Hamilton Naval Heritage

Naval history and heritage of Hamilton & HMCS STAR
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  • About Us
    • HMCS STAR Historical Collections
    • Our Collection
      • Library
        • Manuals
  • Naval Reserve Centennial 2023
  • 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
      • Salty Dips
    • 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
      • Ditchburn Commodore “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
    • Mission to Seafarers
    • 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 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

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Pennant from HMCS STAR XVI
HMCS STAR XVI was one of a number of Norwegian whale catchers that served in the RCN during World War II.  249 tons gross, 116’ lbp, x 23’9” x 13’2”, she had a triple expansion Akers engine developing 800 ihp and made 10 knots.  Built in Oslo, Norway in 1930, she was in the Caribbean coming back from the South Atlantic whaling grounds following the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940.  She arrived in Halifax on April 24th where most of her crew were paid off with some of them training in Lunenburg for service in the Norwegian Navy.  Taken into the RCN with a crew of 4 officers and 25 men, pennant number “Z-16”/J00, radio call sign CGWL, she served in the St. John’s Local Defence Force in early 1942 and then the Sydney Local Defence Force starting in June 1942, and was paid off on August 31st, 1945.
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