Allied Warships

HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 238 
Built byCollingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 May 1941 
Launched10 Dec 1941 
Commissioned1 May 1942 
End service27 Jan 1945 
History

Decommissioned 27 January 1945.
Became the merchantile Olympic Winner in 1951, then Otori Maru 20 in 1956 and Akitsu Maru in 1957.
Broken up at Etajima, Japan in 1975.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR30 Mar 194218 Oct 1942
2A/Cdr. George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN19 Oct 194219 Jan 1943
3T/Skr.Lt. John Manuel Watson, RCNR20 Jan 194316 Aug 1943
4T/Lt. Charles Edmund Wright, RCNVR17 Aug 19435 Oct 1944
5T/Lt. William McCombe, RCNR6 Oct 194427 Jan 1945

6T/Lt.Cdr. John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR17 May 194518 Mar 1946

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Notable events involving Woodstock include:


29 Oct 1943
HMS Thrasher (Lt. H.R.B. Newton, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with aircraft. Later also A/S exercises were carried out with HMS Churchill (Lt. A.C.D. Leach, RN) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). Also a practice attack was made on HMS Woodstock. (1)

30 Oct 1943
HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. H.E. McArthur, RCNVR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR) and later with HMS Hotspur (Cdr. A.M. McKillop, RN). (2)

25 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Nasturtium (T/Lt. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (3)

26 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. H.E. McArthur, RCNVR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (3)

27 Feb 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (4)

6 Jun 1944
On D-Day HMCS Woodstock supported the American landings at Omaha Beach.

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945

MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 173/18230
  2. ADM 173/18179
  3. ADM 173/18492
  4. File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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