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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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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
