Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 141 |
| Built by | Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 23 Jan, 1940 |
| Laid down | 4 Oct, 1940 |
| Launched | 7 May, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 11 Sep, 1941 |
| End service | 6 Jul, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Fo'c's'le extention at the Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) completed on 25 October 1943.
Took part in Operations Torch and Neptune.
Decommissioned 6 July 1945.
Scrapped in Canada in June 1946.
Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. F.O. Gerity, RCNR
11 September 1941 – 3 June 1943
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
T/Lt. G.E. Cross, RCNR
4 June 1943 – 31 August 1943
T/Lt. G.S. Mongenais, RCNVR
1 September 1943 – 15 November 1944
T/Lt. Frank Oatley Plant, RCNVR
18 December 1944 – 6 July 1945 |
| Noteable events involving Summerside include: 29 Oct, 1942
HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR) and HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. F.O. Gerity, RCNR) together picks up survivors from the American tanker Pan New York that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-624 in the North Atlantic about 550 nautical miles west of Malin Head in position 54º58'N, 23º56'W. The corvettes sank the wrecked tanker with gunfire and depth charges. 18 Jan, 1945
HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. F.O. Plant, RCNVR) had her repairs completed at Halifax. |
