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HMCS Kenogami (K 125)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 125 
Built byPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb, 1940 
Laid down20 Apr, 1940 
Launched5 Sep, 1940 
Commissioned29 Jun, 1941 
End service9 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryFo'c's'le extended at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) on 1 October 1944.

Decommissioned 9 July 1945.
Scrapped in Canada in January 1950. 


Noteable events involving Kenogami include:

10 Sep, 1941
HMCS Kenogami (Lt.Cdr. R. Jackson, RCNVR) picks up 34 survivors from the British merchant Sally Mærsk that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-81 east-northeast of Cape Farewell in position 61º40'N, 40º30'W.

11 Sep, 1941
HMCS Kenogami (Lt.Cdr. R. Jackson, RCNVR) and HMCS Moosejaw (Lt. L.D. Quick, RCN) together pick up 41 survivors from the British merchant Berury that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-207 east of Cape Farewell in position 62º40'N, 38º50'W.

HMCS Kenogami also picks up 7 survivors from the British merchant Stonepool that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-207 east of Cape Farewell in position 63º05'N, 37º50'W.

30 Oct, 1942
HMCS Kenogami (Lt. P.J.B. Cook) picks up 90 survivors from the British merchant Barrwhin that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-436 in the North Atlantic south of Iceland in position 55º02'N, 22º45'W.


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