Allied Warships

HMCS Strathroy (K 455)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower (rev.) 
PennantK 455 
Built byMidland Shipyards Ltd. (Midland. Ontario, Canada)  
OrderedJun 1942 
Laid down18 Nov 1943 
Launched15 Jun 1944 
Commissioned20 Nov 1944 
End service12 Jul 1945 
History

Decommissioned 12 July 1945.
Sold in 1946 and served as Chilean Chipana until 1969.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Strathroy (K 455)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Howard David Pepper, RCNVR24 Oct 194431 Jan 1945
2T/Lt. James Doran Moore, RCNVR1 Feb 194512 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Strathroy include:


7 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Prince Rupert (T/Lt.Cdr. R.W. Draney, RCNR) and HMCS Strathroy (T/Lt. J.D. Moore, RCNVR). (1)

8 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Prince Rupert (T/Lt.Cdr. R.W. Draney, RCNR) and HMCS Strathroy (T/Lt. J.D. Moore, RCNVR). (1)

10 Apr 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Strathroy (T/Lt. J.D. Moore, RCNVR). (2)

12 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Strathroy (T/Lt. J.D. Moore, RCNVR) and HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. R.L.B. Hunter, RCNVR). (1)

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945

MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 173/20139
  2. ADM 173/20177

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


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