Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Fundy |
Pennant | J 94 |
Built by | Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) |
Ordered | 23 Aug 1937 |
Laid down | 24 Jan 1938 |
Launched | 12 Aug 1938 |
Commissioned | 21 Oct 1938 |
End service | 23 Jul 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 23 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Gaspe (J 94)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Herman Dwight MacKay, RCNR | 3 Sep 1939 | 11 Apr 1941 |
2 | T/Lt. Ralph Thomas Ingram, RCNR | 12 Apr 1941 | 2 Aug 1941 |
3 | T/Lt. Thomas Gilmour, RCNR | 3 Aug 1941 | 17 Aug 1941 |
4 | T/Lt. Ralph Thomas Ingram, RCNR | 18 Aug 1941 | 26 Oct 1941 |
5 | T/Skr.Lt. George Abraham Myra, RCNR | 27 Oct 1941 | 2 Aug 1942 |
6 | T/Lt. Walter Stanley Bryant, RCNR | 3 Aug 1942 | 24 Jun 1943 |
7 | T/Skr.Lt. Alexander James Burke, RCNR | 25 Jun 1943 | 7 Jan 1945 |
8 | T/Skr.Lt. Ralph Andrew Doucette, RCNR | 8 Jan 1945 | 23 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Gaspe include:
14 Jan 1945
HMCS Gaspe (Lt. A.J. Burke, RCNR) picks up 56 survivors of the British tanker British Freedom that was torpedoed and sunk east of Halifax, Canada in position 44°28'N, 63°28'W by German U-boat U-1232.