Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 177 |
Built by | Marine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) |
Ordered | 22 Jan 1940 |
Laid down | 30 Aug 1940 |
Launched | 11 Dec 1940 |
Commissioned | 9 Sep 1941 |
End service | 3 Jul 1945 |
History | Fo'c's'le extention at Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.) completed on 27 December 1943. Decommissioned 3 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Dunvegan (K 177)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. James Arthur Tullis, RCNR | 9 Sep 1941 | 5 Feb 1943 |
2 | T/Lt. Joseph Eric William Hastings, RCNR | 6 Feb 1943 | 30 Jun 1943 |
3 | T/Lt. James Arthur Tullis, RCNR | 1 Jul 1943 | 5 Jul 1944 |
4 | T/Lt. James Archibald Rankin, RCNR | 6 Jul 1944 | 11 Mar 1945 |
5 | T/Lt. Robert Laird Borden Hunter, RCNVR | 12 Mar 1945 | 3 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dunvegan include:
14 May 1942
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.F. Drijfhout Van Hooff, RNN) participated in Asdic trials off Largs together with HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. J.A. Tullis, RCNR). (1)
24 Feb 1944
HMS L 26 (Lt. A.G. Prideaux, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off St. Margarets Bay with HMCS Atholl (T/Lt. W.D.H. Gardiner, RCNVR) and HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. J.A. Tullis, RCNR). (2)
12 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Strathroy (T/Lt. J.D. Moore, RCNVR) and HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. R.L.B. Hunter, RCNVR). (3)
13 Apr 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. R.L.B. Hunter, RCNVR). (4)
16 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. R.L.B. Hunter, RCNVR) and HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. F.R. Brebner, RCNVR). (3)
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Sources
- File 2.12.03.6369 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 199/1830
- ADM 173/20139
- ADM 173/20177
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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