Allied Warships
HMCS Drumheller (K 167)
Corvette of the Flower class
Photograph taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963, serving in the Canadian destroyer HMCS Columbia.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 167 |
| Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 1 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 4 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 5 Jul 1941 |
| Commissioned | 13 Sep 1941 |
| End service | 11 Jul 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at the New York Navy Yard (New York, New York, U.S.A.) completed on 15 January 1944. Decommissioned 11 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Drumheller (K 167)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Cdr. George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN | 13 Sep 1941 | 18 Oct 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR | 19 Oct 1942 | 20 Aug 1943 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Anthony Hubert Gleadow Storrs, RCNR | 21 Aug 1943 | 26 Sep 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR | 27 Sep 1943 | 7 Dec 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Harry Romeyn Beck, RCNR | 7 Dec 1943 | 11 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Drumheller include:
31 Aug 1942
HMCS Drumheller (A/Cdr. G.H. Griffiths, RCN) picks up 16 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Capira that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-609 in convoy SC-97 about 400 nautical miles south-east of Cape Farewell in position 57°13'N, 33°40'W.
11 Sep 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. R.A.S. MacNeil, RCNR), HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR), HMCS Drumheller (A/Cdr. G.H. Griffiths, RCN) and Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR). (1)
6 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Primrose (T/Lt. P.E. Kitto, RNR), HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR) and Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR). (2)
12 May 1943
HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR) picks up 15 survivors from the British merchant Ford Concord that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-456 earlier that day about 440 nautical miles north of the Azores in position 46°05'N, 25°20'W.
13 May 1943
German U-boat U-753 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 48°37'N, 22°39'W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Drumheller (Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR), the British frigate HMS Lagan (Lt.Cdr. A. Ayre, RNR) and depth charges from a Canadian Sunderland aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 423/G).
30 Jun 1943
HMS H 34 (T/Lt. R.L. Willoughby, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR), HMCS Chambly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR), HMCS Fennel (T/Lt. R.B. Warwick, RCNVR), HMCS Baddeck (T/Lt. J. Brock, RCNVR) and HMCS Orillia (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.E. Mitchell, RCNVR). (3)
8 Aug 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. R.H. Bull, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Polyanthus (T/Lt. J.G. Aitken, RNR), HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR), HMS Lagan (Lt.Cdr. (retired) A. Ayre, RNR), HMCS Kamloops (T/Lt. D.M. Stewart, RCNR), HMCS Gatineau (Cdr. P.W. Burnett, RN), HMCS Chambly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR), HMS Drury (Lt.Cdr. N.J. Parker, RN) and HMS Primrose (T/Lt. P.E. Kitto, RNR). (4)
19 Oct 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. J.C. Varley, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Kamloops (T/Lt. D.M. Stewart, RCNR), HMCS Chambly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR), HMCS Gatineau (Cdr. P.W. Burnett, RN) and HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (5)
8 May 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. A.G. Boulton, RCNVR), HMCS Gatineau (Lt.Cdr. H.V.W. Groos, RCN), HMS Sunflower (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.H. Stammers, RNVR), HMCS Mayflower (T/Lt. D.S. Martin, RCNR) and HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. H.R. Beck, RCNR). (6)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17217
- ADM 173/17814
- ADM 173/17795
- ADM 173/17927
- ADM 173/17833
- ADM 173/18528
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.