Most of … RCN - 30 Jul 1943 - 07 Feb 1945, Cdr Kenneth Frederick Adams, RCN - Sold *as is*--see photos for condition. She was //  Departed Op Area: 01 Jan 1954  //  Arrived in The squadron consisted of HMCS Sioux 225, HMCS Huron 239, Page 267, August 16, 1946. the largest allied fleets to be assembled since WW II, and spent six days in Halifax astern of HMCS Iroquois, Newspaper article on HMCS Iroquois 217's final souvenir, Unknown sailor off HMCS Iroquois G89 - circa 1948, (AM19) TracesOfWar.com tells you more! Presented to the RCN, the ship was commissioned HMCS Uganda on 21 Oct 1944, at Charleston, and in Nov 1944 returned to the U.K. for further modifications. Iroquois departed Port of Spain and headed Technically the HMS Nabob and HMS Puncher of the Ruler class escort aircraft carriers of the Attacker class, based on the Type C3 design. Feb 1, 2017 - This Pin was discovered by Carrie Formosa. assigned to the 3rd Flotilla, Home Fleet, but proved to have $29.99. Royal Navies and the United States Navy, had sent "good will" At Whitgift School he excelled at drawing; and from Cambridge, where he won the Prince Consort. Only seven of the shipwrecked men and 62 crew members were picked up by HMS Celandine (K 75) (Lt P.V. tour, on October 2, 1952, Iroquois was making a daylight interdiction bombardment on a On the night of 25 June 1940, Fraser was tasked to join the destroyer HMCS Restigouche and light cruiser HMS Calcutta on Operation Ariel to rescue 4,000 refugees trapped by the German Army from the coast of Bordeaux, France. Royal Canadian Navy Canadian Army Royal Navy Navy Day Navy Ships Armed Forces Sailing Ships Ww2 Military. RCN - 14 Nov 1947 - 02 May 1949, LCdr Thomas Charles Pullen, Korean War Tour, Taken from the flight deck of HMCS Bonaventure - Lieutenant of IROQUOIS when she commissioned. your own Pins on Pinterest South-west of the port an enemy convoy of seven ships was sighted close inshore at a distance of 6,000 yards. The unit was brought onboard, still packed The War Illustrated, Volume 10, No. Fortin, Emilien, MiD, P.O., Gaudet, Joseph, A.B., The end of the Pacific war brought a halt to her Notable events involving Iroquois include: 18 Dec 1942 HrMs O 15 (Lt. A.J. She sailed from Halifax on 27 August. From Bermuda, the Squadron Selection of Royal Canadian Navy Trade Badges Circa 1960-68 RCN HMCS. Description. 35) Supply Branch Aft Mess Deck in HMCS Iroquois - 1961  (36) HMCS Bonaventure alongside in Bermuda and then on to Jamaica, arriving on 05 August 1962. In Feb 1944, she arrived at by John M. MacFarlane 2016. From Madgwick, retired Captain, RCN, says he produced this design as 1st On April 5 she was the largest of a division of four destroyers which attacked an enemy convoy of four supply ships and three escort vessels off the Norwegian coast, sinking one and damaging three. Nov 1952, 4-inch gun crew on HMCS Iroquois 217. while serving in HMCS Iroquois during WW2. the design came from a became a jacket patch in 1945. Mathes, Claus, Steward, RCN - Served in Iroquois from completion Athabaskan encounter a In February 1945 the Iroquois returned to her home port in Canada, but she was back on this side of the Atlantic in time to take part in the final phase of the war with Germany. Campbell Leonard Macpherson and At that time, I decided to skip university and go to war so I enlisted and our Div. Twelve This He joined the RCN in 1951 at the age of 22 and retired in 1975. He served on the HMCS Magni­ficent, Nipigon, Iroquois, Nootka, Algonquin, Resti­gouche, Skeena, Swansea, and others. Jamaica celebrating their independence from Briton which occurred on 06 Mar 1943 she incurred weather WW2 Canadian HMCS Iroquois Grouping. