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HMCS LACHUTE K440
Flower Class Corvette
Built at Quebec City, She was commissioned there on 26 Oct 1944, LACHUTE arrived at Halifax in mid-Nov 1944 and left for Bermuda on 02 Dec 1944 for three weeks' workups. Assigned on her return to EG C-5 at St. John's, she left there on 05 Jan 1945, to escort her first convoy, SC.164. She served the remainder of her career as a mid-ocean escort, leaving Londonderry on 26 May 1945 to join ON.305, the last westbound convoy of the war. On 10 Jul 1945 she was paid off and placed in reserve at Sorel. In 1947 she was sold to the Dominican Republic and joined its navy as Colon. Deleted from the active list in 1978, she was driven ashore in a hurricane on 31 Aug 1979 alongside her sister Juan Alejandro Acosta (former HMCS LOUISBURG K401).
Commanding Officers
Lt Raymond Gardiner Hatrick, RCNVR - 26 Oct 1944 - 10 Jul 1945
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(LCH001) HMCS LACHUTE K440 // Photo taken from HMCS RUNNYMEDE K678 // Photo from the collection of Kirk Wipper (LCH002) A 2-page etter from a sailor named Hugh who served in HMCS LACHUTE to his Aunt Vera in Aberdeen - date 30 May 1945 // Courtesy of James Davidson (LCH003) HMCS LACHUTE at St John's, Newfoundland, May 1945 // From the collection of George Burton // Courtesy of Len Burton
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