Allied Warships

HMCS Moosejaw (K 164)

Corvette of the Flower class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 164
Built by	Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada)
Ordered	1 Feb 1940
Laid down	12 Aug 1940
Launched	9 Apr 1941
Commissioned	19 Jun 1941
End service	8 Jul 1945
History	Fo'c's'le extention at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 23 March 1944. Decommissioned 8 July 1945. Scrapped in Canada in September 1949.

Commands listed for HMCS Moosejaw (K 164)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Frederick Ernest Grubb, RCN	3 Jun 1941	18 Dec 1941
2	T/Lt. Henry Drummond Campsie, RCNR	19 Dec 1941	13 Feb 1942
3	T/Lt. Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR	14 Feb 1942	29 Aug 1943
4	T/Lt. John Eastwood Taylor, RCNVR	30 Aug 1943	6 Oct 1943
5	T/Lt. Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR	7 Oct 1943	3 Feb 1944

6	T/Lt. Harold Brynjolfson, RCNVR	14 Mar 1944	12 Oct 1944
7	T/Lt. Alexander Harvey, RCNR	13 Oct 1944	8 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Moosejaw include:

10 Sep 1941
German U-boat U-501 was sunk at 2330hrs on 10 September 1941 in the Denmark Strait south of Angmagsalik, Greenland, in position 62°50'N, 37°50'W, by depth charges and ramming from the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chambly (A/Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) and HMCS Moosejaw (Lt. F.E. Grubb, RCN).

See also this website for Lt. Grubb's report (offsite link).

11 Sep 1941
HMCS Kenogami (Lt.Cdr. R. Jackson, RCNVR) and HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCN) together pick up 41 survivors from the British merchant Berury that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-207 east of Cape Farewell in position 62°40'N, 38°50'W.

HMCS Kenogami also picks up 7 survivors from the British merchant Stonepool that was also torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-207 east of Cape Farewell in position 63°05'N, 37°50'W.

11 Oct 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. Baron D.T. Mackay, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMNZS Moa (Lt.Cdr. P.G. Connolly, DSC, RNZNVR) and HMS Visenda (T/Lt. S.F. Archer, RNR), HMCS Moosejaw (Lt. F.E. Grubb, RCN) and FFS Roselys. (1)

9 Jan 1942
HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. H.D. Campsie, RCNR) ran aground off the south entrance of St. John's harbour.

16 Feb 1942
HMS L 27 (Lt.Cdr. R.M.E. Pain, RN) shifted from Conception Bay to St.John's. She was escorted by HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCNR). (2)

19 Feb 1942
HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCNR) was grounded again (see January 9th) at south entrance to St. John's harbour. She was undergoing temporary repairs at St. John's until 5 March when she left for Saint John, New Brunswick for permanent repairs that lasted until 25 June.

7 Dec 1942
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCN) and HMCS Algoma (T/Lt. J. Harding, RCNR). (3)

20 Jan 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Hastings (Lt.Cdr. L.B. Philpott, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) C. Gwinner, DSO, RN), HMCS Kitchener (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W. Evans, RCNVR), HMCS Algoma (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Harding, RCNR), HMCS Regina (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H. Freeland, RCNR) and HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCN). (4)

28 Feb 1945
HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. A. Harvey, RCNR) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Norfolk Coast that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-1302 south-west of Strumble Head in position 51°58'N, 05°25'W.