HMCS WEYBURN K173

 

Flower Class Corvette

 

 

HMCS WEYBURN K173

RCN Photo

 

Laid down: 21 Dec 1940

Launched: 26 Jul 1941

Commissioned: 26 Nov 1941

Fate: Sunk by mine 22 Feb 1943

 

Commissioned at Montreal on 26 Nov 1941, she arrived at Halifax on 06 Dec 1941 and joined Halifax Force for local escort work, but was soon in need of repairs. These were carried out at Halifax during Mar and Apr 1942, following which she joined WLEF. In Jul 1942 she transferred to Gulf Escort Force for Quebec City-Sydney convoys but in Sep 1942 was allocated to duties in connection with Operation "Torch." She arrived at Londonderry on 27 Sep 1942 from convoy SC.100, and at Liverpool on 02 Oct 1942 for fitting of Oerlikon A/A guns. The work was completed on 21 Oct 1942 and in Nov 1942 WEYBURN began four months' employment as escort to U.K.-Mediterranean convoys. On 22 Feb 1943 HMCS WEYBURN was mined off Cape Espartel east of Gibraltar in position 35º46'N, 06º02'W. Twelve members of her crew including her commanding officer were lost with the ship. The mine was laid by U-118 on 01 Feb 1943.

 

 

RCN Memories:     Remembering Morelay Haynes, Stoker 1c, RCNVR

 

 

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos          Dr. Philip Evans - WW2 People's War - BBC

 

Naval Monument honours RCN prairie seamen and ships HMCS Regina K234 and HMCS WEYBURN K173

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

LCdr Thomas Maidland Wade Golby, RCNR - 26 Nov 1941 - 22 Feb 1943

 

 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

BARK, Wilfred

SLt, RCNVR

MPK - 22 Feb 1943

COLLINS, Joseph

AB, RN

killed - 22 Feb 1943

EISNER, Eric E.

Stwd, RCN

MPK - 22 Feb 1943

GOLBY, Thomas M. W.

LCdr, RCNR

MPK - 22 Feb 1943

HALL, Richard S.

L/Sto (M), RCNVR

killed - 22 Feb 1943

LYDEKKER, J. Ryck W.

SLt, RNR

MPK - 22 Feb 1943

MCGAW, Dorn M.

AB, RCNR

DOW - 22 Feb 1943

MORRISON, Melvin C.

Stoker, RCNVR

MPK - 22 Feb 1943

SAVOIE, Maurice A.

 Sto 2c, RCNVR

DOW - 22 Feb 1943

SHELLEY, William H.

AB A/AAIII RCNVR

MPK - 22 Feb 1943

 

 

TANZEY, Daniel

OS, RN

MPK - 22 Feb 1943

 

 

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 (s) - Survived the sinking of HMCS WEYBURN

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

(*S) - Survived the sinking of HMCS WEYBURN. on 22 Feb 1943

 

Baxter, John Thomas, Sto PO, A5410, RCNR (*S)


Beck, Horace Richard, AB, A5250, RCNR (*S)


Boucher, Reginald, Sto 2c, V6801, RCNVR (*S) 


Buckley, William Edward, OS, V31086, RCNVR (*S)


Burak, Samuel, Probationary Cook, V13734, RCNVR (*S)


Burchmore, Charles Roy, AB, V33029, RCNVR (*S)


Cameron, Archibald James, AB, 3454, RCN (*S)


Cartman, G., OS, PJX338179, Royal Navy (*S)


Casswell, Thomas Frederick Norman, AB, V22512, RCNVR (*S)


Chapman, Arthur Henry Bates, AB, V7784, RCNVR (*S)


Clair, Thomas Alexander, AB, V1548, RCNVR (*S)


Cleave, Franklin Wilbert, AB, V27198, RCNVR (*S)


Coley, Henry Wildred, ERA 4c, V50083, RCNVR (*S)


Dixon, Frederick Robert, SA, V17693, RCNVR (*S)


Doty, George Hedley, Lt, RCNR (*S)


Dumais, Joseph Frank, AB, 3959, RCN (*S)


Eisner, Eric Eward, Stwd, 40756, RCN (*S)

 

Flynn, Albert Edward, AB, V23813, RCNVR (*S)

 

Forget, Jean Paul, OS, V4513, RCNVR (*S)

Hammond, Arthur Lewis, Cook, V23203, RCNVR (*S)


Harvey, Arthur Thomas, AB, V2513, RCNVR (*S)


Haspeck, Roger Rene, OS, 3756, RCN (*S) 


Heaven, George Alfred, Ord. Sig, V33092, RCNVR (*S)


Hind, Thomas George, Coder, V13640, RCNVR (*S)


Hooper, Leonard Henry, Ord. Tel, V24937, RCNVR (*S)


