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HMCS Spikenard (K 198)


HMCS Spikenard (K 198) as completed

NameHMCS Spikenard (K 198)
Type:Corvette (Flower)
Tonnage925 tons
Completed1941 - Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Lauzon PQ 
OwnerRoyal Canadian Navy 
Homeport 
Date of attack11 Feb, 1942Nationality:      Canadian
 
FateSunk by U-136 (Heinrich Zimmermann)
Position56.10N, 21.07W - Grid AL 5235
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Complement85 officers and men (77 dead and 8 survivors).
ConvoySC-67 
Route 
Cargo 
History  
Notes on loss

Between 01.33 and 01.35 hours on 11 Feb, 1942, U-136 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SC-67 south of Iceland and reported hits on two steamers and on a corvette and later sighted debris and two lifeboats. In fact, the Heina and HMCS Spikenard (K 198) were sunk.

HMCS Spikenard (K 198) (LtCdr H.G. Shadforth, RCNR) was the ship of the senior officer (SOE) on station off the starboard column ahead of the convoy and sank within five minutes after being hit on the port side in the bow near the bridge. Her loss was not noticed by the other ships in the dark night and the search for her only begun during the morning. Eight survivors (none of the five officers survived) were picked up from a raft by HMS Gentian (K 90) about 19 hours after the sinking.

 


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