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Allied Warships

HMCS Algoma (K 127)

Corvette of the Flower class


HMCS Algoma before her fo'c's'le was extended.

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 127 
Built byPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb, 1940 
Laid down18 Jun, 1940 
Launched17 Dec, 1940 
Commissioned11 Jul, 1941 
End service6 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryFo'c's'le extended at Liverpool, Nova Scotia on 15 April 1944.

Decomissioned 6 June 1945.
This vessel served with the Venezuelan Navy as Constitucion from 1945 to 1962. 


Noteable events involving Algoma include:

22 Feb, 1942
HMCS Algoma (Lt. J. Harding, RCNR) picks up 12 survivors from the British tanker Adellen that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-155 in the North Atlantic in position 49º20'N, 38º15'W.


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