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LOCKEPORT SEA DERBY PRESENTS......

THE NORTHERN PIKES

WITH SPECIAL GUEST IAN JANES

ALSO THE SEMI VINYLS

AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE

SEACAPS LIGHTHOUSE STAGE

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010

























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TOWN OF LOCKEPORT

103rd BIRTHDAY

 Lockeport celebrated its 103rd birthday on Friday, February 26, 2010.  This year's celebration was extra special with the involvement of the Royal Canadian Navy making a presentation to the Town commemorating the HMCS Lockeport J100.  Presentation by the Chief of the Maritime Staff on the occasion of the Canadian Naval Centennial 1910 - 2010

Built in Vancouver for the Royal Navy but transferred to the RCN for manning, the Bangor Class minesweeper Lockeport was commissioned on May 27, 1942 and served with Esquimalt Force until March 17, 1943.  When she left for Halifax.
 
On her arrival on April 30 she was assigned briefly to the Western Local Escort Force and in June to Halifax Force.  In November and December, 1943 she was loaned to Newfoundland Force but was withdrawn owning to engine trouble. 

On January 9, 1944, while en route to Baltimore, Maryland, for a refit, her engines broke down during a storm and she made 190 miles under improvised sail before being towed the rest of the way to her destination.  Upon her return to Halifax in April, Lockeport was ordered to Bermuda to undergo a workup and on the homeward journey she escorted the boats of the 78th Motor Launch Flotilla.  Returning to Sydney Force in May 1944, she was frequently an escort to the Port-aux-Basques/Sydney ferry.

She left Canada on May 27, 1945 for the United Kingdom and was returned to the Royal Navy at Sheerness on July 2 to be broken up three years later.

Statistics:
Builder: North Van Ship Repairs Ltd. - Vancouver, British Columbia
Laid down:  June 17, 1941
Launched:  August 22, 1941
Date Commissioned:  May 27, 1942
Date Paid Off:  July 2, 1945
Displacement:  672 Tons
Dimensions:  54.9 m x 8.7 m x 2.5 m
Speed:  16 knots
Crew:  83 

Armament:  one 12-pound (5.45 kg) gun, one 2-pound (0.9 kg), two 20-mm guns (2 x 1) and depth charges.

Canadian Battle Honours:  Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944


Commanding Officers:

LT      D. Trail          RCNR   27/5/42 - 11/8/42
LCDR  A.T. Morell     RCNR   12/8/42 - 18/8/42
LT      D. Trail          RCNR   19/8/42 - 21/8/43
LT      R.M. Wallace  RCNVR 22/8/43 -23/6/44
LT      C.A. Nicol       RCNR   24/6/44 - 2/7/45

HMCS Lockeport J100