Allied Warships

HMCS Kamloops (K 176)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 176 
Built byVictoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. (Victoria. British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered14 Feb 1940 
Laid down29 Apr 1940 
Launched7 Aug 1940 
Commissioned17 Mar 1941 
End service27 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island, Canada) completed on 25 April 1944.

Decommissioned 27 June 1945.
Sold on 19 October 1945.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. James Mitchell Gillison, RCNR
17 March 1941 – 31 October 1941

T/Lt. P.J.B. Watts, RCNR
1 November 1941 – 4 February 1942

T/Lt. I.W. McTavish, RCNR
5 February 1942 – 27 March 1942

A/Lt.Cdr. Jordan Hamilton Marshall, RCNVR
28 March 1942 – 22 August 1942

T/Lt. Nevill Spencer Charles Dickinson, RCNVR
23 August 1942 – 10 January 1943

Refitting

T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Hubert Smith MacDonald, RCNR
17 February 1943 – 1 March 1943

T/Lt. Donald McIntosh Stewart, RCNR
2 March 1943 – 5 November 1943

T/Lt. Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR
6 November 1943 – 20 December 1943

T/Lt. Donald McIntosh Stewart, RCNR
21 December 1943 – 27 June 1945
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

 

Commands listed for HMCS Kamloops (K 176)

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CommanderFromTo
1James Mitchell Gillison, RCNR17 Mar 194131 Oct 1941
2P. J. B. Watts, RCNVR1 Nov 19414 Feb 1942
3I. W. McTavish, RCNR5 Feb 194227 Mar 1942
4A/Lt.Cdr. Jordan Hamilton Marshall, RCNVR28 Mar 194222 Aug 1942
5T/Lt. Nevill Spencer Charles Dickinson, RCNVR23 Aug 194210 Jan 1943

6John Hubert Smith MacDonald, RCNR17 Feb 19431 Mar 1943
7Donald McIntosh Stewart, RCNR2 Mar 19435 Nov 1943
8Stephen Dalrymple Taylor, RCNR6 Nov 194320 Dec 1943
9Donald McIntosh Stewart, RCNR21 Dec 194327 Jun 1945

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Noteable events involving Kamloops include:


9 Oct 1943
The British frigate HMS Duckworth (Cdr. Hugh Lloyd-Williams, DSO, RNVR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Kamloops (T/Lt. D.M. Stewart, RCNR) together pick up 54 survivors from the American merchant Yorkmar that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-645 about 475 nautical miles south of Iceland in position 56º38'N, 20º30'W.

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