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Allied Warships

HMCS Amherst (K 148)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 148 
Built bySaint John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) 
Ordered24 Jan, 1940 
Laid down23 May, 1940 
Launched4 Dec, 1940 
Commissioned5 Aug, 1941 
End service16 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island, Canada) completed on 1 November 1943.

Decommissioned 16 July 1945.
Wrecked while under tow in 1945.

Commanding Officers:
A/Lt.Cdr. Alexander Keith Young, RCNR
6 February 1942 – 20 November 1941

T/Lt. Harry George Denyer, RCNR
21 November 1941 – 19 September 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Louis de la Chesnaye Audette, RCNVR
20 September 1942 – 24 May 1944

T/Lt. D.M. Fraser, RCNVR
25 May 1944 – 16 December 1944

T/Lt. Kenneth William Winsby, RCNVR
17 December 1944 – 16 July 1945 


Noteable events involving Amherst include:

11 Sep, 1942
HMCS Amherst (T/Lt. H.G. Denyer, RCNR) picks up 40 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Hindanger that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 49º32'N, 32º21'W by the German submarine U-608.


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