Beginning in November 1942, she was converted to an escort destroyer in the United Kingdom and was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 1 March 1943. At the time she was hit, OTTAWA, short of fuel, was about to be relieved by HMS Witch some 500 miles off St. John’s Newfoundland. Battling the twin hazards of submarines and North Atlantic gales, the heavily worked escort vessels struggled relentlessly to overcome the fearful obstacles as they fought to get the precious cargo ships safely across the ocean. ordering OTTAWA, with HMS Harvester in company, to attack a U-boat shadowing Convoy OG-45 bound for Gibraltar from Britain. OTTAWA opened fire with her two forward guns while closing the U-boat at 34 knots. Edmond 'Rollo' Mainguy, CO, and HMS HARVESTER … Royal Canadian Navy Cap Tally HMCS Labrador nice. The heyday of the surface raider was passing, but new-model U-boats, organized in wolf-packs, continued to prey on the thinly-escorted cargo ships. Photo courtesy of PO Smith’s son Larry Smith. Search eBay faster with PicClick. The white and blue wavy bend represents the Ottawa River after which the ship is named. On 07 Aug 2003, while escorting HMCS Victoria some 200 nautical miles at sea in the Baja Peninsula, Mexico, HMCS Ottawa experienced a major fire in its engine room. PO J. With her sister ship, HMCS RESTIGOUCHE, OTTAWA was to be stationed on Canada’s west coast. HMS Griffin, later HMCS Ottawa (ii), destroyer Greyhound or G-Class Fleet Destroyer ordered from Vickers Armstrong, Newcastle under 1933 Programme in March 1934. The Loss of HMCS Ottawa On September 13/14, 1942 while escorting Convoy ON-127 930 km east of St. John's, Newfoundland, HMCS Ottawa was torpedoed by U-91. Originally stationed on the west coast, OTTAWA was transferred to Halifax, Nova Scotia following the outbreak of the Second World War where she escorted convoys between Great Britain and Canada. 3 September 1942 World War II – HMCS Shawinigan and HMCS Trail together pick up 17 survivors from the Canadian merchant ship Donald Stewart that was torpedoed and sunk northeast of Cape Whittle in the Gulf of St.Lawrence in position 50°32’N, 58°46’W by German U-boat U-517. Figure 1: Photograph of HMCS Ottawa at anchor in Lough Foyle off Moville Northern Ireland on 5 September 1942, just before sailing. Naval Historical Section – Naval Headquarters, Ottawa, ON. Photograph taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. She sailed from Halifax on 27 August. 29 July 1948 – HMCS Royal Roads is transformed into a Canadian Service College and begins training flight cadets, as well as naval cadets. However both were listed in the Royal Navy in the strict sense. C $25.52 shipping. Technically the HMS Nabob and HMS Puncher of the Ruler class escort aircraft carriers of the Attacker class, based on the Type C3 design. Canada, Original Period Items, WW II (1939-45), Militaria, Collectibles. 20th - Deployed for post refit sea trials in Nore Command. HMCS Ottawa Family Network When you join the Family Network for HMCS Ottawa, you’ll receive important email updates on deployments, information on social activities and get the opportunity to connect with others going through the same experience. The Royal Canadian Navy was one of the world’s largest navies at the end of the Second World War. Walkerling thought that they had sunk two destroyers, but in fact HMCS Ottawa (H 60) (LtCdr C.A. The destroyer attacked was probably HMCS Ottawa (H 60). When the second torpedo hit, I was blown over the side, semi-conscious, and swam around automatically until Petty Officer Don Curry of Ottawa pulled me onto a raft. 6. On 6 July 1944, Ottawa, Kootenay, and the British frigate, HMS Statice, sank U-678 off Beachy Head, Sussex. Approx. HMCS Ottawa (ii) (H 31) of the Royal Canadian Navy - Canadian Destroyer of the G class - Allied Warships of WWII. In May 1939, OTTAWA (Senior Officer), and the Western Destroyer Division – comprising HMC Ships OTTAWA, RESTIGOUCHE, ST. LAURENT and FRASER – escorted Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth embarked in SS Princess Marguerite during their passage to Victoria from Vancouver and return. (Buddy) Pitre sweeping the deck on HMCS Ottawa 229 - 1957. The first three were named for the Ottawa River. C $38.29. During their visit to Victoria, officers and men of the Destroyer Division participated in the solemn and colourful consecration, and presentation by His Majesty, of the King’s Colour to the RCN, on 30 May 1939. September 1942 