Ship Details
Stettler (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	K.681 (RCN)	Registry #2	FFE.311 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1944	Stettler (H.M.C.S.)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1944	Place	Montreal	Area	QC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	301.5' x 36.5' x 12'
Builder	Canadian Vickers Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Frigate (1942/3 Programme)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2-5500ihp steam engines	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	CGLH
Pendant  #	K.681; FFE.311	Masters	LCDR D.G. King, RCN (07/05/1944) – 09/11/1945); CDR G.C. Edwards, RCN (27/02/1954 – 02/09/1955); LCDR G.R. MacFarlane, RCN (03/09/1955 – 09/09/1957); LCDR M.H. Cooke, RCN (10/09/1957 – 11/08/1959); LCDR R.A. Evans, RCN (12/08/1959 – 08/03/1961); LCDR H.W. Vondette, RCN (09/03/1961 – 18/10/1962); LCDR R.F. Gladman, RCN (19/10/1962 – 23/08/1964); LCDR T.A. Irvine, RCN (24/08/1964 – 08/05/1966); LT S.C. Gould, RCN (09/05/1966 – 31/08/1966).

 

Owner(s)
She was in service in the Royal Canadian Navy 1944-1945, 1954-1966. In 1967 she was sold to Capital Iron & Scrap Metals Ltd., Victoria BC for scrapping.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1968-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

HMCS Stettler (K–681) was one of a large group of frigates built by Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Montreal QC as part of the Second World War RCN ship building program. this vessel was launched on September 10th, 1943 and commissioned on May 7th, 1944. This vessel joined Escort Group 16 and went on her first operational war patrol on August 17, 1944. This vessel participated in searches for German U–boats in and around the harbour approaches to Halifax. At 1102 on September 14th, 1944 while sweeping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this vesselpicked up a contact and this vesselwent into action. While turning into her run a German acoustic torpedo exploded about 30 metres from her stern in the wake. Poor detecting conditions for the Group resulted in a lost contact. In 1945, Escort Group 16 proceeded to the United Kingdom and operated in the Irish Sea and in the Dover Strait and as far south as Gibraltar. HMCS Stettler had the highest percentage of her crew volunteering for service in the Pacific. The capitulation of Japan resulted in her being paid off on November 9th, 1945. Declared surplus to naval requirements this vessel was turned over to the War Assets and disposal Corporation on December 21st. The outbreak of the Cold War HMCS Stettler was recovered from disposal and placed in reserve. In 1952 this vessel was selected for conversion and was commissioned again on February 27, 1954. this vessel was broken up in 1967 by Capital Iron & Scrap Metals Ltd., Victoria BC.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); MacFarlane, John M. (1990) Capital Iron: Scrap dealers in Lotusland. In Resolution (Newletter of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia); Sooke Region Museum (1989)
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