HMCS Sackville (K 181)

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 181
Built by	Saint John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada)
Ordered	24 Jan 1940
Laid down	28 May 1940
Launched	15 May 1941
Commissioned	30 Dec 1941
End service	8 Apr 1946
Loss position

History	Fo'c's'le extention at Galveston (Texas, U.S.A.) completed on 7 May 1944. Decommissioned on 8 April 1946. Research ship form 1953 untill 1982. Aquired in 1982 by the Canadian Naval Corvette Trust and restored to her 1944 configuration. Now on display in Halifax, NS operated as the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. For more info see this website (offsite link). Commanding Officers: Lt. W.R. Kirkland, RCNR 1 December 1941 – 5 April 1942 T/Lt. Alan Herbert Easton, RCNR 6 April 1942 – 9 April 1943 DSC awarded on 21 November 1942 Lt. Angus Hetherington Rankin, RCNVR 10 April 1943 – 17 May 1944 Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ??? T/Lt. Anthony Rivers Hicks, RCNVR 18 May 1944 – 17 September 1944 T/Lt. Christopher Charles Love, RCNVR 18 September 1944 – 5 November 1944 T/Lt. John Alfred McKenna, RCNR 6 November 1944 – 8 April 1946

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	Commander	From	To
1	W. R. Kirkland, RCNR	1 Dec 1941	5 Apr 1942
2	T/Lt. Alan Herbert Easton, RCNR	6 Apr 1942	9 Apr 1943
3	Angus Hetherington Rankin, RCNVR	10 Apr 1943	17 May 1944
4	T/Lt. Anthony Rivers Hicks, RCNVR	18 May 1944	17 Sep 1944
5	Christopher Charles Love, RCNVR	18 Sep 1944	5 Nov 1944
6	John Alfred McKenna, RCNR	6 Nov 1944	8 Apr 1946

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14 Jan 1943
HMCS Sackville (T/Lt. A.H. Easton, RCNR) begins a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.

In Peril on the Sea
Graves, Donald E.

Books dealing with this subject include:

In Peril on the Sea, Graves, Donald E., 2003

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