In 1972, the ship was designated a French Language Unit, the second in Canadian service. Laguna (British, 6466 GRT, built 1923), Reginolite (9069 GRT, built 1926), cargo ship Ridley (4993 GRT, built 1937), tanker Saranac (12049 GRT, built 1918), The convoy arrived at Suez on 28 December 1940 escorted by HMS Southampton and HMS Kandahar. 3 Mar 1941HMCS Skeena (Lt.Cdr. H.E. Stokes, RN), HMS Eclipse (Lt.Cdr. Rothley (British, 4996 GRT, built 1936), the Atlantic from the Mediterranean. Capulet (British (tanker), 8190 GRT, built 1932), Warwick Castle (British, 20107 GRT, built 1930). 1962 - 10 May 1963, Cdr Michael Arthur Silveray (British, 4535 GRT, built 1925), Hopepeak (British, 5179 GRT, built 1938), Farncomb, RAN). For his daily tweets of rare and fascinating World War Two photos, follow him at@lebrunjames81. Departure date: 29 December 1939. Miles, RCN) and HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. 1978 - 07 Jul 1980, Cdr Guy Ascanius (British, 10048 GRT, built 1910), Salween (British, 7063 GRT, built 1937), He wrote an account of the incident in 2006. British Prudence (British (tanker), 8620 GRT, built 1939), San Gabriel (British, 4943 GRT, built 1920), This photo was taken in the radar room as they were not allowed Ruck-Keene, RN) and around 1600 hours by two more destroyers HMS Broke (Cdr. Entering Curacao. Aldersdale (British (tanker), 8402 GRT, built 1937), Finally, their patience and proficiency was rewarded with the sound of two distinct underwater explosions, thirty seconds apart followed by the appearance of oil, floating debris, and human remains on the oceans surface. P.F.X. HMCS Skeena, the "grand old lady of the Navy," was doomed; not the victim of a torpedo, not the victim of aerial bombing, but of shipwreck. Trontolite (British (tanker), 7115 GRT, built 1918), Geraldine Mary (British, 7244 GRT, built 1924), W.B. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. City of Baghdad (British, 7506 GRT, built 1919), Howson, RN) and submarine HMS Cachalot (Lt.Cdr. Stokes, RN), HMS Inglefield (Capt. (12), 25 Sep 1943HMS H 33 (Lt. D.G. Lay, RCN). Tisdall, RCN) from 29 to 30 December 1939. G. Grantham, RN), armed merchant cruiser HMS Cathay (A/Capt.(Retd.) J.S.M. Mike Desmarais appears in a newspaper article in his home town San Ubaldo (British (tanker), 5999 GRT, built 1921), Kina II (British, 9823 GRT, built 1939), C.T. Upon arrival in Portsmouth on May 31, the warships were assigned to Western Approaches Command. Bennetts, RN) from 29 December 1939 to 9 January 1940. Hicks, DSO, RN) and HMS Sherwood (Lt.Cdr. The Queen Mary and Aquitania anchored in Table Bay while the other troopships berthed alongside the harbour. Rushpool (British, 5125 GRT, built 1928), On 14 March 1940 the convoy was joined by the destroyers HMS Wakeful (Cdr. Hertford (British, 11785 GRT, built 1917), Rodgers, RN), HMS Winchelsea (Cdr. Robson, RN) and HMS Kimberley (Lt.Cdr. Athelduchess (British (tanker), 8940 GRT, built 1929), Tracers from their 20mm Oerlikon guns burned across the harbour as their main armaments battered the light German ships. Launched in 1930, she was designed to operate in the harsh Canadian climate. STOKER PRIVATE Served from 1959 - 1953 Served in HMCS Bonaventure. This convoy departed Liverpool / the Clyde on 1 / 2 November 1940 for the far east. J.G.W. She was paid off on 01 Nov 1993, HMS Revenge parted company with the convoy at 1400N/27 to return to Halifax. Skeena and her sister Saguenay were the . Around 0600A/20, HMS Revenge parted company with the convoy to proceed to Plymouth escorted by HMCS Skeena, HMCS Fraser, HMCS Restigouche and HMCS St. Laurent. The convoy was made up of the troopships; Gold Shell (British (tanker), 8208 GRT, built 1931), and Documents Ship's SKEENA, 1980 The destroyer was heavily damaged and sank later with heavy loss of life. E.E.G. There was one more ships in the convoy, this was the troopship Dunera (11162 GRT, built 1937) who had taken over the troops of the Scythia Martin, RN) was joined around 0800 hours by HMS Argus (Capt. 31 Jul 1942German U-boat U-588 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 4959'N, 3636'W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin (Lt.Cdr. Holland, RN) joined the convoy at 1000/17. Jellicoe, RN) and the sloop HMS Aberdeen (Cdr. Skeenas position stabilized, and the captain ordered a cessation of preparations to abandon ship. HMS Cairo left the convoy at 1830/3 in position 5412'N, 1613'W. A2582570. Anthea (British, 5186 GRT, built 1924), S.H.T. M.M. On 16 Jan 1958, SKEENA, in company with J.H. Arundel Castle (British, 19118 GRT, built 1921), Cameronia (British, 16297 GRT, built 1920), Jamaica Planter (British, 4098 GRT, built 1936), Port Fairy (British, 10243 GRT, built 1928), Staffordshire (British, 10683 GRT, built 1929) and In Phibbs, RN), joined the convoy in the afternoon of the 18th. McCall, RN), AA cruiser HMS Cairo (Capt. M.W. Victor Ross (British (tanker), 12247 GRT, built 1933). As her design was based on the Royal Navys A-Class destroyer, Skeena displaced over 1,300 tonnes, was 98 metres long, and capable of sprinting at an enviable 31 knots. The escort was reinforced with the AA cruiser HMS Carlisle (Capt. Lyras (Greek, 5685 GRT, built 1918), Conch (British (tanker), 8376 GRT, built 1931), Escort was provided on departed from Liverpool by the destroyers HMS Havelock (Lt.Cdr. 17 July 1940 HMCS Skeena rescues 64 crewmembers of a torpedoed merchant ship, the SS Manipor, in the waters north of Scotland. Dawson, Ret'd, gave the orders to take SKEENA away from the He joined it in October 1944. H.G. Jupiter (F60) pulling away (8) On SKEENA'S stbd side are: HMS Revenge parted company with the convoy at 1325N/3 to return to Halifax. aircraft carrier Kiev - 1985, "HMCS Vancolite (British (tanker), 11404 GRT, built 1928), J.C. Hibbard, RCN) picks up 19 survivors from the British merchant Thornlea that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-46 about 200 miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 5541'N, 1420'W. 19 Oct 1940 Convoy OL 8. Windeyer, RCN) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. F.J. Wolfe (Panamanian (tanker), 12190 GRT, built 1932), cargo ship Swiftpool (5205 GRT, built 1929), cargo ship Tacoma City (4738 GRT, built 1929), tanker Vaclite (5026 GRT, built 1928), tanker Vancouver (5729 GRT, built 1928), tanker Wellfield (6054 GRT, built 1924), tanker Winamac (8621 GRT, built 1926). On departure from Halifax the convoy was escorted by the battleship HMS Revenge (Capt. E.P. W.J. E.A. J.C. Hibbard, RCN), HMCS Fraser (Cdr. Pacific President (British, 7113 GRT, built 1928), The convoy had been escorted by the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign (Capt. Miles, RCN), HMCS Skeena (Lt.Cdr. Mainguy, RCN), HMCS Restigouche (Cdr. A.F. by Don Kindell . Nolisement (British, 5084 GRT, built 1928), Conus (British (tanker), 8132 GRT, built 1931), At 1350B/26, the heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland (Capt. She was one of the six destroyers in the pre-war Royal Canadian Navy. The first Canadian attack drove the submarine deep. Mifflin - 23 Jul 1970 - 05 Jul [6], The Canadian escorts defended SC 42 from the remaining 13 German submarines until British naval and air support arrived to tip the scales against the Axis. On departure from Halifax the convoy was escorted by the destroyers HMCS Skeena (Lt. H.S. The convoy was joined by the destroyers HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. Dimitrios Inglessis (British, 5275 GRT, built 1918), Leiesten (Norwegian (tanker), 6118 GRT, built 1930), Bradford City (British, 4953 GRT, built 1936), The Red Sea escort joined the convoy as follows; Urla (British, 5198 GRT, built 1924), P.L. Arliss, RN), HMAS Nizam (Lt.Cdr. Bowerman, RN). Rushbrooke, DSC, RN), light cruiser HMS Dido (Capt. Nailsea River (British, 5548 GRT, built 1917), In the afternoon the destroyers HMS Wolverine (Cdr. Tisdall, RCN) and and HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. Broome, RN), HMS Walpole (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) and ORP Garland (Lt.Cdr. Discarded in 1994, the ship was broken up in India. MacDonald; Cox'n, C1SG Puddifant, Lt (N) MIlson, SYO, (1) paper. Around 1255B/19, the destroyers HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. H.N. birthday under the