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Allied Warships

HMCS Wetaskiwin (K 175)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 175 
Built byBurrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered14 Feb, 1940 
Laid down11 Apr, 1940 
Launched18 Jul, 1940 
Commissioned17 Dec, 1940 
End service19 Jun, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryFo'c's'le extended at Galveston (Texas, U.S.A.) on 6 March 1944.

Decommissioned 19 June 1945.
Became the Venezuelan Victor in 1946. 

Former nameHMCS Banff

Noteable events involving Wetaskiwin include:

17 Oct, 1941
The Norwegian merchant Barfonn is torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 56º58'N, 25º04'W by the German submarine U-432. The Canadian corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN) later picks up 24 survivors.

24 Jan, 1942
HMCS Wetaskiwin (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN) started a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.

31 Jul, 1942
The German submarine U-588 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 49º59'N, 36º36'W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. D.L. Dyer, RCN). (see map)

9 Mar, 1943
HMCS Wetaskiwin (A/Lt.Cdr. J.R. Kidston, RCNVR) completed a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.


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