Allied Warships

HMCS Chicoutimi (K 156)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 156 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered20 Jan 1940 
Laid down5 Jul 1940 
Launched16 Oct 1940 
Commissioned12 May 1941 
End service16 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

HMCS Chicoutimi never had her fo'c's'le extended.

Decommissioned 16 June 1945.
Broken up at Hamilton, Ontario, Cananda in 1946.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. William Black, RCNR
12 May 1941 – 10 May 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Howard Geoffrey Dupont, RCNR
11 May 1942 – 15 February 1943

Lt.Cdr. John Fitzwilliam Stairs, RCNVR
16 February 1943 – 7 May 1944

T/Lt. Fergus Cross, RCNR
8 May 1943 – 3 September 1944

T/Lt. Avard Earle Giffin, RCNVR
4 September 1944 – 16 November 1944

Skipper Lt. C.C. Clattenburg, RCNVR
17 November 1944 – 26 November 1944

T/Lt. Avard Earle Giffin, RCNVR
27 November 1944 – 14 April 1945

T/Lt. R.A. Wyllie, RCNVR
15 April 1945 – 16 June 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Chicoutimi (K 156)

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CommanderFromTo
1William Black, RCNR12 May 194110 May 1942
2T/Lt. Howard Geoffrey Dupont, RCNR11 May 194215 Feb 1943
3Lt.Cdr. John Fitzwilliam Stairs, RCNVR16 Feb 19437 May 1944
4Fergus Cross, RCNR8 May 19443 Sep 1944
5Avard Earle Giffin, RCNVR4 Sep 194416 Nov 1944
6C. C. Clattenburg, RCNVR17 Nov 194426 Nov 1944
7Avard Earle Giffin, RCNVR27 Nov 194414 Apr 1945
8R. A. Wyllie, RCNVR15 Apr 194516 Jun 1945

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