HMCS ATHOLL K15 - For Posterity's Sake

For Posterity's Sake

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS ATHOLL K15

HMCS Atholl K15

Laid down: 15 Aug 1942

Launched: 04 Apr 1943

Commissioned: 14 Oct 1943

Paid off: 17 Jul 1945

Fate: Broken up in 1952

Commissioned on 14 Oct 1943, at Quebec City, Atholl arrived at Halifax in Nov 1943 and returned there in mid-Dec 1943 for two months' repairs after working up at Pictou. In Feb1944, she was assigned to EG 9, Londonderry, and made her passage there in March as escort to convoy HX.281. She had scarcely arrived when it was decided that the group should consist only of frigates, and she returned to Canada in Apr 1944 with ONM.231, joining EG C-4 at St. John's. She served the rest of the war as a mid-ocean escort except for time out under refit at Sydney and Halifax (Dec 1944 - Apr 1945). Early in Jun 1945, she left Londonderry for the last time, and was paid off on 17 Jul 1945 at Sydney and laid up at Sorel. She was broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in 1952.

Commanding Officers
Lt W.D.H. Gardiner, RCNVR - 14 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1944	Lt William Grant Garden, RCNVR - 17 Sep 1944 - 17 Jul 1945

In memory of those who have crossed the bar They shall not be forgotten
A-B
Begg, Thomas Harry 1923-2009	Bell, Robert Sinclair ____-2017
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Dougherty, Donald Bruce 1920-2005
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Heffernan, George J. ____-2003
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Mahoney, John Elliott ____-2003 Served in Atholl 1943-1944
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Wheeler, Alden Dodge 1923-2010
Ship's Mascots
Freckles ____-____