Allied Warships

HMCS Oakville (K 178)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 178 
Built byPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb 1940 
Laid down21 Dec 1940 
Launched21 Jun 1941 
Commissioned18 Nov 1941 
End service20 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Galvaston (Texas, U.S.A.) completed on 29 March 1944.

Decommissioned 20 July 1945.
Became the Venezuelan Patria in 1946.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Alex Charles Jones, RCNR
18 November 1941 – 11 May 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Clarence Aubrey King, DSC, RCNR
12 May 1942 – 21 April 1943
Promoted to T/Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1943
DSO awarded on 26 December 1942

T/Lt. Harold Farncomb, RCNVR
22 April 1943 – 22 October 1944

T/Lt. M.A. Griffiths, RCNVR
23 October 1944 – 20 July 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Oakville (K 178)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Alex Charles Jones, RCNR18 Nov 194111 May 1942
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Clarence Aubrey King, RCNR12 May 194221 Apr 1943
3T/Lt. Harold Farncomb, RCNVR22 Apr 194322 Oct 1944
4T/Lt. Morgan Alan Griffiths, RCNVR23 Oct 194420 Jul 1945

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Noteable events involving Oakville include:


28 Aug 1942
The German submarine U-94 was sunk in the Caribbean Sea, in position 17º40'N, 74º30'W by depth charges from an American Catalina aircraft (VP-92) and ramming by the Canadian corvette HMCS Oakville (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. King, DSC, RCNR). (see map)

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