HMCS MOONBEAM Z43 / J43

 

Auxiliary Tanker

 

 

HMCS MOONBEAM, April 1941

Source: The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981 by Ken Macpherson and John Burgess

 

Launched: 1913

Acquired by RCN:  1914/15

Commissioned: 

Paid off:

Acquired by RCN: Dec 1940

Commissioned: 

Paid off: 13 Nov 1945

Fate: Broken up around 1970-72

 

Built by George T. Davie, Lauzon, Quebec, she was launched in 1913. Originally M & F Hopper Barge No 1. In 1918 she was listed as a water barge. Renamed D.M. Hopper Barge No. 1 circa 1930. Formerly the Department of Transport Hopper Barge No. 1, she was acquired by the RCN in Dec 1940, and converted to a fuel oil carrier for use on the east coast and at St. John's, Nfld.  MOONBEAM was paid off on 13 Nov 1945, and sold the following year to become OAKBRANCH, then about 1960, B.L.L. 24.  Her register was closed in 1971, the ship having been broken up.

 

In the Navy Lists for 1918, Hopper Barger # 1 was listed as a Water Barge.

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Skpr John Parsons Shears, RCN - 01 May 1918 - unk

Lt T.D. Kelly, RCNR - 04 Dec 1940 - unk

Ch/Skpr Stanley Francis Ellis, RCNR - 04 Jan 1941 - unk

Lt W.W. Hackney, RCNR - 07 Jul 1942 - unk

Ch/Skpr E.W. Hannaford, RCNR - 15 Oct 1943 - unk

 

 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

FOWLER, Leonard

OS, RCNVR

Died:  10 Jun 1941

MASSON, James R.

OS, RCNVR

MPK:  14 Oct 1942

RAMESBOTTOM, Edward

ERA 3c, RCNR

Died:  25 Dec 1942

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

Courage, William R.B.

 

Plante, Emile

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Drafted to Hopper Barge No. 1 on 29 Mar 1917 as Mate, RNCVR

Shears, John Parsons

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Commanding Officer

01 May 1918

 

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Thompson, Ernest Lyman, Skpr, RCNR - 22 Apr 1941

 

 

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