Allied Warships

HMCS Sorel (K 153)

Corvette of the Flower class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 153
Built by	Marine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	22 Jan 1940
Laid down	24 Aug 1940
Launched	16 Nov 1940
Commissioned	19 Aug 1941
End service	22 Jun 1945
Loss position

History	Fo'c's'le extention at Dartmouth (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 31 March 1944. Decommissioned 22 June 1945. Sold on 16 November 1945. Commanding Officers: T/Lt. J.W. Dowling, RCNR 19 August 1941 – 23 December 1941 T/Lt. D.M. Cameron, RCNR 23 December 1941 – 8 June 1942 T/Lt. Matthew Howard Wallace, RCNR 8 June 1942 – 14 January 1943 Lt. Patrick David Budge, RCN 15 January 1943 – 3 February 1943 T/Lt George Alexander Victor Thomson, RCNVR 4 February 1943 – 19 February 1943 T/Lt.Cdr. Robert Auburn Stuart MacNeil, RCNR 20 February 1943 – 23 November 1943 OBE 5 June 1943 T/Lt. William Percy Wickett, RCNVR 24 November 1943 – 13 March 1944 T/Lt. Joseph Ange Maurice Levesque, RCNR 14 March 1944 – 24 January 1945 Lt. Charles William King, RCNVR 25 January 1945 – 22 June 1945

Commands listed for HMCS Sorel (K 153)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. John Wesley Dowling, RCNR	19 Aug 1941	23 Dec 1941
2	T/Lt. Donald MacDonald Cameron, RCNR	23 Dec 1941	8 Jun 1942
3	T/Lt. Matthew Howard Wallace, RCNR	8 Jun 1942	14 Jan 1943
4	Lt. Patrick David Budge, RCN	15 Jan 1943	3 Feb 1943
5	T/Lt. George Alexander Victor Thomson, RCNVR	4 Feb 1943	19 Feb 1943
6	T/Lt.Cdr. Robert Aubern Stuart MacNeil, RCNR	20 Feb 1943	23 Nov 1943
7	T/Lt. William Percy Wickett, RCNVR	24 Nov 1943	13 Mar 1944
8	T/Lt. Joseph Ange Maurice Levesque, RCNR	14 Mar 1944	24 Jan 1945
9	Lt. Charles William King, RCNVR	25 Jan 1945	22 Jun 1945

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