Allied Warships

HMCS Dawson (K 104)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 104 
Built byVictoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. (Victoria. British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered14 Feb 1940 
Laid down7 Sep 1940 
Launched8 Feb 1941 
Commissioned6 Oct 1941 
End service19 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) completed on 29 January 1944.

Decommissioned 19 June 1945.
Broken up at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1946.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Anthony Hubert Gleadow Storrs, RCNR
22 September 1941 – 7 June 1943
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 June 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Philip Ryan, OBE, RCNR
8 June 1943 – 31 March 1944

T/Skr./Lt. Joseph Bernard Cooper, RCNR
31 March 1944 – 31 May 1944

TA/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Philip Ryan, OBE, RCNR
31 May 1944 – 19 June 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Dawson (K 104)

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CommanderFromTo
1Anthony Hubert Gleadow Storrs, RCNR22 Sep 19417 Jun 1943
2Thomas Philip Ryan, RCNR8 Jun 194331 Mar 1944
3Joseph Bernard Cooper, RCNR31 Mar 194431 May 1944
4Thomas Philip Ryan, RCNR31 May 194419 Jun 1945

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Noteable events involving Dawson include:


14 Feb 1944
HMCS Vancouver (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.W. Ford, RCNR) and HMCS Dawson (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.P. Ryan, OBE, RCNR) depart Esquimalt for Halifax.

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