HMCS THE PAS K168

 

Flower Class Corvette

 

 

HMCS THE PAS K168

RCN Photo # O-741-42

Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

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Laid down: 07 Jan 1941

Launched: 16 Aug 1941

Commissioned: 21 Oct 1941

Paid off: 24 Jul 1945

Fate: Broken up in 1946

 

Commissioned at Montreal on 21 Oct 1941, THE PAS arrived at Halifax on 04 Nov 1941. She joined Halifax Force as a local escort, but in Mar 1942, was reassigned to WLEF, then forming. In Jun 1942 she was transferred to Halifax Tanker Escort Force, and during the next three months made three round trips between Halifax and Trinidad-Aruba. In Sep 1942 she came under U.S. control as escort to New York-Guantanamo convoys but arrived at Liverpool, N.S., on 29 Nov 1942, for two months' refit. Following workups locally, she rejoined WLEF and, on its division into escort groups in Jun 1943, became a member of EG W-4. The ship was badly damaged in collision with the American SS Medina in the western Atlantic on 21 Jul 1943, while escorting convoy ON.192, and was under repair at Halifax and Shelburne until early Oct 1943. She then returned to her duties with WLEF until Sep 1944 (from Apr 1944 as a member of EG W-3), when she underwent a refit at Sydney and, on completion of this late in Nov 1944, joined HMCS CORNWALLIS as a training ship for the balance of the war. THE PAS never did receive an extended fo'c's'le. She was paid off on 24 Jul 1945, at Sorel and broken up at Hamilton the following year.

 

 

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos          The Ship's Bell

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

LCdr A.R.E. Coleman, RCNR - 21 Oct 1941 - 28 Oct 1941

LCdr Ernest George Old, RCNR - 29 Oct 1941 - 19 Jan 1943

LCdr John Hubert Smith MacDonald, RCNR - 20 Jan 1943 - 14 Apr 1944

Lt Roy Howard Sylvester, RCNVR - 15 Apr 1944 - 09 Oct 1944

Lt John Hamilton Ewart, RCNVR - 10 Oct 1944 - 24 Jul 1945

 

 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

DRAPER, Herbert L.

PO, RCN

killed - 21 Jul 1943

FARNSWORTH, James

PO, RCNR

killed - 21 Jul 1943

PATTERSON, Robert

ERA 5c, RCNVR

killed - 21 Jul 1943

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Biggar, Francis Lyons, Lt, RCNVR - 14 Jul 1943

 

Burns, Donald Gardiner, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Jul 1942

 

Hay, Graydon David, SLt, RCNVR - 03 Jun 1944

 

Flavelle, Bud

Mathewson, Peter Stanton, SLt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1944

 

Mitchell, Graham William, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1943

 

Mofford, Cuthbert L., Lt, RCNVR - 30 Apr 1945

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

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(TPA001) HMCS THE PAS K168 - "My father CL Mofford, was the Commanding Officer of the above Canadian Corvette near the end of WWII.  He assisted a British Destroyer in sinking the German U-Boat U-106 in the English Channel in 1944."  //  Photo courtesy of Glen Mofford

(TPA002) HMCS THE PAS K168 in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia, 11 Nov 1942  //  Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell

(TPA003) HMCS THE PAS K168  //  From the collection of William McLean  //  Courtesy of Derwyn Crozier-Smith

(TPA004) HMCS THE PAS K168  //  Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum

(TPA005) Looking astern from HMCS THE PAS with convoy visible to the right side of the photo and a smoke marker in the ocean to the left  //  From the collection of George Mason, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Kelly Mason

 

 

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(JS312 - JS315) HMCS THE PAS K168

From the collection of Jim Silvester, Petty Officer 1st Class, RCN

Courtesy of Jim Silvester

 

 

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