Allied Warships

HMCS Barrie (K 138)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 138 
Built byCollingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb 1940 
Laid down4 Apr 1940 
Launched23 Nov 1940 
Commissioned12 May 1941 
End service26 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 17 April 1944.

Decomissioned on 26 June 1945.
Became the merchantile Gasestado in 1947 and the Argentinian Capitan Canepa from 1957 until 1972.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR
12 May 1941 – 9 January 1942

Ch./Skr. George Norval Downey, RCNR
10 January 1942 – 28 March 1942

T/Lt. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR
29 March 1942 – 13 March 1943

T/Lt. H.O. Magill, RCNVR
14 March 1943 – 8 October 1943

T/Lt. Douglas Rannie Watson, RCNR
9 October 1943 – 18 March 1944

T/Lt. H.O. Magill, RCNVR
19 March 1944 – 15 June 1944

T/Lt. W.D. Stokvis, RCNVR
16 June 1944 – 26 June 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Barrie (K 138)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR12 May 19419 Jan 1942
2Skr.Lt. George Norval Downey, RCNR10 Jan 194228 Mar 1942
3T/Lt. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR29 Mar 194213 Mar 1943
4T/Lt. Harry Ogilvie Magill, RCNVR14 Mar 19438 Oct 1943
5T/Lt. Douglas Rannie Watson, RCNR9 Oct 194318 Mar 1944
6T/Lt. Harry Ogilvie Magill, RCNVR19 Mar 194415 Jun 1944
7T/Lt. Wilfred Davis Stokvis, RCNVR16 Jun 194426 Jun 1945

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Noteable events involving Barrie include:


9 Feb 1942
The British merchant Empire Fusilier is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-85 southeast of St.Johns, Newfoundland, Canada in position 44º45'N, 47º25'W. HMCS Barrie (Chief Skipper G.N. Downey, RCNR) later picks up 38 survivors.

3 Sep 1944
The British merchant Livingston is torpedoed and sunk northeast of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada in position 46º15'N, 58º05'W by the German submarine U-541. The Canadian corvette HMCS Barrie (T/Lt. W.D. Stokvis) later picks up 14 survivors.

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