Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 156 |
Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
Ordered | 20 Jan 1940 |
Laid down | 5 Jul 1940 |
Launched | 16 Oct 1940 |
Commissioned | 12 May 1941 |
End service | 16 Jun 1945 |
History | HMCS Chicoutimi never had her fo'c's'le extended. Decommissioned 16 June 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Chicoutimi (K 156)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. William Black, RCNR | 12 May 1941 | 10 May 1942 |
2 | T/Lt. Howard Geoffrey Dupont, RCNR | 11 May 1942 | 15 Feb 1943 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. John Fitzwilliam Stairs, RCNVR | 16 Feb 1943 | 7 May 1944 |
4 | T/Lt. Fergus Cross, RCNR | 8 May 1944 | 3 Sep 1944 |
5 | T/Lt. Avard Earle Giffin, RCNVR | 4 Sep 1944 | 16 Nov 1944 |
6 | Skr.Lt. Clyde Courtenay Clattenburg, RCNR | 17 Nov 1944 | 26 Nov 1944 |
7 | T/Lt. Avard Earle Giffin, RCNVR | 27 Nov 1944 | 14 Apr 1945 |
8 | T/Lt. Ronald Alexander Wyllie, RCNVR | 15 Apr 1945 | 16 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Chicoutimi include:
5 Dec 1944
HMS Seawolf (Lt. B. Collins, RN) departed New London, Connecticut, USA for Digby, Canada. She was escorted by HMCS Chicoutimi (T/Lt. A.E. Giffin, RCNVR).
23 May 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Chicoutimi (T/Lt. R.A. Wyllie, RCNVR). (1)
25 May 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Chicoutimi (T/Lt. R.A. Wyllie, RCNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/20140
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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