Allied Warships

HMCS Atholl (K 15)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower (rev.) 
PennantK 15 
Built byMorton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered2 Jan 1942 
Laid down15 Aug 1942 
Launched4 Apr 1943 
Commissioned14 Oct 1943 
End service17 Jul 1945 
History

Decommissioned 17 July 1945.
Scrapped in Canada in Oct 1952.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Atholl (K 15)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. William Douglas Haig Gardiner, RCNVR14 Oct 194316 Sep 1944
2T/Lt. William Grant Garden, RCNVR17 Sep 194417 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Atholl include:


24 Feb 1944
HMS L 26 (Lt. A.G. Prideaux, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off St. Margarets Bay with HMCS Atholl (T/Lt. W.D.H. Gardiner, RCNVR) and HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. J.A. Tullis, RCNR). (1)

25 Feb 1944
HMS L 26 (Lt. A.G. Prideaux, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off St. Margarets Bay with HMCS Atholl (T/Lt. W.D.H. Gardiner, RCNVR) and HMCS Port Colborne (T/Lt.Cdr. C.J. Angus, RCNR). (1)

23 Nov 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS North Bay (T/A/Lt.Cdr. B. Hynes, RCNVR), HMCS Atholl (T/Lt. W.G. Garden, RCNVR), HMS Bahamas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomson, RNR) and HMS Somaliland (A/Lt.Cdr. K.B. Hopkins, DSC, RNVR). (2)

7 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Atholl (T/Lt. W.G. Garden, RCNVR). (3)

11 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Atholl (T/Lt. W.G. Garden, RCNVR). (3)

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945
MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 199/1830
  2. ADM 173/19411
  3. ADM 173/20176

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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