Allied Warships
HMCS Charlottetown (i) (K 244)
Corvette of the Flower class
Photo from Department of National Defence #MC-2181
Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 244 |
Built by | Kingston Shipbuilding Co. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 7 Jun 1941 |
Launched | 10 Sep 1941 |
Commissioned | 13 Dec 1941 |
Lost | 11 Sep 1942 |
Loss position | 49° 10'N, 66° 50'W |
History | HMCS Charlottetown (T/Lt.Cdr. John Willard Bonner, RCNR) had just escorted the convoy SQ-35 to Rimouski and was returning to Gaspe when she was torpedoed and sunk in the the St. Lawrence, near Cap Chat Quebec in position 49º10'N, 66º50'W by U-517 on 11 September 1942. The commander and nine crew members were lost. Hit by U-boat |
U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMCS Charlottetown (i) |
Commands listed for HMCS Charlottetown (i) (K 244)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. John Willard Bonner, RCNR | 15 Nov 1941 | 11 Sep 1942 |
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Notable events involving Charlottetown (i) include:
19 Mar 1942
HMS P 512 (Lt. J.C. Ogle, DSC, RN) and HMS P 514 (Lt. W.A. Phillimore, RN) departed New London, Connecticut, USA for Halifax, Canada. They were escorted by HMCS Calgary (T/Lt. G. Lancaster, RCNR) and HMCS Charlottetown (T/Lt. J.W. Bonner, RCNR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 199/1834
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.