Allied Warships

HMCS St. Thomas (K 488)

Corvette of the Castle class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Castle
Pennant	K 488
Built by	Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.)
Ordered	19 Jan 1943
Laid down	23 Jun 1943
Launched	28 Dec 1943
Commissioned	4 May 1944
End service	22 Nov 1945
History	Decommissioned 22 November 1945. Sold into mercantile service in 1946 being renamed Camosun.
Former name	HMS Sandgate Castle

Commands listed for HMCS St. Thomas (K 488)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR	4 May 1944	26 Jan 1945
2	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Berkeley Hynes, RCNVR	27 Jan 1945	Oct 1945 ?

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Notable events involving St. Thomas include:

10 Jun 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) arrived at Tobermory. During the afternoon A/S exercises were carried out with HMS Bulldog (Lt.Cdr. C.G. Walker, RN) and HMCS St. Thomas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (1)

11 Jun 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) carried out A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS St. Thomas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (1)

12 Jun 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) carried out A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS St. Thomas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (1)

13 Jun 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) carried out A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS St. Thomas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (1)

30 Jul 1944
HMS Tiptoe (Lt.Cdr. P.R.H. Harrison, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Arnprior (T/Lt. S.D. Thom, DSC, RCNVR) and HMCS St. Thomas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (2)

2 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted night A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Kokanee (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Marshall, RCNVR), HMCS St. Thomas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR) and HMCS Rivière du Loup (T/Lt. R.N. Smillie, RCNVR). (3)

27 Dec 1944
German U-boat U-877 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 46°25'N, 36°38'W, by Squid forward-throwing weapon of the Canadian corvette HMCS St. Thomas (A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR).

11 Jan 1945
HMS Untiring (Lt. G.E.L.F. Edsell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMCS St. Thomas (T/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (4)