Allied Warships
HMCS Ottawa (i) (H 60)
Destroyer of the C class
HMCS Ottawa before or early in the war.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | C |
| Pennant | H 60 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Dockyard (Portsmouth, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 12 Sep, 1930 |
| Launched | 30 Sep, 1931 |
| Commissioned | 15 Jun, 1938 |
| Lost | 14 Sep, 1942 |
| Loss position | 47.55N, 43.27W (See a map) |
| History | At 02.05 hours on 14 September 1942 the German submarine U-91 fired a spread of two torpedoes at a destroyer and observed a hit. Then they saw another destroyer, made a full circle and fired at 02.15 hours one torpedo, which hit amidships and caused the ship to blew up and sink immediately. Walkerling thought that they had sunk two destroyers, but in fact HMCS Ottawa (A/Lt.Cdr. Clark Anderson Rutherford, RCN), escorting convoy ON-127, was hit twice and sank in position 47º55'N, 43º27'W (German naval grid BC 6191) with the loss off 114 crew. There were 67 survivors.
Commanding Officers: Cdr. Edmond Rollo Mainguy A/Lt.Cdr. Angus George Boulton, RCNVR Cdr. Hugh Francis Pullen, RCN Lt.Cdr. Colin Degge Donald, RCN A/Lt.Cdr. Clark Anderson Rutherford, RCN Hit by U-boat |
| Former name | HMS Crusader |
| Noteable events involving Ottawa (i) include: Photograph taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963, serving in the Canadian destroyer HMCS Columbia.
25 Sep, 1940 HMCS Ottawa also picks up 64 survivors from the British merchant Eurymedon that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-29 366 nautical miles west of Achill Head in position 53º34'N, 20º23'W. 23 Nov, 1940 |
