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
 
History

Fo'c's'le extendtion at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed 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.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Alan Herbert Easton, RCNR
10 April 1941 – 5 April 1942

T/Lt. William Ernest Nicholson, RCNR
6 April 1942 – 20 April 1942

Lt. L.G. Cunningham, RCNVR
21 April 1942 – 5 October 1942

T/Lt. John Brock, RCNVR
6 October 1942 – 17 October 1943

T/Lt. G.C. Brown, RCNVR
18 October 1943 – 19 April 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Goddard Hutchings, RCNR
20 April 1944 – 23 July 1944

T/Lt. C.L. Campbell, RCNVR
24 July 1944 – 14 October 1944

T/Lt. D.H. Tozer, RCNVR
15 October 1944 – 4 July 1945 

Commands listed for HMCS Baddeck (K 147)

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CommanderFromTo
1Alan Herbert Easton, RCNR10 Apr 19415 Apr 1942
2William Ernest Nicholson, RCNR6 Apr 194220 Apr 1942
3L. G. Cunningham, RCNVR21 Apr 19425 Oct 1942
4John Brock, RCNVR6 Oct 194217 Oct 1943
5G. C. Brown, RCNVR18 Oct 194319 Apr 1944
6Frank Goddard Hutchings, RCNR20 Apr 194423 Jul 1944
7C. L. Campbell, RCNVR24 Jul 194414 Oct 1944
8D. H. Tozer, RCNVR15 Oct 19444 Jul 1945

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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 (T/Lt. A.H. Easton, RCNR) later picks up 2 survivors.

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