RCN Minesweepers (Llewellyn Class): HMCS Llewellyn (J278), HMCS Lloyd George (J279), HMCS Revelstoke (J373), HMCS Rossland (J358), HMCS St. Joseph (J359)
HMCS Llewellyn (J278)
(Dennis Messier Photo)
HMCS Llewellyn (J278) and HMCS Suderoy V (J05) seen from the sweep deck of HMCS Lloyd George (J279)
HMCS Llewellyn (J278) (Llewellyn-class minesweeper). Built at Chantier Maritime de St. Laurent, Ile d’Orleans, Quebec, she was commissioned at Quebec City on 24 Aug 1942. She was assigned to Halifax Defence Force and spent her wartime career on precautionary sweeps of the Halifax approaches. After the war she served as guard ship for the reserve fleet at Halifax until paid off on 14 Jun 1946. She was re-commissioned in 1949 for use as a tender at Saint John, and finally paid off on 31 Oct 1951. Sold in 1957 for commercial use, she foundered on 28 Oct 1960 while fishing off Cape Breton.
(DND Photo)
HMCS Llewellyn (J278) (Llewellyn-class minesweeper).
(Crowsnest Magazine Photo)
HMCS Llewellyn (J278), (Llewellyn-class minesweeper), heading for her berth in HMC Dockyard, Halifax, after a 2,000-mile reserve training cruise around the coast of Newfoundland, 1949.
(DND Photo)
HMCS Llewellyn (J278), (Llewellyn-class minesweeper). post-war 141.
HMCS Lloyd George (J279)
(DND Photo)
HMCS Lloyd George (J279) (Llewellyn-class minesweeper). Built at Chantier Maritime de St. Laurent, Ile d’Orleans, Quebec, she was commissioned at Quebec City on 24 Aug 1942. She was assigned to Halifax Local Defence Force, and spent her wartime career on precautionary sweeps of the Halifax approaches. After the war she served as guard vessel for the reserve fleet. In May 1947 she was performing Bathythermographic duties. Paid off on 16 Jul 1948, she was sold in 1949.
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3393070)
Personnel handling the LL magnetic minsesweeping cable on board the minesweeper HMCS Lloyd George (J279) (Llewellyn-class), off Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1943.
HMCS Revelstoke (J373) (Llewellyn-class minesweeper). Built at Star Shipyards Lt., New Westminster, BC, she was commissioned at New Westminster on 4 Jul 1944. She spent her wartime service as part of Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force, being paid off on 2 Sep 1945. HMCS Revelstoke was re-commissioned for passage to Halifax for a time. She was re-commissioned in the summer and fall of 1952 and 1953 for use as a tender at St. John’s, Newfoundland. She was finally paid off on 23 Oct 1953, for transfer to the Department of Indian Affairs. She was later sold in 1956.
HMCS Rossland (J358)
(DND Photo)
HMCS Rossland (J358) (Llewellyn-class minesweeper). Built at Vancouver Shipyards Ltd., she was commissioned on 15 Jul 1944 at Vancouver. She spent her wartime career with Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force, being paid off on 1 Nov 1945. She was sold in 1946.
HMCS St. Joseph (J359)
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HMCS St. Joseph (J359) (Llewellyn-class minesweeper). Built at Newcastle Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Nanaimo, BC, she was commissioned at Nanaimo on 24 May 1944. She spent her wartime career on Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force, being paid off on 18 Jun 1945. She was sold in 1947.