Allied Warships

HMCS Giffard (K 402)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower (rev.) 
PennantK 402 
Built byAlexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Nov 1942 
Launched19 Jun 1943 
Commissioned10 Nov 1943 
End service5 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned on 5 July 1945. Scrapped in Canada in October 1952.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Charles Petersen, RCNR
30 October 1943 – 9 May 1944
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1944

T/Lt. George Henry Matheson, RCNR
10 May 1944 – 5 July 1945

 
Former nameHMS Buddleia

Commands listed for HMCS Giffard (K 402)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Charles Petersen, RCNR30 Oct 19439 May 1944
2T/Lt. George Henry Matheson, RCNR10 May 19445 Jul 1945

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Noteable events involving Giffard include:


7 May 1944
HMCS Giffard (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Petersen, RCNR) picks up 43 survivors from HMCS Valleyfield that was torpedoed and sunk about 50 miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland in position 46º03'N, 52º24'W by the German submarine U-548. 5 of the surivors later died of exposure.

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