Allied Warships

HMCS Battleford (K 165)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 165 
Built byCollingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb 1940 
Laid down30 Sep 1940 
Launched15 Apr 1941 
Commissioned31 Jul 1941 
End service18 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Sydney (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 31 July 1944.

Decomissioned 18 July 1945.
Became the Venezuelan Libertad in 1946.
Libertad was lost on 12 April 1949.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Ronald Joel Roberts, RCNR
31 July 1941 – 5 October 1942

T/Lt. Frederick Allen Beck, RCNVR
6 October 1942 – 5 July 1943

Lt.Cdr. Alan Herbert Easton, RCNR
6 July 1943 – 20 August 1943

T/Lt. Frederick Allen Beck, RCNVR
1 September 1943 – 7 May 1944

T/Lt. H.H. Turnbull, RCNVR
8 May 1944 – 19 June 1944

T/Lt. P.A.F. Langlois, RCNVR
20 June 1944 – 23 May 1945

T/Lt. F.D. Wickett, RCNVR
24 May 1945 – 18 July 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Battleford (K 165)

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CommanderFromTo
1Ronald Joel Roberts, RCNR31 Jul 19415 Oct 1942
2Frederick Allen Beck, RCNVR6 Oct 19425 Jul 1943
3T/Lt.Cdr. Alan Herbert Easton, DSC, RCNR6 Jul 194320 Aug 1943
4Frederick Allen Beck, RCNVR1 Sep 19437 May 1944
5H. H. Turnbull, RCNVR8 May 194419 Jun 1944
6P. A. F. Langlois, RCNVR20 Jun 194423 May 1945
7F. D. Wickett, RCNVR24 May 194518 Jul 1945

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Noteable events involving Battleford include:


8 Aug 1942
HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. R.J. Roberts, RCNVR) picks up 46 survivors from the American merchant Kaimoku and 17 survivors from the British merchant Anneberg that were both torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-379 in the North Atlantic in position 56º30'N, 32º14'W.

HMCS Battleford also picks up 41 survivors from the British merchant Kelso that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-176 in the North Atlantic southeast of Cape Farewell in position 56º30'N, 32º14'W.

9 Aug 1942
HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. R.J. Roberts, RCNVR) picks up 40 survivors from the British merchant Radchurch that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-176 in the North Atlantic in position 56º15'N, 32º00'W.

27 Dec 1942
The German submarine U-356 was sunk in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43º30'N, 25º40'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (A/Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN) and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR), HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. F.A. Beck, RCNVR) and HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. S. Henderson, RCNR). (see map)

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