| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 148 |
| Built by | Saint John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) |
| Ordered | 24 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | 23 May 1940 |
| Launched | 4 Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 5 Aug 1941 |
| End service | 16 Jul 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island, Canada) completed on 1 November 1943. Decommissioned 16 July 1945.
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Commands listed for HMCS Amherst (K 148)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Alexander Keith Young, RCNR | 6 Feb 1941 | 20 Nov 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Harry George Denyer, RCNR | 21 Nov 1941 | 19 Sep 1942 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Louis de la Chesnaye Audette, RCNVR | 20 Sep 1942 | 24 May 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Donald McNeish Fraser, RCNVR | 25 May 1944 | 16 Dec 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Kenneth William Winsby, RCNVR | 17 Dec 1944 | 16 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Amherst include:
16 Jul 1942
HMS P 554 (Lt. W.W. Dennis, RN) departed New London, Connecticut, USA for St. John's, Canada. She was escorted by HMCS Amherst (T/Lt. H.G. Denyer, RCNR).
3 Sep 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Amherst (T/Lt. H.G. Denyer, RCNR), HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR), USS Nicholson and USS Ludlow. (1)
4 Sep 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Amherst (T/Lt. H.G. Denyer, RCNR), HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Ottawa (A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. Rutherford, RCN), HMCS Sherbrooke (T/Lt. J.A.M. Levesque, RCNR), HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) and HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR). (1)
11 Sep 1942
HMCS Amherst (T/Lt. H.G. Denyer, RCNR) picks up 40 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Hindanger that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 49°32'N, 32°21'W by German U-boat U-608.
5 Apr 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. J.P. Angell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Collingwood (Lt. D.W. Groos, RCN), HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. H.E. McArthur, RCNVR), HMS Churchill (Cdr.(Retd.) P.J. Fitzgerald, RN), HMCS Amherst (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L. de la C. Audette, RCNVR), HMS Landguard (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) T.S.L. Fox-Pitt, RN) and HMS Starwort (Lt. A.H. Kent, RNR). (2)
12 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Kingcup (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Hodson, DSC and Bar, RNVR), HMCS Amherst (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L. de la C. Audette, RCNVR), HNoMS Rose (Lt. L.R. Lund, RNorN) and aircraft. (3)
13 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Azalea (Lt.Cdr. G.C. Geddes, RD, RNR), HMCS Morden (T/Lt. E.C. Smith, RCNVR), HMCS Amherst (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L. de la C. Audette, RCNVR) and HMS Bluebell (Lt. G.H. Walker, DSC, RNVR). (3)
27 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Amherst (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L. de la C. Audette, RCNVR) and HMS Campanula (T/Lt. I. Bull, RNVR). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17217
- ADM 173/17793
- ADM 173/18492
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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