Encyclopedia: Flower class corvette(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The only known surviving Flower, HMCS Sackville, has been restored to her wartime appearance, and is now a museum ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, one of the ports where Atlantic convoys assembled during the war.
HMCS Snowberry (K166) was a Canadian Flower-class corvette serving in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, escorting convoys.
Catharines, and the corvettesHMCS Fennel, HMCS Chilliwack, and HMS Kenilworth Castle on 1944-03-06
HMCS St. Laurent was the first Canadian warship to engage the enemy in World War II when firing on German troops at St. Valery near Dieppe, France on 9 June 1940.
HMCS Llewellyn was completed in Quebec City in 1942 and commissioned on 24 August 1942, HMCS Llewellyn operated out of Halifax from September 1942 to the end of the war as part of the Halifax Local Defence Force.
HMCS Llewellyn served after the war as guardship for the reserve fleet at Halifax until she was paid off on 14 June 1946.
History of the Canadian Navy(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
RCN Skeena D.59 Built by Thornycroft and launched 10th October 1930, she was grounded of the coast of Iceland 25th October 1944, salved and scrapped in 1946.
They were as follows; HMCS Galt, HMCS Agassiz, HMCS Sackville, HMCS Saguenay, HMCS Skeena and HMCS Wetaskiwin, the latter being the only one my brother served on.
Her nick-name was the Wet Ass Queen and she had a picture of the Queen of Hearts sitting in a pool of water, -- painted on the forward side of the bridge.
NAVAL.ca - A Naval Officer's War - Episode 2 - By Anthony Griffin(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
My ship was HMCS Pictou, completing her construction at the Davie Shipbuilding yard at Lauzon, Québec.
Buctouche was senior to us and we were under her orders.
After about eight days, when we were nearing the Western Approaches and about 150 miles from our rendezvous with the RN relief group, the ASDIC operator reported a strong contact which he classified as submarine.
Naval Museum of Manitoba Message Board(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Dad passed away May 12, 2001 of Cancer and I was interested in passing on the info and maybe hearing from anyone.
I served as a telegraphist aboard HMCS Brandon from December 1944 until decommissioning in Sydney in June 1945.
I served on a Corvette the HMCS Rosthern K169 I would like some pictures of the ship My name is Donald E. Smith I was the leading signalman Around 1941-42 Also the HMCS Huntsville close to the end of the war 1944
HMCS AVALON III, Paym/Lt Robert Stafford FURLONG RNVR; b.
HMCS BANTIE(W04) Ex/v, C/S "CYRL" Skr George Henry BUCKLEY RCNR, CO. 11.01.44 HMCS BUCTOUCHE(K179) Cof, C/S "CGTQ" Lt Harold William LeHeup COOPER RCNVR.
However, the situation remained unclear, and finally, aware of several Allied convoys at sea travelling between Naory and England, Marschall opted to go for them.
(Jack McKillop) Canada: CorvettesHMCSBuctouche and Sherbrooke are commissioned.
(Jack McKillop) Canada: HM MTB 315, 15th MTB Flotilla is commissioned, and Minesweepers HMCS Digby and Truro are launched.
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Sold Jul 43, Post WW.II, Banana trader in Caribbean, Lost near Sydney, Australia under the name Rican Star.
1941 - CorvetteHMCSBuctouche departed St. John's to join the 64-ship Sydney to Liverpool convoy SC41 which arrived safely on 11 Sep 41.
The SC series of convoys was introduced in August of 1940 to provide a system of protection for slow merchant ships (7.5 knots minimum, often not achieved), which had previously been sailing independently, with disastrous consequences.
