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HMCS AMHERST
K148
Flower
Class Corvette
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Source: the
UBoat.net |
HMCS AMHERST K148
Source: The
Legion Magazine 05 Jun 2008 by Marc Milner
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Laid down: 23 May 1940
Launched: 04
Dec 1940
Commissioned: 05
Aug 1941
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Paid off: 11
Jul 1945
Fate:
Sold to the Venezuelan Navy and re-named Carabobo. Sunk on route to
Venezuela in Dec 1945
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Built by Saint John Dry Dock
& Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., HMCS AMHERST was commissioned on 05 Aug
1941 at Saint John, N.B. She arrived at Halifax on 22 Aug 1941 and
after working up, joined Newfoundland command in Oct 1941. She was
steadily employed as an ocean escort for the succeeding three years,
during which time she was involved in two particularly hard-fought
convoy battles: ON.127 (Aug 1942) and SC.107 (Oct 1942).
She had joined EG C-4 in Aug 1942. Her only real respite was
between May and Nov 1943, when she under went a major refit at
Charlottetown, including the extension of her fo'c's'le. After
workups at Pictou, N.S., she returned to the North Atlantic grind
until Sep 1944, when she began another long refit, this time
at Liverpool, N.S. Following workups in Bermuda in Jan 1945,
she joined Halifax Force, but in Mar 1945 was lent to EG C-7 for one
round trip to the U.K. She was paid off 11 Jul 1945 at Sydney, and
placed in reserve at Sorel. Sold in to the Venezuelan Navy. Re-named
ARV CARABOBO, she was wrecked on passage to Venezuela in December, 1945
after striking Seal Rock Shoal.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
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LCdr
Alexander Keith
Young, RCNR - 05 Aug 1941 - 20 Nov 1941
Lt H.G. Denyer, RCNR - 21 Nov 1941 - 19 Sep
1942
A/LCdr Louis de la Chesnaye
Audette, RCNVR - 20 Sep 1942 - 24 May
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Lt Donald McNeish
Fraser, RCNVR - 25 May 1944 - 16 Dec 1944
Lt Kenneth William Winsby, RCNVR - 17 Dec 1944 - 11 Jul
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Audet,
J. F. André
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Audette,
Louis de la C.
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Barrett,
Arthur E. |
Batt,
Raymond A.
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Cockburn,
Alfred J.
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Coleman,
Robert G.
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Fraser,
Edward D.
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Green,
George C.
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Hall,
Gordon F.
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Humford,
Clifford |
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Johnston,
Lloyd A.
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Lockhart,
Donald D.
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Muir,
John S.
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Parkinson,
Raymond F.
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Perry,
Gordon J.
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Roach,
Emmett B.
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Robinson,
Lloyd E.
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Stewart,
George
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Wilson,
Harold W.A.
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Former Crew Members
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Adams,
Chalmers, Lt - 1944
Bartlett,
Frank, A/WT (E), RCNR - 27 Jul 1943
Farley,
Albert Leonard, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945
Galt,
John Strahan, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Jul 9143
Harrison,
Godfrey, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 May 1941
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Higgins,
George Alexander, Slt, RCNVR - 29 Apr 1942
Johnson,
James, Lt - 1944
Koring,
Joern Eiler, Slt, RCNR - 24 Jun 1941 (Stand by)
Marshall,
Allan Greig, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jul 1943
Marshall,
Peter, Lt - 1944
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Roy,
Ian Drummond, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1943
Rutherford,
William Ritchie, Lt, RCNVR - 09 Apr 1945
Thom,
Robert Rundell, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1943
Young,
Alexander Keith, A/LCdr, RCNR - 06 Feb 1941 (Stand by)
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Photos and
Documents
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HMCS AMHERST K148
DND / RCN Photo
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HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Ivan Chamberlain
Courtesy of Dave Chamberlain
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HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Carley floats on HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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HMCS AMHERST picking up survivors
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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German prisoners in Boston. HMCS AMHERST alongside the jetty
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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British sub N28 photographed from HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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A rough North Atlantic
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley |
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Unknown Canadian Corvettes photographed from
HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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North Atlantic convoy after a storm
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Unknown Canadian destroyer
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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A calm North Atlantic - a few ships can be see
in the distance
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Modified sleeping arrangements on HMCS AMHERST K148 - hammocks slung by the funnel.
Note the convoy in the distance to the left in
the photo
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Unidentified tanker seen from HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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HMCS AMHERST K148 taking a wave
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Unknown sub seen from HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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On the hill overlooking the entrance to St
John's, Nfld
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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A calm day on the North Atlantic
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Convoy seen from HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Unknown sub seen from HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Unknown Battle class trawler seen from HMCS AMHERST
K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Royal Navy corvette HMS Begonia K66
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Convoy seen from HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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Convoy seen from HMCS AMHERST K148
From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman
Courtesy of Sue Horsley
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