Tuesday, December 15, 2009

HMCS Fort Frances Presentation


A photograph of HMCS Fort Frances will now be on display at the Fort Frances Civic Centre.

Town council was presented the photo in a presentation last night.

Lieutenant Terry Newman explained the ships history.

"Commissioned at Port Arthur on October 28, 1944, she arrived at Halifax on November 26, and sailed for Bermuda in January, 1945 to work up," said Newman. "Returning to Halifax, Fort Frances served briefly with escort groups W-8 and W-9 of Western Escort Force before being paid off into maintenance reserve on August 3, 1945. She was again in commission from October 23, 1945 to April 5, 1946, and in 1948 was handed over to the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys as a hydrographic survey ship. In 1958 she reverted to naval service as a civilian-manned oceanographic research vessel. She was sold for breaking-up in 1974."

The presentation was part of the Canadian Navy 100 anniversary celebrations taking place in 2010.