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The 110 Ships, Their Fate
& Their Badges
RCN Escorts


Ship Pendant Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Disposal & Fate
BORDER CITIES J344 P.A. 26.08.42 03.05.43 18.05.44 B.U. 1948
FORT FRANCES J396 P.A. 11.05.43 30.10.43 28.10.44 B.U. 1974
KAPUSKASING J326 P.A. 19.12.42 22.07.43 17.08.44 Sunk as target 1978
MIDDLESEX J328 P.A. 29.09.42 27.05.43 08.06.44 Ran aground; C.T.L. 1946
NEW LISKEARD J397 P.A. 08.07.43 14.01.44 21.11.44 B.U. 1969
OSHAWA J330 P.A. 06.10.42 10.06.43 06.07.44 B.U. 1966
PORTAGE J331 P.A. 23.05.42 21.11.42 22.10.43 B.U. 1961
ROCKLIFFE J355 P.A. 23.12.42 19.08.43 30.09.44 B.U. 1960
SAULT STE MARIE J334 P.A. 27.01.42 05.08.42 24.06.43 B.U. 1960
ST BONIFACE J332 P.A. 21.05.42 05.11.42 10.09.43 Sold mercantile 1946
WALLACEBURG J336 P.A. 06.07.42 17.12.42 18.11.43 1959 Transferred to Belgium ren. G. LECOINTE; B.U. 1969
WINNIPEG J337
P.A. 31.01.42 19.09.42 29.07.43 1959 Transferred to Belgium ren. A.F. DUFOUR; B.U. 1966

Of the 12 Algerines commissioned by the then Royal Canadian Navy, only 9 have been obained. A letter received by Robin Allum,(the then Ships Visits and Museums Office of the Algerines Association), from the Maritime Command Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia explains there is little likelihood of obtaining other three.

"The Canadian navy did not have official ships' badges until 1946. Anything in use prior to then was unofficial or simply a drawing (frequently a cartoon) used on the gun shield. In 1946, the Admiralty Board recommended that all commissioned ships used a standardized pattern, consisting of a rope circle, a naval crown and heraldic design.

Border Cities, St. Boniface and Middlesex were paid off by this time and did not have badges designed for them. the other nine ships badges were designed for the ships because they were in commission for varying periods following the Second World War. They do not represent their wartime history as the navy does not back date badges.

There is no reason why you cannot use the nine badges that you have already to represent those Algerines as long as you are aware that they do not date to that period."



BORDER CITIES FORT FRANCES KAPUSKASING MIDDLESEX
BORDER CITIES FORT FRANCES KAPUSKASING MIDDLESEX
NEW LISKEARD OSHAWA PORTAGE ROCKLIFFE
NEW LISKEARD OSHAWA PORTAGE ROCKLIFFE
SAULT STE MARIE WALLACEBURG WINNIPEG
SAULT STE MARIE St BONIFACE WALLACEBURG WINNIPEG

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