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HMCS Nanaimo (K 101)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 101 
Built byYarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered14 Feb, 1940 
Laid down27 Apr, 1940 
Launched28 Oct, 1940 
Commissioned26 Apr, 1941 
End service28 Sep, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryHMCS Nanaimo never had her fo'c's'le extended.

Decommissioned 28 September 1945.
Became the dutch merchantile Rene W. Vinke in 1953.


Noteable events involving Nanaimo include:

10 Jun, 1942
HMCS Nanaimo (Lt. T.J. Bellas, RCNR) picks up 86 survivors from the British merchant Port Nicholson that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-87 northeast of Cape Cod in position 42º11'N, 69º25'W.

21 Feb, 1945
HMCS Nanaimo (Lt. R.C. Eaton, RCNVR) ended a refit at Esquimalt.


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