Allied Warships

HMCS Arvida (K 113)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 113 
Built byMorton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered23 Jan 1940 
Laid down28 Feb 1940 
Launched21 Sep 1940 
Commissioned22 May 1941 
End service14 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.) completed on 8 April 1944.

Decommissioned 14 June 1945.
Became the spanish merchantile La Ceie in 1950.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Alastair Ian MacKay, RCNR
1 November 1940 – 20 September 1942

T/Lt. Dudley Gawen King, RCNVR
21 September 1942 – 15 March 1944
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1944

T/Lt. Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR
16 March 1944 – 19 November 1944

Skr.Lt. Ernest Stanley Nelson Pleasance, RCNR
20 November 1944 – 4 December 1944

T/Lt. Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR
5 December1944 – 30 December 1944

T/Lt. J.C.P. Desrochers, RCNVR
31 December 1944 - 17 January 1945

T/Lt. Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR
18 January 1945 – 14 June 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Arvida (K 113)

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CommanderFromTo
1Alastair Ian MacKay, RCNR1 Nov 194020 Sep 1942
2Dudley Gawen King, RCNVR21 Sep 194215 Mar 1944
3Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR16 Mar 194419 Nov 1944
4T/Skr.Lt. Ernest Stanley Nelson Pleasance, RCNR20 Nov 19444 Dec 1944
5Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR5 Dec 194430 Dec 1944
6J. C. P. Desrochers, RCNVR31 Dec 194417 Jan 1945
7Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR18 Jan 194514 Jun 1945

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Noteable events involving Arvida include:


12 Sep 1942
HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) picks up 52 survivors from the British merchant Empire Moonbeam and 85 survivors from the British merchant Hektoria that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-608 in the North Atlantic in position 48º55'N, 33º38'W.

2 Nov 1942
HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Maritima that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-522 in the North Atlantic about 500 nautical miles north-east of St.Johns, Canada in position 52º20'N, 45º40'W.

18 Apr 1943
HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. D.G. King, RCNVR) picks up 50 survivors from the British merchant Fort Rampart that was torpedoed and finally sunk with gunfire by the German submarine U-226 about 900 nautical miles east-north-east of the Azores in position 47º28'N, 22º00'W.

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