was a costly one for ships of the RCN. (NAC PA-115383) By autumn of 1941, she was “as experienced and professional a destroyer as any of them on the North Atlantic run.” 24 July 1942 – HMCS St. Croix sinks the German submarine U-90 while on patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean. Nine attacks were carried out on promising contacts, but apart from a large oil slick which appeared during the morning of 07 November, no other traces of a possible kill were found. (The time of that engagement was1700 to 2000, 5 November 1940). NAC News – Edition 307 HMCS Prestonian (WW2 K662) Published by David Soule on June 1, 2019 Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of May 31, 2019 Prior to her Canadian service she served with the RN as HMS Express. Commandante Faá di Bruno, Cdr. OTTAWA, at the time of her torpedoing, on the night of 13-14 September, formed part of the ocean escort for westbound convoy ON-127. Crusader was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1938 and renamed HMCS Ottawa. See more ideas about Royal canadian navy, Navy ships, Canadian forces. Shop the Largest Selection, Click to See! Courtesy of Bill Cummins: Francis J. 2008.09.13 from the museum collection. )1946: Gunnery Officer, HMCS Uganda (light cruiser) (Pacific) 1946-1946: Staff Gunnery Officer, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1946-(07.1948) Deputy Director of Weapons and Tactics, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 1948 His second time assigned to HMCS Cayuga--June 1951 to August 1952 --was for her second tour in Korea. Ottawa 3 (Lieutenant A.I. HMCS Ottawa 229 crew members In the Korean War, RCN ships were the first Canadian forces sent overseas and patrolled the waters around the Korean Peninsula for five years. Victoria, BC V9A 7N2. 20th - Deployed for post refit sea trials in Nore Command. size is 3 and 1/2 inches high by 2 and 1/2 inches across. I cut that line pretty fast. She is the fourth vessel to carry the designation HMCS Ottawa. E.R. Ottawa (1st) to Ottawa (2nd) there would have been enough WWII veterans around to promote "EAGER BEAVER" for Ottawa (3rd) especially in light that the Griffon had been adopted for the Naval Division in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) HMCS Griffon (note change in spelling of Griffon). Based at Greenock, OTTAWA operated with the Royal Navy’s 12th Destroyer Flotilla. Leading Seaman J. Cummins on HMCS Ottawa 229 at sea off Bermuda, Jan 1957. The vessels lost included: 22 Oct, 1940-HMCS Margaree (H 49) – Destroyer – D Class. During World War II, The Royal Canadian Navy fielded 341 fighting ships. Collings, RNR) and HMCS Arvida (K 113) (T/Lt A.I. Name: Joseph Roger Gougeon Rank: Able Seaman Service No: 3479 Service: HMCS Saguenay Date of Birth: March 25, 1920 Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario Date of Enlistment: July 31, 1939 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, NS Address at Enlistment: Ste. Feb 21, 2017 - Royal Canadian Navy : Esquimalt Harbour, HMCS Assiniboine, HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Margaree W.A., but the more cautious Admiralty Assessment Committee in August 1943 reviewed his decision to “probably damaged.”. $2.50. Then they saw another destroyer, made a full circle and fired at 02.15 hours one torpedo, which hit amidships and caused the ship to blew up and sink immediately. C … After WW2, he served twice on HMCS Cayuga-- the first time when she sailed in company with HMCS Athabaskan, Crescent, Antigonish, and HMCS Ontario, to Hawaii in Oct 1948. ... Orig WW2 RCN Photo Card "HMCS Bras d"Or - SS St. Malo" Royal Canadian Navy. In May 1940, in answer to an urgent Admiralty signal, four of the RCN’s destroyers – FRASER, ST. LAURENT, RESTIGOUCHE and SKEENA – hastened overseas as Britain braced for the heavily massed threat of German invasion. Condition is very good. HMCS Ottawa is a Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate. Location of attack on HMCS Ottawa (H 60). Royal Canadian Navy Cap Tally HMCS Fort Frances nice. “When we were shoving off the ship on the raft, we found that she was still tied on. On the 1st of September Canada’s navy was called to Active Service. At 02.05 hours on 14 September 1942, U-91 fired a spread of two torpedoes at a destroyer and observed a hit. Picture taken from the skimmer by T.C. Channel ports were closed and shipping routed northwards to the Mersey and the Clyde as Hurricane and Spitfire, Messerschmitt and Heinkel, trailed