RCN Minesweepers (Llewellyn Class): HMCS Coquitlam (J364), HMCS Cranbrook (J372), HMCS Daerwood (J357), HMCS Kalamalka (J395), HMCS Lavallee (J371)
HMCS Coquitlam (J364)
HMCS Coquitlam (J364) (Llewellyn-class). Built at Newcastle Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Nanaimo, BC, she was commission at Nanaimo on 25 Jul 1944. She was employed out of Esquimalt on Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force until the end of the war. Coquitlam was sold for civilian use in 1946 and re-named Wilcox. She ran aground at Carleton Point, Anticosti Island in Jun 1954.
HMCS Cranbrook (J372)
(DND Photo)
HMCS Cranbrook (J372) (Llewellyn-class). Built at Star Shipyards Ltd., New Westminster, B.C., Cranbrook was commissioned at New Westminster on 12 May 1944. She served out of Esquimalt on Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force. She was sold in 1947.
HMCS Daerwood (J357)
(DND Photo)
HMCS Daerwood (J357) (Llewellyn-class). Built at Vancouver Shipyards Ltd., HMCS Daerwood was commissioned at Vancouver on 22 Apr 1944. She served out of Esquimalt on Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force. She was sold in 1947.
HMCS Kalamalka (J395)
(WWII in color Photo)
HMCS Kalamalka (J395) (Llewellyn-class). Built by A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. of Vancouver, HMCS Kalamalka was commissioned in the Canadian Navy 4 Jul 1944. She was assigned to the Local Defence Force and was continuously employed on precautionary sweeps of the approaches to Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Harbour. Initially paid off in Nov 1945, she was reactivated and sent to Halifax where she served as a guard ship for the reserve fleet. Paid off again, she was restored to service in the summer and fall of 1952 and 1953 for use as a tender at St. John’s and was finally paid off on 23 Oct 1953 and transferred to the Department of Indian Affairs. Later sold she was reported to have sank in 1968.
HMCS Lavallee (J371) (Llewellyn-class). Built at A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd., Vancouver, she was commissioned at Vancouver on 21 Jun 1944. She served out of Esquimalt on Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force. After the war she was sold for civilian use as Lavalee and was destroyed by fire in 1968.