| Noteable events involving Kootenay include: 22 May, 1943
HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. K.L. Dyer, RCN) picks up 19 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Sandanger that was torpedoed and sunk on 12 May 1943 in the North Atlantic in position 46º00'N, 21º00'W by the German submarine U-221. 7 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-678 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Brighton, in position 50º32'N, 00º23'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa, HMCS Kootenay and the British corvette HMS Statice. (see map) 18 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-621 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle, in position 45º52'N, 02º36'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map) 20 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-984 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest, in position 48º16'N, 05º33'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map) |
