Hamilton Naval Heritage Association

Naval history and heritage relating to Hamilton & HMCS STAR

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  • About Us
    • HMCS STAR Historical Collections
  • Our Collection
    • Library
      • Manuals
  • Calendar
  • H.M.C.S. STAR
    • Battle Honours
    • History
      • HMCS STAR – A Naval Reserve History
      • Hamilton Naval Reserve Chronology
      • War of 1812
      • 1837 Rebellion & the CAROLINE Affair
      • The Hamilton Naval Company 1862-1869 & The Fenians
      • RNCVR – Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
      • London Tender / HMCS PREVOST
      • Kitchener Tender
      • Naval Air
      • RCN & HMCS STAR History Quiz
    • People
      • Records of Service
      • Ship’s Company 1942
      • Commanding Officers Hamilton Half Company RCNVR, Hamilton Division RCNVR & HMCS STAR
      • Executive Officers of HMCS STAR
      • Coxswains of HMCS STAR
      • Afghanistan
      • Christenings
      • STARS
    • Places
      • The Sail Loft
      • The Vinegar Works
      • Catharine Street North
        • Building Two
        • The Base, pre-1995
        • Building Forty
        • The House of Refuge
    • HMCS PATRIOT & GLTC
    • Other Warships Called STAR
      • 1st – Honourable East India Company’s Marine STAR – 1625
      • 2nd – The Commonwealth STARR – Battle of Dover 1652
      • 3rd – HMS STARR/STAR 1667 – Fireship
      • 4th – STAR (Bomb) – Siege of Port Royal 1711
      • 5th – HMS STAR (18) 1795
      • 7th – HMS STAR (18) West Indies / METEOR – Rocket’s Red Glare
      • 8th – Brig Lord Melville / HMS STAR – Lake Ontario
      • 10th STAR – 1860-1877 – India & Africa
      • HMCS STAR XVI
    • Tenders & Training Vessels
      • HC-210 / YFL-113
      • HMCS PATHFINDER
      • ML106            “HMCS” BEAVER
      • PCL 781 CORMORANT
      • HMCS SCATARI      AKS 514        
      • HMCS PORTE ST. JEAN YMG-180
      • HMCS PORTE ST. LOUIS YMG-183
      • PLAINSVILLE YTS-587 & LISTERVILLE/CAVALIER YTS-578
      • WHISPER
    • Visiting Ships
      • HMCS OTTAWA DDH-229
      • HMCS SAGUENAY DDH-206
      • HMS BRAVE F94
      • ex German UC-97
      • INS TARANGINI
      • HNLMS ROTTERDAM D818
      • USS HURRICANE PC-3
      • USS PROWESS AM-280
      • USS SAMUEL E. MORISON
      • USS ZELLARS DD-777
  • We Will Remember Them!
    • HMCS STAR Monument & Book of Remembrance
    • Merchant Navy Commemorative Plaque
  • Hamilton – Steel City & Naval Town
    • Namesake Ships
    • Hamilton’s Fairmiles
    • Warships Scrapped in Hamilton
    • SS John Ericsson
    • USS HAMILTON & SCOURGE
    • Hamilton’s Glen Class Tugs
  • Sea Cadets
    • RCSCC DUNDAS
    • RCSCC HILL PARK
    • RCSCC LION
      • Commanding Officers of RCSCC LION
      • S.C.O.B.A.
    • RCSCC SENECA
    • RCSCC TRIUMPH
  • Naval Organizations and Veteran’s Groups
    • Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club
    • Naval Association of Canada (NAC)
      • NAC Toronto Branch
      • Naval Association of Canada (NAC) Hamilton Area Group
      • NAC Scholarships
    • RCNA – Royal Canadian Naval Association
      • RCNA Niagara Region
      • Hamilton Naval Veteran’s Association
      • RCNA Burlington
    • Brant Naval Veterans Association
    • Burl-Oak Naval Veterans
    • Halton Naval Veterans
    • Veterans Service League
    • University Naval Training Divisions (UNTD) Association of Canada
  • Museums & Museum Ships
    • HMCS HAIDA
      • HAIDA References
      • HAIDA Ship’s Company Listing
    • 31 Service Battalion Museum
    • Hamilton Military Museum
    • Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
    • Canadian Military Heritage Museum
    • Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park
    • HMCS OJIBWA
    • USS NIAGARA
    • USS SLATER
  • Naval Affairs
  • References
  • Naval Traditions
    • Orders, Decorations & Medals
      • Cross of Valour
      • Distinguished Service Medal
      • Meritorious Service Medal
      • Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers
    • The Laws of the Navy – Rear Admiral Ronald Hopwood, CB, RN 1986
    • TOASTS OF THE DAY
    • Heart of Oak – March of the Royal Canadian Navy
    • Naval Traditions by Captain (N) Bob Allan
    • Moosemilk
  • Contact US

Hamilton Military Museum

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Located in Battery Lodge, at 610 York Blvd, close to the British lines on Burlington Heights during the War of 1812. Phone: 905-546-2872. Email: military@hamilton.ca. They currently (spring 2019) have a display about the HAMILTON & SCOURGE.

https://www.hamilton.ca/attractions/hamilton-civic-museums/hamilton-military-museum

Featured Artifact

The trowel used by Commodore Walter Hose when he laid the cornerstone of Building One in 1954.
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