Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Fundy |
Pennant | J 88 |
Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
Ordered | 23 Aug 1937 |
Laid down | 24 Jan 1938 |
Launched | 18 Jun 1938 |
Commissioned | 1 Sep 1938 |
End service | 27 Jul 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 27 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Fundy (J 88)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur Roddy Pressey, RCN | 15 Dec 1938 | 26 Dec 1939 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Owen Conor Robertson, RCNR | 27 Dec 1939 | 22 Feb 1940 |
3 | Lt. Alfred George Stanley, RCNR | 23 Feb 1940 | 7 Mar 1941 |
4 | T/Lt. Arthur Moorhouse, RCNR | 8 Mar 1941 | 2 Aug 1941 |
5 | T/Lt. Alexander McAllister McLarnon, RCNR | 3 Aug 1941 | 17 Aug 1941 |
6 | T/Lt. Arthur Moorhouse, RCNR | 18 Aug 1941 | 28 Oct 1941 |
7 | T/Lt. John Buxton Raine, RCNR | 29 Oct 1941 | 9 Mar 1942 |
8 | T/Skr.Lt. Fred Arlington Heckman, RCNR | 10 Mar 1942 | 27 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Fundy include:
14 Jan 1945
HMCS Comox and HMCS Fundy together pick up 66 survivors from the American merchant Martin Van Buren that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-1232 east of Halifax in position 44°28'N, 63°28'W.