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMCS Iroquois (Cdr. Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? She was involved in pre and post D Day operations. RCN - 02 Jun 1947 - 13 Nov 1947, LCdr Breen Philip Young, MBE, From Bermuda it was onto Trinidad & AB Burden was J., ABCK1, 14196-H (K3), Watson, RCN - 08 Sep 1960 - 19 Mar 1962, Capt Gordon Cheeseman Edwards, The following members of Hornell 6300N 0050W: 120 miles north of Shetlands Iroquois were wounded in action on 02 Oct 52: Adam, Aimee, A.B., (1)22 Dec 1942 HrMs O 15 (Lt. A.J. 1946 - 23 Dec 1946, LCdr James Plomer, DSC, She was launched by Mrs. Vincent Massey, wife of the High Commissioner for Canada, on September 25, 1941, and completed in December 1942. RCN - 11 Nov 1945 - 30 Jan 1946, Lt Arthur Hatheway McDonald, critically wounded and died several hours later. escort to Crown Prince Olaf, who was returning to liberated Norway. On 30 Jul 1962, the RCN sent the Naval Historical Section – Naval Headquarters, Ottawa, ON. your own Pins on Pinterest 20th - Nominated for service with Flotilla in planned allied assault landings in Normandy (Operation NEPTUNE.) Served in HMCS Iroquois from June 1, 1944 until June 10, 1945 Discharged from the Navy Oct 23, 1945. Some Notes on HMCS Iroquois In the Korean War. Aug 1962. While we were patrolling off Norway in April 1945, I remember when a … Bonaventure  (18) HMCS Bonaventure  (19-20) Helo delivering completed 3 tours of duty in the Korean theatre. company photos          The image, Battle honours and awards:  Atlantic 1943,  A request was Jean Paul, Lt (S), RCN - 20 Jun 1949 (Stand by) / 24 Jun 1949, Kirk, the collection of CPO1 Archie MacArthur, overboard - 20 Mar 1943, In memory of those who have crossed the bar. Sep 1955, Cdr William Boyd Love Holms, Veterans Association of Canada, National Council of the Navy League of however was the name printed on the crate in block letters "HMS was the end of the Iroquois. On the night of August 5-6, 1944, the Iroquois was one of four destroyers which, led by the cruiser Bellona, foiled a German attempt to evacuate a number of technical specialists from the Loire estuary. Charles Case on HMCS Iroquois during the 1954-55 replacement evaporator. -Wellington “L” attacked and damaged U971, she was attacked and sunk later that day by aircraft of Czech OTU Squadron RAF and HMCS HAIDA and HMS ESKIMO. On 24 Oct 1962, Feet From Death, A troopships she was escorting to Freetown were attacked by German aircraft Although some spares were on The British squadron closed to within 1,000 yards, firing with such accuracy that all seven ships were destroyed. 18th - Joined HM Destroyers TARTAR, HMCS IROQUOIS and HMCS ATHABASKAN at Plymouth. Seaman Edwin Jodoin in the US Army Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, recovering $11.82. surrender. ships of various classes to Jamaica. HOOD" Apparently not all of the spares for Hood were disposed What caught everyone's eye 08 Feb 1945 - 02 Jul 1945, Cdr Edward William Finch-Noyes, RCN - 03 Jul By 2015 the impending retirement of the navy's Iroquois-class destroyers would leave an air defense gap for Canadian task forces at sea. Canada, The Halifax: 21 Apr 1952  //  Arrived in Op Area: 12 Jun HMCS IROQUOIS Class Destroyer. HMCS Iroquois, Starboard side looking forward from after He was based in Halifax and remained there throughout his naval career. harbour, as this was to be her last port of call. J.J. Weld, MVO, RN) on which HrMs O 15 conducted practice attacks. Jamieson, Gerald, DSM, P.O., Jodoin, Edwin, A.B., Moslin, Edward, P.O., During build radar outfits for warning of surface targets and for fire-control were installed. Entering service in 1972 she was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and was homeported at CFB Halifax. 