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HMCS
KITCHENER K225
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS KITCHENER K225
DND / RCN photo Negative # A207
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image
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Laid down: 28
Feb 1941 Launched: 18
Nov 1941
Commissioned: 28
Jun 1942
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Paid off: 11
Jul 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in
Apr 1949
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Laid down as HMCS Vancouver,
she was renamed HMCS KITCHENER prior to commissioning. She was
commissioned at Quebec City
on 18 June 1942. KITCHENER arrived at Halifax on 16 Jul 1942 and
carried out six weeks' workups at Pictou before briefly joining WLEF
in Sep 1942. It may have been during this unusually long workup
that she starred in the film Corvette K-225 with Randolph Scott. In
Oct 1942 she was assigned to duties in connection with Operation
"Torch," and arrived at Londonderry on 03 Nov 1942. For the
next four and one-half months she escorted U.K.-Mediterranean
convoys, returning to Halifax on 19 Apr 1943, with convoy ONS.2.
In May 1943 she joined Western Support Force but in Jun 1943 transferred to
EG C-5, MOEF, and during the following four months made three round
trips to Londonderry. A major refit, commenced in Oct 1943 at
Liverpool, N.S., was completed on 28 Jan 1944, followed by two
weeks' working-up in Bermuda. In mid-Apr 1944 she arrived at
Londonderry, where she was assigned to invasion duties with Western
Approaches Command, based at Milford Haven. She arrived off the beaches
on D-Day escorting a group of landing craft. From Aug 1944 until the
end of the war she served with EG 41, Plymouth, returning home late
in May 1945, to be paid off at Sorel 11 Jul 1945. She was broken up at
Hamilton in 1949.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
LCdr William Evans,
RCNVR - 28 Jun 1942 - 16 Jan 1944
Lt Jack Errington Moles,
RCNVR - 17 Jan 1944 - 11 Jul 1945
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
RUDD,
George
L/Stoker, V17436,
RCNVR died - 08 Jun 1943
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Acton,
Joseph W. J.
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Beckner,
Floyd W.
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Caton,
William M.
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DeLancey,
Arthur L.
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Erickson,
Walton E.
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Evans,
William
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Innes,
Austin C.
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Johnson,
George
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MacGregor,
Malcolm C. |
McCallum,
William A.
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McDonald, James
A.
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Moles, Jack
E.
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Newman,
Clyde W.
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Paddon, A.
William |
Plester, Alan
I. J.
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Spicer, Robert
B.
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Vincent,
Glendon G.
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Wallwin,
Robert E.
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Walsh, Carl
J.
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Former Crew Members
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Bolduc,
Joseph Lazariate, Cd (E) - 27 Jun 1942 (Stand by) / 28 Jun 1942
Calder,
William Andrew George, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jun 1943
Cameron,
William H. (Bill) 
David,
Charles Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Mar 1944
Evans,
William, Lt, RCNVR - 09 Jun 1942
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Fraser,
Donald McNeish, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Apr 1943 Holden,
James Albert, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Jun 1942 (Stand by) / 28 Jun 1942
Johnson,
George, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Feb 1944
Lillie,
Edward Burns, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1944 |
Penny,
John Arthur Stewart, SLt, RCNVR - 28 Jun 1942
Smith,
Russell John, Mate, RCNR - 28 Jun 1942
Walker,
John Archibald, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1944 |
Photos
and Documents
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HMCS KITCHENER K225
DND / RCN Photo Negative # GM1108-R (or
GN1108-R)
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HMCS KITCHENER K225 - 1943
From the collection of Rex Duce
Courtesy of Melanie Brough
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HMCS KITCHENER K225 on convoy duty
From the collection of Rex Duce
Courtesy of Melanie Brough
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Three Corvette Commanding Officers
Right
to Left: Lt Wilfred Joseph (Red) McIsaac, RCNVR, HMCS
PRESCOTT,
LCdr W Evans, RCNVR, HMCS KITCHENER, and Lt LR Pavillard, RCNR, HMCS CAMROSE
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Newspaper article on HMCS KITCHENER K225
From the collection of Alan Plester
Courtesy of Alana Davis
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HMCS KITCHENER K225 with signatures around the
photo
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HMCS KITCHENER K225
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HMCS KITCHENER K225
From the collection of Clyde Newman
Courtesy of Lisa Spong
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HMCS KITCHENER K225 in drydock
From the collection of Clyde Newman
Courtesy of Lisa Spong
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Officer on HMCS KITCHENER K225
From the collection of Clyde Newman
Courtesy of Lisa Spong
Webmaster's note: the album caption says this is the
ship's commanding officer, however, both C.O.s of HMCS KITCHENER were RCNVR
- this officer is RCNR
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hipboard humour on HMCS KITCHENER K225
From the collection of Clyde Newman
Courtesy of Lisa Spong
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Officers of HMCS KITCHENER K225
L-R unknown; ship's padre; Wt (E) Clyde
Newman
From the collection of Clyde Newman
Courtesy of Lisa Spong
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HMCS KITCHENER K225 at anchor, Sydney, NS c1945
From the wartime photo collection of Raymond Burton
This photo is not for reproduction, distribution or
sale
Copyright Elizabeth Wagner
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Sunday morning divisions at sea on HMCS KITCHENER K225
DND / RCN photo
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Brief article on corvettes during the war
A censor had blacked out the ship's pendant number but
left her signal flags which indicate she is HMCS KITCHENER K225
From the collection of J.
Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR
Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor
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