their deadly tracings across the autumn skies. $6.00 shipping. As an Amazon Associate uboat.net earns a commission from qualifying purchases. The Smith boys kept copies of the article recounting the heroism of PO Smith, who jumped from the life raft into the Atlantic in order to cut the line attached to the sinking OTTAWA’s bow. Petty Officer John Benjamin Smith (left foreground) and fellow survivors of the loss of HMCS OTTAWA. OTTAWA, allocated for escort duty in the North Western Approaches under Captain (D) Greenock, arrived in the Clyde on 04 September, 1940. At 0001 on 15 November, OTTAWA and RESTIGOUCHE departed Esquimalt for Kingston, Jamaica, where it was planned to place the two destroyers at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies, for use against possible Nazi surface raiders in the Caribbean. HMCS Ottawa also picks up 64 survivors from the British merchant Eurymedon that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-29366 nautica… The vessel participated in the invasion of Normandy and spent the final years of the war in European waters. HMCS OTTAWA (1st) (H60) The History of the OTTAWA (1st) HMCS Ottawa (H60) was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938?1942. With the tragic loss of FRASER while on duty off the coast of France, and the forthcoming return of RESTIGOUCHE for refit, OTTAWA was ordered to proceed overseas. Report of Proceedings, HMCS ALGONQUIN, September 1956. Pullen with a borrowed camera. 16 talking about this. 20 April 1945 to 6 February 1946 – Lieutenant-Commander P. E. Haddon, RCN. Ottawa is the twelfth and final ship in the Halifax Class that were built as part of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. Not more than 20 remained when we reached the side of the corvette.”. Both destroyers were credited with a joint kill by C.-in-C. 1 September 1939-Britain & France give Germany an ultimatum after invading Poland. Commanding Officers of the first three Royal Canadian Navy destroyers to Arrive in the U.K. during the Second World War: HMCS St. Lauren t, HMCS Restigouche, and HMCS Skeena. Nov 25, 2014 - A collection of photographs of RCN crews during WW2. Rutherford, RCN), escorting convoy ON-127, was hit twice. On Sept. 13, 1942, the ship was torpedoed off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland. C $6.37. The ship was laid down on 30th September that year as Yard No 700. Arrive in time to escort first convoy WWII from Halifax. Photo # VRP2008.9.118 from the museum collection. But with the deterioration of international relations, climaxed by the conference at Munich, the destroyers were ordered to remain on the east coast until the situation had eased. August . (Information courtesy of the Lookout newspaper’s article by Mary Ellen Green, and Larry Smith). Aldo Enrici, CO, by HMCS Ottawa, Cdr. HMCS Ottawa is a Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate. LS Cummins served on HMCS Ottawa 10 Nov 56 - 26 May 57. The HMCS Ottawa has a complement of 198 naval personnel of which 17 are officers and 17 aircrew of which 8 are officers. For Larry Smith of Esquimalt, BC, the story of HMCS OTTAWA’s WWII destruction and loss is more than a page from history – it’s deeply personal. HMCS Ottawa (ii) (H 31) of the Royal Canadian Navy - Canadian Destroyer of the G class - Allied Warships of WWII The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche … OTTAWA made the crossing as ocean escort, with the British battleship HMS Revenge, for Troop Convoy 7, consisting of six large transports. HMC ships FRASER and ST. LAURENT had already departed for Halifax on 31 August 1939 to meet the growing German menace in the Atlantic. size is 3 and 1/2 inches high by 2 and 1/2 inches across. Mainguy, RCN) picks up 56 survivors from the British merchant Sulairia that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-43356 nautical miles west of Achill Head in position 53°43'N, 20°10'W. Get the best deals on HMCS when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. During the Second World War, Ottawa escorted convoys between Great Britain and Canada. U-Boat Attack LogsDaniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor. 0 bids. C $3.19. Two weeks later, OTTAWA formed part of the escort for WS-3, a troop convoy bound for the Middle East (the ‘WS’, according to Winston Churchill in his book Their Finest Hour, was an Admiralty term signifying ‘Winston’s Specials.”) The convoy was attacked on 08 October by a German bomber, and the troopship SS Oronsay suffered damage necessitating her return to port. 65 survivors were rescued and taken to St. John’s Newfoundland by HMS Celandine. The ship that was to become HMCS ALGONQUIN was built in the shipyard of John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank near Glasgow. 