCS
Wentworth
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Rough seas washing over the quarterdeck of HMCS
Wentworth
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Sailors scrubbing the quarterdeck on HMCS
Wentworth
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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HMCS Wentworth's after gun - the sailor on the
left is holding a shell
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Gerald Jenson on HMCS Wentworth
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Photos of unknown vessels taken from HMCS
Wentworth
(1) submarine (2) frigate (3)
possibly a Battle class trawler (4) corvette (5)
aircraft carrier
(6) Bi-plane flying past HMCS Wentworth
(6) corvette (7) corvette (8) convoy (9) convoy
(10) Convoy (11) corvette
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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HMCS Wentworth's quarterdeck awash in rough
seas
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Two unknown sailors on HMCS Wentworth
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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HMCS Wentworth flying the White Ensign
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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Getting into HMCS Wentworth's work boat the
hard way - sailors climb down the ropes to the work boat
From the collection of Gerald Jenson
Courtesy of James Jenson |
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HMCS WENTWORTH K331 and HMCS MATAPEDIA K112
alongside in Halifax
From the collection of François
Messier, AB, RCNVR
Courtesy of Denis Messier |
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