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 
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.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Chambly (K 116)

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CommanderFromTo
1A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Crighton Smith, RCNR18 Dec 194025 Mar 1941
2T/A/Cdr. James Douglas Prentice, RCN26 Mar 194113 Nov 1942
3T/Lt. Anthony Fenwick Pickard, RCNR14 Nov 194226 Jan 1944
4T/Lt. Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR27 Jan 194422 Jun 1944
5T/Lt. Hedley Allen Ovenden, RCNR23 Jun 194420 Jul 1944
6T/Lt. Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR21 Jul 194413 May 1945
7T/A/Lt.Cdr. John 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 German U-boat U-108 in the North Atlantic west of Cape Race in position 47°35'N, 39°02'W.

10 Sep 1941
German U-boat U-501 was sunk at 2330hrs on 10 September 1941 in the Straits of Denmark south of Angmassalik, Greenland, in position 62°50'N, 37°50'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 German U-boat U-94 in the North Atlantic of St. John's in position 49°50'N, 41°37'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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Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945

MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

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