HMCS TIMMINS K223

 

Flower Class Corvette

 

 

HMCS TIMMINS K223

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Laid down: 14 Jun 1940

Launched: 26 Jun 1941

Commissioned: 10 Feb 1942

Paid off: 15 Jul 1945

Fate: Foundered on 03 Aug 1960

 

Built at Esquimalt, she was commissioned there on 10 Feb 1942. TIMMINS served with Esquimalt Force until transferred to the east coast. Upon arrival at Halifax on 13 Oct 1942 she was assigned to WLEF. With its division into escort groups in Jun 1943, she became a member of EG W-6, transferring to W-2 in Apr 1944. She commenced a two-month refit at Liverpool, N.S., late in Jun 1943, followed by workups at Pictou. A second refit, again at Liverpool, was carried out between late Jun and mid-Oct 1944. It included the extension of her fo'c's'le and three weeks' working-up in Bermuda followed. TIMMINS was paid off on 15 Jul 1945, at Sorel, and sold later that year for commercial use. She entered service in 1948 as the Honduran-flag Guayaquil and, ironically, foundered at Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 03 Aug 1960.

 

 

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

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt James Albert Brown, RCNR - 10 Feb 1942 - 16 Aug 1942

LCdr A.T. Morrell, RCNR - 17 Aug 1942 - 30 Aug 1942

Lt J.M. Gillison, RCNR - 31 Aug 1942 - 11 Jan 1943

Lt Neville Spencer C. Dickinson, RCNVR - 12 Jan 1943 - 19 Mar 1943

LCdr J.H.S. MacDonald, RCNR - 20 Mar 1943 - 18 Apr 1943

A/LCdr Herries Stirling Maxwell, RCNVR - 19 Apr 1943 - 29 Jun 1944

Lt R.G. James, RCNVR - 02 Sep 1944 - 15 Dec 1944

Lt John Kincaid, RCNR - 16 Dec 1944 - 15 Jul 1945

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Alcock, William Gordon, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 19 Jul 1944

 

Beharriell, Stanley Ross, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1944

 

Gilmore, Robert Hugh, Stoker

 

Jones, Archibald Roy Campbell, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Jul 1943

 

Lovell, William Ashton, SLt, RCNVR - 01 May 1942 / 21 Jun 1942

 

Newton, John Amyas, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Feb 1942

Parker, Richard Allan, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Feb 1942

 

Samis, John Clouston, SLt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944

 

Taylor, William Robertson, SLt, RCNVR - 19 May 1943

 

Thompson, Frederick Stafford, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945

 

Ward, James Barlow, Mate, RCNR - 11 Feb 1942 / 06 Jul 1942

 

Wilson, Milton Thomas, A/Lt, RCNVR - 01 May 1944

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

TIM001 / NGH150

TIM002 / DK081

(TIM001) HMCS TIMMINS K223  //  From the collection of George Huntbatch, LTO, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Ross Huntbatch

(TIM002) HMCS NAPANEE K118 (left) and HMCS TIMMINS K223 (right) at St. John's, Nfld  //  From the collection of Dalton Kaye, Tel, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Steve Kaye

 

 

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(GFW005) HMS PUNCHER

(GFW006) Dutch sub at Hamilton, Bermuda. Fos's'le / gun deck of HMCS TIMMINS in the foreground

(GFW007) HMCS TIMMINS alongside a Liberty ship at sea (note: possibly transferring stores by jackstay)

(GFW008) Unknown sailor in the crows nest on HMCS TIMMINS

(GFW009) Bridge, Gun Deck and Foc's'le of HMCS TIMMINS - taken from the crows nest

 

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(GFW010) PO George Woods on HMCS TIMMINS

(GFW011) .5 cal on HMCS TIMMINS.  Merchant ship visible in the distance.

From the collection of George F. Woods, PO, RCNVR

Courtesy of Eleanor Woods and family

 

 

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JW04

(JW01) Sailors on HMCS TIMMONS

(JW02) Sailors on the fo'c's'le HMCS TIMMONS chipping ice

(JW03) Fo'c's'le of HMCS TIMMINS seen from the bridge

(JW04) HMCS TIMMONS jacket patch

From the collection of CPO John M. Waide

Courtesy of Edward Waller

 

 

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