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Allied Warships

HMCS Baddeck (K 147)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 147 
Built byDavie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered22 Jan, 1940 
Laid down14 Aug, 1940 
Launched20 Nov, 1940 
Commissioned18 May, 1941 
End service4 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryFo'c's'le extended at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) on 15 november 1943.

Decommissioned 4 July 1945.
Became the merchantile Efthai in 1947 and then Yusuf Z. Alireza in 1948.
Lost ashore near Jedda on 11 March 1966. 


Noteable events involving Baddeck include:

17 Oct, 1941
The Norwegian merchant Barfonn is torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 56º58'N, 25º04'W by the German submarine U-432. The Canadian corvette HMCS Baddeck (Lt. A.H. Easton, RCNR) later picks up 2 survivors.


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