Allied Warships

HMCS Timmins (K 223)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 223 
Built byYarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Dec 1940 
Launched26 Jun 1941 
Commissioned10 Feb 1942 
End service15 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Named after the town of Timmins, Ontario.

Fo'c's'le extention at Libverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 16 October 1944.

Decommissioned 15 July 1945.
Became the merchantile Guayaquil in 1948. She was lost on 3 August 1960.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. James Albert Brown, RCNR
10 February 1942 – 18 August 1942

Lt.Cdr. A.T. Morrell, RCNR
19 August 1942 – 30 August 1942

T/Lt. James Mitchell Gillison, RCNR
31 August 1942 – 11 January 1943

T/Lt. Nevill Spencer Charles Dickinson, RCNVR
12 January 1943 – 19 March 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Hubert Smith MacDonald, RCNR
20 March 1943 – 18 April 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Herries Stirling Maxwell, RCNVR
19 April 1943 – 29 June 1944

T/Lt. Ralph Gordon James, RCNVR
2 September 1944 – 15 December 1944

T/Lt. John Kincaid, RCNVR
16 December 1944 – 15 July 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Timmins (K 223)

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CommanderFromTo
1James Albert Brown, RCNR10 Feb 194218 Aug 1942
2A. T. Morrell, RCNR19 Aug 194230 Aug 1942
3James Mitchell Gillison, RCNR31 Aug 194211 Jan 1943
4T/Lt. Nevill Spencer Charles Dickinson, RCNVR12 Jan 194319 Mar 1943
5John Hubert Smith MacDonald, RCNR20 Mar 194318 Apr 1943
6Herries Stirling Maxwell, RCNVR19 Apr 194329 Jun 1944

7Ralph Gordon James, RCNVR2 Sep 194415 Dec 1944
8John Kincaid, RCNVR16 Dec 194415 Jul 1945

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Noteable events involving Timmins include:


21 Nov 1942
HMCS Timmins (T/Lt. J.A. Brown, RCNR) and HMCS Minas (T/Lt. J.C. Barbour, RCNR) together pick up 42 survivors from the British merchant Empire Sailor south of Newfoundland in position 43º53'N, 55º12'W.

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