Allied Warships

HMCS Chambly (K 116)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 116 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered20 Jan 1940 
Laid down20 Feb 1940 
Launched29 Jul 1940 
Commissioned18 Dec 1940 
End service20 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 17 March 1944.

Decomissioned 20 June 1945.
Became the Dutch merchantile Sonia Vinkle in 1952. Arrived in Santander, Spain in October 1966 for breaking up.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Frank Chalmers Smith, RCNR
18 December 1940 – 25 March 1941

A/Cdr. James Douglas Prentice, RCN
26 March 1941 – 13 November 1942
Promoted to Cdr. on 1 January 1942
DSO awarded on 3 March 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Anthony Fenwick Pickard, RCNR
14 November 1942 – 26 January 1944

T/Lt. Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR
27 January 1944 – 22 June 1944

T/Lt. Hedley Allen Ovenden, RCNR
23 June 1944 – 20 July 1944

T/Lt. Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR
21 July 1944 – 13 May 1945
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Bertrand Brunswick Shaw, RCNVR
14 May 1945 – 20 June 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Chambly (K 116)

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CommanderFromTo
1Frank Chalmers Smith, RCNR18 Dec 194025 Mar 1941
2James Douglas Prentice, RCN26 Mar 194113 Nov 1942
3Anthony Fenwick Pickard, RCNR14 Nov 194226 Jan 1944
4Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR27 Jan 194422 Jun 1944
5Hedley Allen Ovenden, RCNR23 Jun 194420 Jul 1944
6Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR21 Jul 194413 May 1945
7John Bertrand Brunswick Shaw, RCNVR14 May 194520 Jun 1945

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Noteable events involving Chambly include:


8 Jun 1941
HMCS Chambly (A/Cdr J.D. Prentice, RCN) picks up 18 survivors from the British merchant Baron Nairn that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-108 in the North Atlantic west of Cape Race in position 47º35'N, 39º02'W.

10 Sep 1941
The German submarine U-501 was sunk at 2330hrs on 10 September 1941 in the Straits of Denmark south of Angmagsalik, Greenland, in position 62º50'N, 37º50'W, by depth charges and ramming from the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chambly (A/Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) and HMCS Moosejaw (Lt. F.E. Grubb, RCN). (see map)

22 Feb 1942
HMCS Chambly (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) ended a refit at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

11 Jun 1942
HMCS Chambly (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) picks up 45 survivors from the British merchant Pontypridd that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-94 in the North Atlantic of St.Johns in position 49º50'N, 41º37'W.

13 Feb 1943
HMCS Chambly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR) ended a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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