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HMCS Weyburn (K 173)

Corvette of the Flower class


HMCS Weyburn as completed.

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 173 
Built byPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb, 1940 
Laid down21 Dec, 1940 
Launched26 Jul, 1941 
Commissioned26 Nov, 1941 
Lost22 Feb, 1943 
Loss position36.46N, 06.02W (See a map)
 
HistoryOn 22 February 1943 HMCS Weyburn (A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Maitland Wake Golby, RCNR) was mined off Cape Espartel east of Gibraltar in position 36º46'N, 06º02'W. Seven members off her crew including her commanding officer were lost with the ship. The mine was laid by U-118 on 1 February 1943. 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 22 Feb, 1943 by U-118 (Czygan).


Noteable events involving Weyburn include:

20 Jul, 1942
HMCS Weyburn (A/Lt.Cdr. T.M.W. Golby, RCNR) picks up 42 men from the British merchant Frederika Lensen that was torpedoed and heavy damaged by the German submarine U-132 in the Gulf of St.Lawrence near Anticosti Island in position 49º22'N, 65º12'W.

23 Sep, 1942
HMCS Weyburn (A/Lt.Cdr. T.M.W. Golby, RCNR) picks up 3 survivors from the British tanker Athelsultan that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-617 in the North Atlantic southeast of Cape Farewell in position 58º42'N, 33º38'W.


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