| 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 (A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR) ended a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. |