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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
HMCS
CALGARY K231
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Source: Flickr photo collection of
Ron Bell |
HMCS Calgary K231, May 1944
Source: Wikipedia
Credit: Ken Macpherson / Naval Museum of Alberta
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Laid down: 22 March
1941
Launched: 23 August 1941
Commissioned: 16 December 1941
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Paid off: 19 June 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in 1951
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Commissioned at Sorel on December
16, 1941, Calgary arrived at Halifax on December 28. She served with
WLEF until November 1942, when she was assigned to duties in
connection with Operation "Torch." She arrived at
Londonderry on November 3 but proved to have mechanical defects that
precluded her intended use on U.K.-Mediterranean convoys. Instead,
she had to undergo three months' repairs at Cardiff, completing at
the end of March, 1943, and in April returned to Canada and rejoined
WLEF. In June, 1943, she was transferred to EG-5, Western Support
Force, and sailed for the U.K. with convoy SC.133. For the next few
months she was employed in support of Atlantic convoys and, on
November 20, shared in sinking U-536 north of the Azores. Calgary
returned to Canada early in 1944 for refit at Liverpool, N.S.,
completing on March 17. After working up at Halifax, she left on May
2 for the U.K. to join Western Approaches Command, Greenock, for
invasion duties. Initially based at Sheerness, she was moved to Nore
Command in September for the duration of the war. Returning home
late in May, 1945, she was paid off at Sorel on June 19 and broken
up at Hamilton in 1951. (Source: The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces
1910-1981 by Ken Macpherson & John Burgess)
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt. G.
Lancaster, RCNR - 16 Dec 41 - 19 Jun 42
A/LCdr H.K.
Hill, RCNVR - 20 Jun 42 - 17 Mar 44
Lt A.A.R.
Dykes, RCNR - 18 Mar 44 - 15 Sep 44 |
Lt L.D.M.
Saunders, RCNVR - 16 Sep 44 - 25 May 45
Lt G.M.
Orr, RCNVR - 26 May 45 - 19 June 45 |
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U-Boat's Sunk |
| U-536 sunk on 20 Nov 1943 by HMCS Nene K270,
HMCS Snowberry K166 and HMCS Calgary K231 in position 43-50 N, 19-39
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