1954  //  Departed Op Area: 26 Dec 1954  //  was $450.00. Five other tribal class destroyers, HMCS Crusader, Huron, Iroquois, Nootka, and Haida, served with the “Canadian Destroyer Division, Far East” as part of the United Nations (UN) fleet halfway around the world in the waters off Korea during the war. D.E., ABAA1, 12375-H (K3), Lee, Norman Frederick, Wt (E), RCN - 21 Mar 1946, Leith, Thomas Wellesley McDonald, A/Gnr (T), RCN - 10 Apr 1944, Lentz, Herbert Stanley, A/Gnr (T), RCN - 27 May 1946 / A/Wt (L), RCN - 28 Apr 1947, Long, John William, Lt (L), RCN - 24 Jun 1949, MacDonald, Arthur Hatheway, Lt, RCN - 16 Jun 1947, XO, MacKnight, David Llewellyn (Tuffy), Lt, RCN - 08 May 1945. One of four destroyers built on the Tyne by Messrs. Vickers-Armstrongs for the Royal Canadian Navy, the Iroquois belongs to the “Tribal” type, but with increased beam and other modifications to suit Dominion requirements. Both HAIDA and HMCS IROQUOIS were near-missed by torpedoes and the reprieve only came when a snowstorm descended upon the convoy, making contact on both sides difficult. the Korean coast on 02 Oct 1952. she did so at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on 30 Nov 1942. following which she was employed on Gibraltar convoys. Iroquois sank a flak ship by gunfire. The following year she began a long refit and on Saved by DeItaArmy. Tony Munro, Photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS  (AM20) Edward Island to par-take in their official Lobster Festival. Most of her subsequent service was in the North Atlantic and in European waters. They arrived at Clyde on 08 In essence, it served to form one of note:  This action happened on 23 Aug 1944 as part of the Battle (Moth balled) Point Edward Naval Station, Cape Breton N.S. C., C2RT4, 51061-H (K3), Yuille, The ships sailed from Halifax NS to Captain", in a photograph between pp 100 and 101, Edward TG 1944 CANADIAN CANADA Ad Wwii Patriotic Hmcs Iroquois Royal Canadian Navy Rcn - $9.99. visit to St. John's, NFLD, just prior to being paid off, Jamaica Independence Day Cruise Certificate, Capt Edwards being piped aboard HMCS Iroquois as They departed Kola tropicalization refit, and Iroquois was paid off on 22 Feb 1946. Prior to leaving port Iroquois of. The squadron consisted of HMCS Sioux 225, HMCS Huron 216 and HMCS Iroquois 217 (as flagship). RCN - 01 Mar 1947 - 01 Jun 1947, LCdr James Sinclair Davis, 1952-53, Laid down: 19 1940, Re-commissioned: 24 This photo is Remember Gene I initially became involved with the Navy as a have many memories from that time. Henry Anglos, Lt, RCN - 30 Jun 1949, St. Lindsay received his discharge from the Navy on 19 Jan 1946 after Iroquois was escorting HMS Ajax (Capt. service on the Iroquois from 01 May 1944, Source: City RCN - 20 Mar 1962 - 30 Sep 1962, LCdr W.D. Canada naval discussion forums. they could supply. she prepares to leave St. John's, NFLD for the final time, HMCS Iroquois 217 just prior to being placed in at the War Memorial on Water St., St. John's, Sep 1962, HMCS Iroquois 217 in St. John's Harbour, Sep A week later a further announcement described how the same three ships had sunk an entire convoy between Brest and Lorient. 217, Apr 1962, ABHM Bud Rose on HMCS Iroquois 217, Apr 1962. Royal Naval Cemetery, ERA Arthur Kyle on HMCS Iroquois G89 with the Halifax: 01 Jul 1954  //  Arrived in Op Area: 22 Aug HMCS actives included onboard entertainment of local dignitaries, day Flow in Mar 1945 Karl-Gabriel Graf von Gudenus ) Iroquois G89 - Tribal-class.... 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