Allied Warships
HMCS Agassiz (K 129)
Corvette of the Flower class
HMCS Agassiz as seen in 1944 or 1945.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 129 |
| Built by | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Ordered | 14 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 29 Apr 1940 |
| Launched | 15 Aug 1940 |
| Commissioned | 23 Jan 1941 |
| End service | 14 Jun 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at the New York Navy Yard (New York, New York, U.S.A.) completed on 4 March 1944. Commanding Officers: Lt. Edward Middlemas More, RCNR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Freeman Elkins Burrows, RCNVR Lt. John Patrick Jarvis, RCNVR |
Commands listed for HMCS Agassiz (K 129)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Bernard Dodds Leitch Johnson, RCNR | 23 Jan 1941 | 14 Mar 1943 |
| 2 | Edward Middlemas More, RCNR | 15 Mar 1943 | 14 Mar 1944 |
| 3 | Freeman Elkins Burrows, RCNVR | 14 Mar 1944 | 9 Jan 1945 |
| 4 | John Patrick Jarvis, RCNVR | 9 Jan 1945 | 14 Jun 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Agassiz include:
18 Jun 1942
HMCS Agassiz (A/Lt.Cdr B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) picks up 51 survivors from the American merchant Seattle Spirit that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 in the North Atlantic in position 50º24'N, 42º37'W.
3 Aug 1942
The British merchant Lochkatrine is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 east of Cape Race in position 45º52'N, 46º44'W. The Canadian destroyer HMCS Hamilton (Lt.Cdr. N.V. Clark, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Agassiz (A/Lt.Cdr. B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) together pick up 81 survivors.
5 Jan 1943
HMCS Agassiz (Lt.Cdr. B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) commenced a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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