Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Castle |
Pennant | K 495 |
Built by | Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) |
Ordered | 23 Jan 1943 |
Laid down | 29 Jun 1943 |
Launched | 24 Feb 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 Jul 1944 |
End service | 21 Nov 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 14 November 1945. |
Former name | HMS Hever Castle |
Commands listed for HMCS Copper Cliff (K 495)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Goddard Hutchings, RCNR | 24 Jul 1944 | 3 Dec 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. Frederick Wilson Bogardus, RCNVR | 4 Dec 1944 | 11 Jan 1945 |
3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Frank Goddard Hutchings, RCNR | 12 Jan 1945 | 25 Jul 1945 |
4 | T/Lt.Cdr. William Evans, RCNVR | 26 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Copper Cliff include:
24 Sep 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted special radar trials off Lamlash with HMCS Copper Cliff (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.G. Hutchings, RCNR). (1)
26 Sep 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted special radar trials off Lamlash with HMCS Copper Cliff (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.G. Hutchings, RCNR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19299
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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