RCN Minesweepers (Llewellyn Class): HMCS Coquitlam J364/HMCS Cranbrook J372/HMCS Daerwood J357/HMCS Kalamalka J395/HMCS Lavallee J371/HMCS Llewellyn J278/HMCS Lloyd George J279/HMCS Revelstoke J373/HMCS Rossland J358/HMCS St. Joseph J359

RCN Minesweepers (Llewellyn Class)

HMCS Coquitlam (J364) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Cranbrook (J372) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Daerwood (J357) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Kalamalka (J395) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Lavallee (J371) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Llewellyn (J278) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Lloyd George (J279) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Revelstoke (J373) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS Rossland (J358) (Llewellyn-class); HMCS St. Joseph (J359) (Llewellyn-class)

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.

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).  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)

(DND Photo)

HMCS Llewellyn (J278)

(Crowsnest Magazine Photo)

HMCS Llewellyn (J278), heading for her berth in HMC Dockyard, Halifax, after a 2,000-mile reserve training cruise around the coast of Newfoundland, 1949.

HMCS Lloyd George (J279)

(DND Photo)

HMCS Lloyd George (J279) (Llewellyn-class).  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).  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).  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)

(DND Photo)

HMCS St. Joseph (J359) (Llewellyn-class).  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.

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