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H.M.C.S. Margaree (H49) (I) was an interwar standard D-class destroyer serving first in the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Diana (H49) and then for one month with the Royal Canadian Navy as a River-class destroyer from September – October 1940 when she was lost in a collision with a freighter.
We know the names of some former Scouts and Leaders who were lost with the ship.
- Telegraphist Arthur Webster Armstrong, 23rd Ottawa Group.
- Able Seaman William Armstrong Ironside Beattie, 1st Lucan Group.
- Leading Victualling Assistant Stanley Gordon Day, Cathedral Choir Group, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- Able Seaman James Bertram Miller, 11th Ottawa Group.
- Leading Seaman Edward Grant Rowse, 12th Calgary Group, Alberta.
- Leading Victualling Assistant Donald Harry Simpkin, 17th Halifax (St Matthias) Group, Nova Scotia.
- Able Seaman David Baker Smithson, Medicine Hat Group, Alberta.