17 February 1944 to 19 April 1945 – Lieutenant-Commander D. W. Piers, DSC, RCN. I can tell you, another minute and we would have been dragged down. The design is derived from the unofficial pre-war and war-time badge of Ottawa, a beaver on a log of wood. From February 1941 onwards, German U-boats in the North Atlantic stretched their deadly tentacles ever westward. 2 talking about this. August . On 6 July 1944, Ottawa, Kootenay, and the British frigate, HMS Statice, sank U-678 off Beachy Head, Sussex. Get the best deal for HMCS from the largest online selection at eBay.com. Crusader was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1938 and renamed HMCS Ottawa. To confirm if we are open, please call (250) 363-5655 or (250) 363-4312, PO Box 17000 Stn Forces Carried out Harbour trials. HMCS Gatineau (I) was the first RCN destroyer to carry the name. HMS Nabob was torpedoed 22 August 1944, by U-354 (O/L Hans-Juer… She is the fourth vessel to carry the name HMCS Ottawa. Condition is very good. Technically the HMS Nabob and HMS Puncher of the Ruler class escort aircraft carriers of the Attacker class, based on the Type C3 design. C $3.19 shipping. Fraser McKee rightly takes me to task for not crediting the sinking of the Italian Marcello-class submarine, R.Smg. We have details of 140 people who were on board. A second hit broke the ship in half and sunk it. Although they have been acquired and operated at first by the Royal Navy upon completion and transfer, the RCN asked the permission to train personal on board, which was granted, while the HMS Puncher was directly manned by Canadian personal. If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us. 29 July 1972 – HMCS Iroquois, the first of the DDH 280 class destroyers, is commissioned. Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum Photo # 2002.31.8 The 11th consisted of the destroyers HMCS Kootenay, HMCS Chaudière, HMCS Gatineau, and HMCS St. Laurent and were tasked to protect the invasion forces for D-Day. They were immediately assigned for service with the hard-pressed Halifax Escort Force. She was sold in August 1946 to the International Iron and Metal Co. for breaking up after a particularly extensive and distinguished record of operational service in WW2. OTTAWA continued on duty with the Newfoundland Escort Force until her loss came some 15 months later. On 25 September, while Senior Officer of the escort with OB 217, outward bound from Britain, OTTAWA carried out an extensive hunt for U-boats, which had attacked the convoy and sunk several merchant ships. She transferred to Esquimalt, British Columbia, in late 1996. HMCS OTTAWA (ii) was paid off on 31st October 1945 at Sydney, NS on completion of trooping duties and placed on the Disposal List. . List Of Commanding Officers – HMCS Algonquin. 26 August 1939-Admiralty signals FUNNEL to Commonwealth & British navies. There were 35 men on our float to begin with, but every now and then a big wave would hit us and turn us over, and when we scrambled back to the raft, one or two would be missing. OTTAWA’s first dramatic encounter with the enemy occurred the following month. W.A.) Photo Catalogue No. HMCS OTTAWA on convoy escort duty during the Batlle of the Atlantic. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963, serving in the Canadian destroyer HMCS Columbia. $4.00 shipping. She saw service in the Home and Mediterranean Fleets and spent six months during the Spanish Civil War in late 1936 in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. B. Smith says in the newspaper interview: “When the first torpedo hit … I was blown off the locker on which I was sitting and debris showered all around me. At 02.15 hours on 12 September 1942, U-92 (Oelrich) had fired a spread of four torpedoes at a destroyer in grid BD 2719 and heard two impacts after 46 seconds, but two detonations only much later that were apparently depth charges. The 11th consisted of the destroyers HMCS Kootenay, HMCS Chaudière, HMCS Gatineau, and HMCS St. Laurent and were tasked to protect the invasion forces for D-Day. Royal Canadian Navy Cap Tally HMCS Labrador nice. 14 September 1942 500 km east of Newfoundland, German U-Boat U-91 torpedoes and sinks RCN River Class destroyer HMCS Ottawa (A/Lt.Cdr. The Loss of H.M.C.S. Money Back Guarantee ensures YOU receive the item you ordered or get your money back. The red field is intended to refer to those Outaouais or Ottawans who … The first torpedo struck the ship shortly after 2300 hours on 13 September, and OTTAWA’s Commanding Officer, Acting Lieutenant-Commander Clark A. Rutherford, RCN, signaled the Senior Officer in HMCS ST. CROIX: “Have been torpedoed, no immediate danger of sinking.”