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Allied Warships

HMCS Chambly (K 116)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 116 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered20 Jan, 1940 
Laid down20 Feb, 1940 
Launched29 Jul, 1940 
Commissioned18 Dec, 1940 
End service20 Jun, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryFo'c's'le extended at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) on 17 March 1944.

Decomissioned 20 June 1945.
Became the Dutch merchantile Sonia Vinkle in 1952. Arrived in Santander, Spain in October 1966 for breaking up. 


Noteable events involving Chambly include:

8 Jun, 1941
HMCS Chambly (A/Cdr J.D. Prentice, RCN) picks up 18 survivors from the British merchant Baron Nairn that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-108 in the North Atlantic west of Cape Race in position 47º35'N, 39º02'W.

10 Sep, 1941
The German submarine U-501 was sunk at 2330hrs on 10 September 1941 in the Straits of Denmark south of Angmagsalik, Greenland, in position 62º50'N, 37º50'W, by depth charges and ramming from the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chambly (A/Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) and HMCS Moosejaw (Lt. F.E. Grubb, RCN). (see map)

22 Feb, 1942
HMCS Chambly (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) ended a refit at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

11 Jun, 1942
HMCS Chambly (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) picks up 45 survivors from the British merchant Pontypridd that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-94 in the North Atlantic of St.Johns in position 49º50'N, 41º37'W.

13 Feb, 1943
HMCS Chambly (A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR) ended a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.


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