Allied Warships
HMCS Columbia (I 49)
Destroyer of the Town class
Photograph taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 49 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 30 Mar, 1918 |
| Launched | 4 Jul, 1918 |
| Commissioned | 24 Sep, 1940 |
| End service | 17 Mar, 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Refitted in 1941 at Devonport and then assigned to the 4th Escort Group.
HMCS Columbia (Lt.Cdr Robert Aubern Stuart MacNeil, OBE, RCNR) was heavily damaged when owing to faulty radar & heavy fog, she rammed a cliff without grounding in Motion
Bay, Newfoundland on 25 February 1944, not repaired and decommissioned 17 March 1944. |
| Former name | USS Haraden (DD 183) |
| Noteable events involving Columbia include: The following photographs were taken during the war by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR, first class stoker, official number V-4963, serving aboard HMCS Columbia.
1 Feb, 1943
Photographs taken by Charles James Sadler RCNVR, Stoker, Service NO. V-4963 HMCS Columbia / HMCS Avalon / HMCS Joliette 25 Feb, 1944
Photographs taken by Charles James Sadler RCNVR, Stoker, Service NO. V-4963 HMCS Columbia / HMCS Avalon / HMCS Joliette |
Lewis Anti-Aircraft gun
Depth charging a 'u-boat contact'.
Blue watch.
Red watch.
White watch.
1942 Christmas card.
1943 Christmas card.