. HMCS OTTAWA began life in 1931 as HMS CRUSADER before her commissioning into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on the 15th of June 1938 in Chatham, England. During World War II, The Royal Canadian Navy fielded 341 fighting ships. The crisis passed and the following month both ships departed for their base at Esquimalt. As OTTAWA, her entire company alerted for action, steamed in pursuit of the enemy, some 900 miles to the westward, the gallant Armed Merchant Cruiser Jervis Bay was making her heroic stand against the heavy guns of the German surface raider Admiral Scheer. HMCS OTTAWA (2nd) (H31) The History of the OTTAWA (2nd) Originally built for the RN as HMS Griffin (H31). Royal Canadian Navy Corvette Military Vehicles Ww2 Boats Ships Army Black And White History. In the late summer of 1939, world events moved to their grim, inexorable climax. Some 500 miles out to sea, TC-1, first of the troop convoys to sail from Canada, was turned over to a powerful force of Royal Navy battleships for the passage to Britain. (* Awarded to HMCS OTTAWA (ii)) Awards during RCN WW2 service are not available in Admiralty records. OTTAWA and RESTIGOUCHE, formerly the Royal Navy destroyers CRUSADER and COMET, had been built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched 30 September 1931. MacKay, RCNR) and landed at St. John’s on 15 September. Upon arrival in Jamaica, on 29 November, it was decided that the RCN’s new flotilla leader, HMCS ASSINIBOINE – not yet equipped for winter conditions in the North Atlantic – should be used in the Caribbean, and OTTAWA and RESTIGOUCHE were consequently ordered to shape course for Halifax, where they arrived on 08 December. Courtesy of Andrew Pitre. HMCS Arvida - she took in three major convoy battles, ONS 92 in May 1942, ON 127 in September 1942 and SC 107 in November 1942. C $3.19. The submarine immediately dived. At 1305, on 06 November, OTTAWA sighted the submarines on the surface, shelling the crippled merchantman Melrose Abbey. HMCS Ottawa follows the established Halifax-class design standard: she is rated at 5,300 tons under standard load and has a running length of 440 feet, a beam of 54 feet, and a draught of 23 feet. for duty with Director of Warfare and Training, Naval Service HQ, Ottawa [HMCS Bytown] 05.06.1944-(04. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. You can also check the schedule, technical details and many more. C $3.19 shipping. With her sister ship, HMCS RESTIGOUCHE, OTTAWA was to be stationed on Canada’s west coast. HMCS Charlottetown (339) HMCS St John's (340) HMCS Ottawa (341) Halifax-Class Modernization (HCM) The Halifax-class Modernization/Frigate Life Extension (HCM/FELEX) project managed both the modernization of the combat systems and a planned mid-life ship refit program to ensure the frigates remain effective throughout their service life. She saw service in the Home and Mediterranean Fleets and spent six months during the Spanish Civil War in late 1936 in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. July . “It wasn’t until the next day that we got the telegram saying he was okay.” The brothers later read in the Toronto Daily Star about the ordeal their father, 38-year-old Petty Officer John Benjamin Smith, and his fellow shipmates endured. She was initially deployed on the Canadian Pacific Coast before World War II, but was transferred to the Atlantic th HMCS OTTAWA’s crew, pictured in 1938. NAC News – Edition 308 HMCS Inch Arran (WW2 River Class K667) Published by David Soule on June 9, 2019 Your weekly national and international naval news for the week of June 8, 2019 Throughout the tense days which followed, OTTAWA, SAGUENAY and ASSINIBOINE carried the onerous burden of convoy escort work in the Canadian North Atlantic. I just added many photos of HMCS Ontario's Pacific cruise just after WW2, when she sailed from the Clyde, through the Suez Canal, to Hong Kong, then ending up in Esquimalt in November, 1945. 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