Allied Warships

HMCS Saskatoon (K 158)

Corvette of the Flower class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 158
Built by	Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	20 Jan 1940
Laid down	9 Aug 1940
Launched	7 Nov 1940
Commissioned	9 Jun 1941
End service	25 Jun 1945
Loss position

History	Fo'c's'le extention at Pictou (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 1 April 1944. Decommissioned 25 June 1945. Served as a whaler from 1948 renamed Tra los Montes, Olympic Fighter (1950), Otori Maru No. 6 (1956), and Kyo Maru No. 20 (1961). Last in Lloyd's Register for 1978-79. Commanding Officers: T/Lt. J.S. Scott, RCNR 9 June 1941 – 15 January 1942 T/Lt. James Philip Fraser, RCNR 16 January 1942 – 4 February 1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. Clarence Aubrey King, DSC, RCNR 5 February 1942 – 14 February 1942 T/Lt. J.S. Scott, RCNR 15 February 1942 – 20 April 1942 T/Lt. Howard Geoffrey Dupont, RCNR 21 April 1942 – 11 May 1942 T/Lt. J.S. Scott, RCNR 12 May 1942 – 9 July 1943 Lt.Cdr. Thomas MacDuff, RCNR 10 July 1943 – 14 January 1944 Refitting T/Lt. Richard Sugden Williams, RCNVR 15 March 1944 – 29 May 1945 Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1945 T/Lt. Hugh Russell Knight, RCNR 30 May 1945 – 25 June 1945

Commands listed for HMCS Saskatoon (K 158)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Joseph Stewart Scott, RCNR	9 Jun 1941	15 Jan 1942
2	T/Lt. James Phillip Fraser, RCNR	16 Jan 1942	4 Feb 1942
3	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Clarence Aubrey King, RCNR	5 Feb 1942	14 Feb 1942
4	T/Lt. Joseph Stewart Scott, RCNR	15 Feb 1942	20 Apr 1942
5	T/Lt. Howard Geoffrey Dupont, RCNR	21 Apr 1942	11 May 1942
6	T/Lt. Joseph Stewart Scott, RCNR	12 May 1942	9 Jul 1943
7	Lt.Cdr. Thomas MacDuff, RCNR	10 Jul 1943	14 Jan 1944

8	T/Lt. Richard Sugden Williams, RCNVR	15 Mar 1944	29 May 1945
9	T/Lt. Hugh Russell Knight, RCNR	30 May 1945	25 Jun 1945

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