Allied Warships

HMCS Lethbridge (K 160)

Corvette of the Flower class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 160
Built by	Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	20 Jan 1940
Laid down	5 Aug 1940
Launched	21 Nov 1940
Commissioned	25 Jun 1941
End service	23 Jul 1945
Loss position

History	Fo'c's'le extention at Sydney (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 27 March 1944. Decommissioned 23 July 1945. Became the Dutch merchantile Nicolaas Vinke in 1952. Arrived at Santander, Spain in September 1966 to be broken up. Commanding Officers: T/Lt. William Mahan, RCNR 25 June 1941 – 13 August 1941 T/Lt. R. Hochen, RCNR 14 August 1941 – 7 September 1941 T/Lt. Harry Freeland, RCNR 8 September 1941 – 20 October 1942 Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 July 1942 T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.S. Kelly, RCNR 21 October 1942 – 21 April 1943 T/Lt.Cdr. William Woods, RCNR 22 April 1943 – 15 June 1943 A/Lt.Cdr. St. Clair Balfour, RCNVR 16 June 1943 – 26 December 1943 T/Lt. Frederick Henry Pinfold, RCNVR 27 December 1943 – 19 August 1944 Lt. J. Roberts, RCNVR 20 August 1944 – 30 September 1944 T/Lt. F.H. Pinfold, RCNVR 1 October 1944 – 14 April 1945 ??? T/Lt. J.W. Bessy, RCNVR ??? 15 April 1945 – 7 May 1945 Lt. J. Holland, RCNVR 8 May 1945 – 23 July 1945

Commands listed for HMCS Lethbridge (K 160)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. William Mahan, RCNR	25 Jun 1941	13 Aug 1941
2	T/Lt. Redvers Hocken, RCNR	14 Aug 1941	7 Sep 1941
3	T/Lt. Harry Freeland, RCNR	8 Sep 1941	20 Oct 1942
4	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Roy Stanley Kelley, RCNR	21 Oct 1942	21 Apr 1943
5	T/Lt.Cdr. William Woods, RCNR	22 Apr 1943	15 Jun 1943
6	T/Lt. St. Clair Balfour, RCNVR	16 Jun 1943	26 Dec 1943
7	T/Lt. Frederick Henry Pinfold, RCNVR	27 Dec 1943	19 Aug 1944
8	T/Lt. Joseph Roberts, RCNVR	20 Aug 1944	30 Sep 1944
9	T/Lt. Frederick Henry Pinfold, RCNVR	1 Oct 1944	14 Apr 1945
10	T/Lt. James William Bessay, RCNVR	15 Apr 1945	7 May 1945
11	T/Lt. John Holland, RCNVR	8 May 1945	23 Jul 1945

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