For Posterity's Sake
A Royal
Canadian Navy Historical Project
MTB 466

MTB 466
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham
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Transferred
to the RCN: 29 Mar 1944
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Fate: Destroyed by fire on 14
Feb1945 |
MTB 465 was a "G" Type MTB, Displacement:
44 tons, Length: 71.75 ft, Beam: 20.6 ft, Draught: 5.6 ft, Speed: 39
kts, Complement: 3 officers, 14 men, Armament: 1-6pdr, 2- 20mm (1xII)
4-18in TT. While she flew the White Ensign, she was not commissioned
in the RCN but instead was listed as a tender to HMCS Stadacona
(tenders were not commissioned vessels). MTB 466 took part in the
D-Day landings on 06 Jun 1944. She was destroyed by fire at Ostend,
Belgium, on 14 Feb 1945 with the loss of one of her crew.
Crew
photos
Commanding Officers |
Lt Sherwood Bernet Marshall,
RCNVR - 29 Mar 1944 - 27 Jul 1944
Lt Thomas Keith Scobie,
RCNVR - 28 Jul 1944 - 17 Sep 1944 |
Lt Sherwood Barnet Marshall,
RCNVR - 18 Sep 1944 - 07 Jan 1945
Lt Joseph Murray Adam,
RCNVR - 08 Jan 1945 - 14 Feb 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
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HALE,
William Frederick
Lt,
RCNVR, M.I.D.
killed - 14 Feb 1945
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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