| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 138 |
| Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 1 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 4 Apr 1940 |
| Launched | 23 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1941 |
| End service | 26 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. Commanding Officers: Ch./Skr. George Norval Downey, RCNR T/Lt. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR T/Lt. H.O. Magill, RCNVR T/Lt. Douglas Rannie Watson, RCNR T/Lt. H.O. Magill, RCNVR T/Lt. W.D. Stokvis, RCNVR |
Commands listed for HMCS Barrie (K 138)
Please note that we're still working on this section.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR | 12 May 1941 | 9 Jan 1942 |
| 2 | Skr.Lt. George Norval Downey, RCNR | 10 Jan 1942 | 28 Mar 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR | 29 Mar 1942 | 13 Mar 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Harry Ogilvie Magill, RCNVR | 14 Mar 1943 | 8 Oct 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Douglas Rannie Watson, RCNR | 9 Oct 1943 | 18 Mar 1944 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Harry Ogilvie Magill, RCNVR | 19 Mar 1944 | 15 Jun 1944 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Wilfred Davis Stokvis, RCNVR | 16 Jun 1944 | 26 Jun 1945 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
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.