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HMCS COBOURG K333
Flower Class Corvette
Launched at Midland, Ont., she was commissioned there on 11 May 1944. She arrived at Halifax 17 Jun 1944, having visited her namesake port en route. She arrived in Bermuda in mid-Jul 1944 for three weeks' workups and on her return was allocated to EG C-6, St. John's. COBOURG served with the group as a mid-ocean escort for the duration of the war.
During one of her escorts, COBOURG rescued the merchant vessel SS CITY OF OMAHA. The OMAHA lost her rudder and COBOURG secured a line to the stern of the ship and acted a her rudder which allowed the CITY OF OMAHA to make port.
COBOURG left Londonderry for the last time on 27 Mar 1945, to join convoy ON.293 for her last trip westward. She arrived at Halifax 02 May 1945 for refit and was paid off 15 June 1945 at Sorel to await disposal. Sold into mercantile service in 1945, she began her new career in 1947 under the name of Camco. In 1956 she assumed the name Puerto del Sol under Panamanian flag, and on 01 Jul 1971 (1972??), burned and sank at New Orleans. She was later raised and broken up.
Photos and Documents The Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
Lt Gordon Harold Johnson, RCNVR - 11 May 1944 - 15 Jun 1945
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(CBG001) William Gilbert Pound on HMCS COBOURG during the ship's visit to COBOURG, Ont. - May/Jun 1944 // From the collection of William Pound // Courtesy of Dianne Clark (CBG002) ASDIC shack on HMCS COBOURG K333 - RCN photo (CGB003) HMCS COBOURG K333 (CGB004) Letter dated 29 Oct 1944 from the master of the SS CITY OF OMAHA thanking the crew of HMCS COBOURG for coming to their aid while they were crippled in the North Atlantic
(AB01) HMCS COBOURG K333 at St. John's, Newfoundland (AB02-B03) Crew loading depth charges onto the launchers on HMCS COBOURG K333 (AB04) HMCS COBOURG K333 shipping seas as she digs into a wave (AB05) The quarterdeck of HMCS COBOURG K333 awash in rough seas
Unknown sailors on HMCS COBOURG K333
(AB11) Art Bell holding the winch brake on HMCS COBOURG K333 (AB12) Art Bell on the bridge of HMCS COBOURG K333 (AB13) Art Bell on the jetty in St. John's, Newfoundland - 13 Apr 1944 (AB14) Art Bell (right) with unknown shipmate on HMCS COBOURG K333
HMCS COBOURG conducting a stern fueling with a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) (AB15) The heaving line which is attached to the fueling hose from the MAC is being winched in on HMCS COBOURG (AB16-AB19) HMCS COBOURG K333 fueling from the MAC
(AB20) Unknown corvette shipping seas, astern of HMCS COBOURG K333
From the collection of Sto 1c Art Bell, RCNVR
Photos courtesy of Art's son Andrew, daughter-in-law Rita Giulietti and daughter Janet Bell Crawford
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