King, Stanley John, LS, 3254, RCN (*S)


Lavoie, Joseph Thomas Leonce, A/CPO, A2658, RCNR (*S)


Lee, Otto Willis, Stwd, V27354, RCNVR (*S)


Longstaff, F., OS, PJX362114, Royal Navy (*S)


Mahon, William Robert, Sto 2c, V27730, RCNVR (*S)


Martin, Edward, Sto 1c, V25254, RCNVR (*S)


McCarthy, Francis, C., Ord.Sig, V22638, RCNVR (*S)


McNeil, John Pus, Sto PO, A2040, RCNR (*S)


Merkowski, Anthony Herman, OS, V31540, RCNVR (*S)


Miller, George Alexander, L/Sto, V31495, RCNVR (*S)

 

Murray, Leonard William, A/L/Sig, V7912, RCNVR (*S)


O'Keefe, Harry Patrick Martin, AB, V8246, RCNVR (*S)

Oliver, John Alfred, Sto 1c, 21912, RCN (*S)


Parsons, Hubert William, AB, V27307, RCNVR (*S)


Peters, John Thompson, AB, V7617, RCNVR (*S)


Poapst, Gorden Edward, Sto 2c, V24793, RCNVR (*S)


Potter, Clifford Neil, ERA 4c, V32092, RCNVR (*S)


Poulter, Rodney Frederick, ERA 4c, V27317, RCNVR (*S)


Poulton, Ernest Leonard, AB, 3460, RCN (*S)


Rainville, Leo, AB, V6915, RCNVR (*S)


Smith, Albert, AB, V22606, RCNVR (*S)


Stewart, Clyde Ralph, AB, V27253, RCNVR (*S)


Tasse, John, AB, V6346, RCNVR (*S) 


Theriault, John Charlemagne, Ord. Coder, V16670, RCNVR (*S)


Torrence, Howard William, Sto 1c, V14698, RCNVR (*S)


Towns, Leslie, Frederick, Sto 1c, 21916, RCN (*S)


Vaudrey, Joseph Paul Eugene, CERA, A/3271, RCNR (*S)


Vinneau, John Joseph, AB, 4330, RCN (*S)


Wallace, Keith Warner, Tel, V23301, RCNVR (*S)


White, William Henry, Tel, V24604, RCNVR (*S)

 

Photos and Documents

 

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WYB002

WYB003

WYB004

WYB005

(WYB001) Newspaper article on the loss of HMCS WEYBURN on 22 Aug 1943  //  Courtesy of Danny Tanzey

(WYB002) Newspaper article on Royal Navy doctor who treated HMCS WEYBURN's casualties while he himself had two broken legs  //  Courtesy of Danny Tanzey

(WYB003) Officers and Rating Honoured for Rescue Work in the Sinking of HMCS WEYBURN K173 //  Mentioned in article:  L/Sign Murray of Dartmouth, NS;  Lt P.S. Milson; SLt Wilfred Bark, RCNVR of Montreal  //  From the collection of J. Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor

(WYB004) Article on HMCS WEYBURN Casualties  //  Listed in the article: SLT Wilfred Bark, RCNVR of Montreal;  AB Dorn McQuarrie McGaw ofKincardine, Ont;  Sto 2c Maurice Arthur Savoie of Toronto;  AB Hubert William Parsons, RCNVR;  Sto 1c Melvin Clarence Morrison of Toronto.

(WYB005) Victory loans campaign newspaper ad featuring Lt Pat Milson, MBE, RCNVR - a survivor of the sinking  //  The Fredericton Daily Gleaner 29 Oct 1943  //  Courtesy of Operation Picture Me

 

WYB006

WYB007 / TSC006

(WYB006) Article on the sinking of HMCS WEYBURN  //  From the Toronto Daily Star  //  Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

(WYB007) Newspaper clipping "Ontario Survivors of HMCS WEYBURN Come Home  //  From the collection of Thomas Clarke, LSAA2, RCN  //  Courtesy of Paul Clarke

 

 

 

Sixth Supplement to The London Gazette of Friday, the 28th of May, 1943

Awards to crew members of HMCS WEYBURN

 

For outstanding leadership and rescue work when HMCS WEYBURN was lost

 

Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

 

Lt Patrick Sproull Milsom, RCNVR;  Temp. Lt William Arthur Bordett Garrard, RCNVR

 

For gallantry when HMCS WEYBURN was lost

 

Mentioned in Despatches (Posthumous)

 

Temp/ SLt Wilfred Bark, RCNVR;  SLt John Ryck Wolfe Lyddeker, RNR;  OS Daniel Tanzey, P/JX 358923

 

Mentioned in Despatches

 

L/Sig Leonard William Murray, V7912, RCNVR

 

 

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