Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

HMCS Guysborough (J 52)

Canadian Fleet minesweeper



Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-13703

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the Canadian Fleet minesweeper HMCS Guysborough (J 52).

Aboard HMCS Guysborough (J 52) when hit on 17 Mar 1945

You can click on any of the names for possible additional information

NameAgeRankServed on
CanadianAdam, George Frank, RCN33Mechanician 1st ClassHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianAndrews, Joseph Charles, RCNVR27Leading StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBallantyne, Roswell Alexander, RCNVR19StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBarnett, Charles Austin, RCNVR24Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBell-Irving, Richard Morris, RCNVR28Lieutenant (E)HMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBerryman, Jack Gardner, RCNVR21Leading StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBesso, Clifford, RCNLeading SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianBishop, Robert John, RCNVR20SignalmanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
BritishBoddier, , RNLieutenantHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianBodeux, Joseph Marcel, RCNVR27SignalmanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBouchard, Joseph Eugene Paul Emile, RCNVR21Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBourbonnais, Joseph Jean Guy, RCNVR20Petty Officer StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianBrumpton, Asa Gordon, RCNVR21Engine Room ArtificerHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianBury, James Edward, RCNVR24StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianChalmers, Robert James, RCNVR20TelegraphistHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianClarke, James Peter, RCNVR20Ordinary SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
BritishColeman, Irving, RNVRPassenger (Sub-Lieutenant)HMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianCox, John Daniel, RCNVR33Engine Room ArtificerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianCrosson, Abraham Bullard, RCNVR31Leading CoderHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
BritishDavis, E.M., FAAPassenger (Lieutenant (A))HMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianDensmore, Wilfred Harding, RCNVR19CookHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianDicks, George Ronald, RCNVR22Petty OfficerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianDonnett, James, RCN23StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianDowney, Dale George, RCNVR21StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianEddy, Donald Cecil, RCNVR21Sick Berth AttendantHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianGair, Alexander Mowat, RCNVR25Leading SignalmanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianGarvey, William, RCNVR22SignalmanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianGeddes, Frederick Elmo, RCN27Petty Officer StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianGibson, Alvon Robert, RCNVR19Ordinary SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianGohier, Joseph Victor Maurice, RCNVR20Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianGray, Gordon Tilford, RCNVR25Leading StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianHamilton, William Ainslie, RCNVR22Engine Room ArtificerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianHolland, Thomas Vincent, RCNVR26LieutenantHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
BritishHorton, Albert Edwin, RNPassenger (Able Seaman)HMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianHunter, William Alexander, RCNVR20Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianKonsmo, Ole Burnett, RCNVR35CookHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianLapp, John Raymond, RCNVR28Petty Officer StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianMallette, Joseph Adelard Maurice, RCNVR23StewardHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianMatthews, Paul Joseph, RCNVR21StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianMcCluskey, Henry, RCNVR21Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
BritishMcCormack, , RNSub-LieutenantHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianMcCutcheon, William Albert, RCNVR24Leading WriterHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianMcGregor, Gordon, RCN23Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianMcGuigan, John Donald, RCNVR37Leading StewardHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianMitchell, George Thomas, RCNVR28StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianMountain, William Tudor, RCNVR20Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianMutcheson, John Edwin, RCNVR19Ordinary SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianNeufeld, Arthur, RCNVR20StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianPaul, Kenneth Boyd, RCNVR32Leading StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianPayne, Harry Alvin, RCNVR22Leading SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianRenaud, Maurice Joseph, RCNVR23Petty Officer StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianRobertson, Robert Gordon, RCNVR25TelegraphistHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianRumpel, Oscar Hedley, RCNVR33LieutenantHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianRussell, Benjamin Thomas Robert, RCNRLieutenantHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianSchmidt, Alfred Hugo, RCNVR35StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianShinewald, Sydney James, RCNVR20TelegraphistHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianSlade, Richard Stanley, RCNVR23LieutenantHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianSmardon, Walter Edwin, RCNVR24Leading TelegraphistHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianSorrell, William Wallace, RCNVR19Able SeamanHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianStevenson, Robert Gordon, RCNVR20StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +
CanadianWalker, Dennis Gerald, RCNVR31StokerHMCS Guysborough (J 52)
CanadianWilliams, Roland George, RCNVR24Leading Stores AssistantHMCS Guysborough (J 52) +

62 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

People missing from this listing? Or perhaps additional information?
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