Allied Warships

HMCS Gaspe (J 94)

Minesweeper of the Fundy class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassFundy 
PennantJ 94 
Built byMorton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered23 Aug 1937 
Laid down24 Jan 1938 
Launched12 Aug 1938 
Commissioned21 Oct 1938 
End service23 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 23 July 1945.
Sold to China in 1947 and renamed Sung Li.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Gaspe (J 94)

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CommanderFromTo
1H D MacKay, RCNR3 Sep 193911 Apr 1941
2R T Ingram, RCNR12 Apr 19412 Aug 1941
3T/Lt. Thomas Gilmour, RCNR3 Aug 194117 Aug 1941
4R T Ingram, RCNR18 Aug 194126 Oct 1941
5T/Skr.Lt. George Abraham Myra, RCNR27 Oct 19412 Aug 1942
6W S Bryant, RCNR3 Aug 194224 Jun 1943
7A J Burke, RCNR25 Jun 19437 Jan 1945
8R A Doucette, RCNR8 Jan 194523 Jul 1945

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Noteable 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 44º28'N, 63º28'W by the German submarine U-1232.

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