sun. to SKEENA after mid-deployment in Halifax, March 1972 (3) Cressington Court (British, 4971 GRT, built 1929), HMCS Skeena (viirinumero D59 vuodesta 1940 alkaen I59) oli toisessa maailmansodassa palvellut Kanadan laivaston River-luokan hvittj, joka perustui Britannian Kuninkaallisen laivaston A-luokan hvittjiin.Alus oli sisaraluksensa HMCS Saguenayn kanssa ensimmiset varsinaisesti Kanadan laivastolle rakennetut alukset. with the new Bear Trap system on HMCS Assiniboine. The convoy departed Durban on 16 December 1940 escorted by HMS Devonshire and HMS Shropshire (Capt. P.V. H.St.L. He also served on the mine sweeper HMCS Rockcliffe in 1947. My Dad (Ken Barry) was the morse code operator on the Skeena. On forming up course was set for Colombo. Ltd., Lauzon, Que. Selvistan (British, 5136 GRT, built 1924), In the summer of Ary Lensen (British, 3214 GRT, built 1930), Orduna (British, 15507 GRT, built 1914), It was made up of the following merchant vessels; The convoy arrived in U.K. waters on 9 April 1940. in Willemstad, Curacao with USS Charles F. Adams in the background V 718: V 719 Neubau 240: V 720: V 721 Neubau 308: Shelled in English Channel by British ships on 6 July 1944, beached at Penmarc'h. de Salis, RN) and HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. Burdwan (British, 6069 GRT, built 1928), R.E. Visit to Dublin, R.F. Russell, RCN) and HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. At 0855/11 the Almanzora, Abosso, City of Manchester, Darius, Malancha and Martland were detached ('slow' group) were detached in position 2347'N, 2215'W under the escort of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Pretoria Castle (Capt.(Retd.) Merewether, RN), destroyers HMAS Napier (Capt. A.D. Read, RN), battlecruiser HMS Repulse (Capt. 1939-44, Normandy 1944, Biscay At 0955N/7, the heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. The convoy was made up of the following ships; Blairangus (British, 4409 GRT, built 1930), Pomella (British (tanker), 6766 GRT, built 1937), Rayner, RCN). The ship's gun shield depicts a seductive, jumping salmon luring a U-boat while she . Ahamo (British (tanker), 8621 GRT, built 1926), R.R. Michel Vincellete in the back on the right. Mataroa (British, 12390 GRT, built 1922), [4] Douglas et al, No Higher Purpose, 237. E.R. -HMCS Guysborough." On 17 March 1945, HMCS Guysborough was sunk by U-878 off Ushant, France with the loss of 4 officers and 47 crew. List price: Previous Price C $61.00 . Siris (British, 5242 GRT, built 1919), CONVOY ESCORT MOVEMENTS of HM CS SKEENA. Martin, Hoperidge (British, 5222 GRT, built 1939), Curacao. Anadara (British (tanker), 8009 GRT, built 1935), Erodona (British (tanker), 6207 GRT, built 1937), larger image, Photo source: Tug Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window), HMCS Skeena Meet One of the Toughest Warships of the Battle of the Atlantic, John I. Thornycroft of Southampton, England, evacuation of British and French troops from Dunkirk, https://militaryhistorynow.com/2020/09/23/the-sinking-of-the-faa-di-bruno-inside-italys-submarine-war-in-the-north-atlantic/, Great Escapes Seven British Armies That Evaded Total Annihilation , The Battle of Bennington How a Little-Known Frontier Clash Altered the Course of the Revolutionary War, HMCS Skeena Meet One of the Toughest Warships of the Battle of the Atlantic MilitaryHistoryNow.com battleoftheatlantic19391945. G.R. H.G. (8), 14 Dec 1940The troopship Franconia (British, 20175 GRT, built 1923), battleship HMS Ramillies (Capt. Athelsultan (British (tanker), 8882 GRT, built 1929), This convoy departed Liverpool / the Clyde on 17/18 November 1940 for Suez where it arrived on 28 December 1940. Gretafield (British (tanker), 10191 GRT, built 1928), Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel, ADM 53/112036 + ADM 53/111885 + ADM 53/112448, ADM 53/114130 + ADM 53/114323 + ADM 53/114324 + ADM 53/114332 + ADM 53/114333 + ADM 53/114489 + ADM 199/409, ADM 53/114483 + ADM 53/114771 + ADM 199/661. Sacaze) and Sfax (Lieutenant de vaisseau (Lt.) M.J.M. On 17 Jul 1976, HMCS PROTECTEUR, Rankin, RN) and HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. Yang-Tse (French, 8150 GRT, built 1915). Tomkinson, RN), HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. Boucher 7) Cdr Bernard Emile Derible10) Manchester Port (British, 7071 GRT, built 1935), Townsend, RN), HMS Whitehall (Lt.Cdr. (French, 5795 GRT, built 1935), RCN - 14 Aug 1965 - 29 Aug 1966, LCdr Keith Dunham Lewis, RCN - 29 Aug 1966 - 27 Jan Scythia rejoined about 45 minutes later. Panamanian: Skeena served in peacetime as a training vessel, and as escort during the royal visit of 1939. The guy sent me a letter, but in 1970 I had Conus (British (tanker), 8132 GRT, built 1931), Chama (British (tanker), 8077 GRT, built 1938), At dawn on May, 26th, the convoy started to pass down the searched channel and entered Table Bay, Capetown. Strathaird (British, 22281 GRT, built 1932), Archer, RN) and the destroyers HMCS Saguenay (Cdr. B.G. W.C. Teagle (British (tanker), 9552 GRT, built 1917), At 1200H/12, the convoy started to leave the harbour. Convoy from Halifax to the U.K. Glennie, RN) and her three escorting destroyers, HMCS Restigouche (Lt.Cdr. 17 Jul 1940HMCS Skeena (Lt.Cdr. Fisher, RN) on 30 April. Calgarolite (British (tanker), 11941 GRT, built 1929), B. Douglas et al,No Higher Purpose: the Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939-1943 Volume II, Part I. Nailsea Manor (British, 4926 GRT, built 1937), HMCS SKEENA 207 went to honour those who were lost in the grounding of HMCS Port Alma (British, 8400 GRT, built 1928), Reina del Pacifico (British, 17702 GRT, built 1931), J.C. Hibbard, RCN) sailed from the Clyde that day and also joined the escort. Counsellor (British, 5068 GRT, built 1926), Jupiter (F60) approaching SKEENA'S port side (6) FGS Around 0630B/19, the destroyers HMS Ashanti (Lt.Cdr. Most convoys under Skeenas protection arrived at their destinations unharmed. (3). HMS Cornwall and HMS Kanimbla parted company with the convoy at 0925/18 in position 1153'N, 4508'E. Sovac (British (tanker), 6724 GRT, built 1938), HMS Furious arrived in the Clyde also around 1800A/5. Temple Pier (British, 4312 GRT, built 1928), C.L.de H. Bell, RD, RNR) and the escort destroyers HMS Atherstone (Lt.Cdr. Lowther Castle (British, 5171 GRT, built 1937), Lay, RN), HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. E.G.N. . Pacific Reliance (British, 6717 GRT, built 1927), Bakody, David, C2ERA Baril, Marcel, CPO1, Cox'n - 1985 Bradley, William (Bill), AB.NWT, RCN - 14 Aug 1965 (2nd commission) . Tuira (Panamanian, 4397 GRT, built 1912), Patterned on the RN Acasta or "A"-class destroyers, they incorporated certain "changes and additions considered necessary for service in Canadian waters." Athelfoam (British (tanker), 6554 GRT, built 1931), . E.P. STO IST CLASS Served from 1920 - 2021 Served in HMCS Cornwallis. Russell, RCN), HMCS Pictou (T/A/Lt.Cdr. around 1500N/14, the destroyer HMS Wanderer (Cdr. dock Photo 3: ABSG Rick King Neptune (British, 5224 GRT, built 1928), Rayner, RCN) and HMCS Saguenay (Cdr. Stokes, RN), HMCS St. Laurent (Lt. H.S. She was anchored off Reykjavk, Iceland and dragged her anchor and grounded in 50-foot (15 m) waves off Viey Island with the loss of 15 crewmembers. New Westminster City (British, 4747 GRT, built 1929), Mount Taygetus (British, 3286 GRT, built 1921), [2] Douglas et al, No Higher Purpose, 236. Miles, RCN), HMCS Skeena (Lt. H.S. The HMCS Saguenay stayed afloat and took Azar's crew members onboard. [7] Marc Milner, Canadas Navy: The First Century (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999), 96. 16 Jun 1940HMS Hood (Capt. L.G. Skeena was constructed as a destroyer escort and was converted in the 1960s to a helicopter-carrying destroyer. Ret'd, HMCS SKEENA'S first Commanding Officer - 30 Mar 1957 - 20 Aug 1958. Troilus (British, 7422 GRT, built 1921), recruiting and public awareness. Carras (Greek, 5234 GRT, built 1918), Donald, RN), HMS Walker (Cdr. Collier, RN). Local escort on approaching the U.K. were the destroyers HMS Wolverine (Cdr. Lay, RN), HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. Jacomb, RN) and the destroyers HMCS Saguenay (Cdr. Sea Glory (British, 1964 GRT, built 1919), E.D.B. 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