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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
HMCS
CALGARY K231
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HMCS Calgary K231, May 1944
Credit: Ken Macpherson / Naval Museum of Alberta
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1942-45, Biscay 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel
1944-45, North Sea 1945
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Laid down: 22
Mar 1941
Launched: 23
Aug 1941
Commissioned: 16
Dec 1941
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Paid off: 19
Jun 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1946. Broken up in 1951
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Built at Sorel, Que, she was
commissioned there on 16 Dec 1941; arriving at Halifax on 28 Dec
1941. She served with
WLEF until Nov 1942, when she was assigned to duties in
connection with Operation "Torch." She arrived at
Londonderry on 03 Nov 1942 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 Mar 1943. In Apr 1943 she returned to Canada, arriving at
St. John's, NFLD on 30 Apr 1943 with HMCS Algoma K127 as escorts for
convoy ON.179, then rejoined WLEF. In Jun 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 20
Nov 1943, shared in sinking U-536 north of the Azores. Calgary
returned to Canada early in 1944 for refit at Liverpool, N.S.,
completing on 17 Mar 1944. After working up at Halifax, she left on
02 May 1944 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 19 Jun 1945 and sold in 1946
to Victory Transport & Salvage Co. She was broken
up at Hamilton in 1951.
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Commanding Officers |
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Lt. G.
Lancaster, RCNR - 16 Dec 1941 - 19 Jun 1942
A/LCdr
Henry Knox
Hill, RCNVR - 20 Jun 1942 - 17 Mar 1944
Lt Aubrey
Alvin Randle Dykes, RCNR - 18 Mar 1944 - 15 Sep 1944 |
Lt L.D.M.
Saunders, RCNVR - 16 Sep 1944 - 25 May 1945
Lt George McCraney
Orr, RCNVR - 26 May 1945 - 19 June 1945 |
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John Newby Fraser
1915-2009 |
John Douglas Henderson
1919-2008 |
Arthur David Stearn
1921-2015 |
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U-Boats Sunk |
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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
W
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Former Crew Members
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Bique
(Beique ??),
Leon, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 25 May 1943 (Stand by) / 26 May 1943
Chappell,
Norman Russell, Lt, RCNVR - 21 May 1943
Charles,
Peter Robert Leslie, Slt, RCNVR - Jan 1942
Evans,
John Roy, S/t RCNVR - 07 Mar 1945
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Frosst,
Eliot Ballantyne, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Mar 1944
Galley,
Frank A/War (E), RCNR - Jan 1944
Hutchings,
Ernest Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 07 Feb 1944
Irwin,
Robert Wilkie, Slt, RCNVR - 02 Mar 1945 |
Kristjanson,
Gustav, A/Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1945
Orr,
George McCraney, Slt, RCNVR - 22 Jun 1943
Smith,
Neville Irwin, Slt, RCNVR - 08 Jun 1943
Trainor,
William Holl, Lt, RCNVR - 24 Apr 1944 |
Photos
and Documents
Links
Report
on the interrogation of survivors of U-536
RCN
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