Allied Warships

HMCS Summerside (K 141)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 141 
Built byMorton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered23 Jan 1940 
Laid down4 Oct 1940 
Launched7 May 1941 
Commissioned11 Sep 1941 
End service6 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at the Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) completed on 25 October 1943.

Took part in Operations Torch and Neptune.

Decommissioned 6 July 1945.
Scrapped in Canada in June 1946.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Francis O'Brien Gerity, RCNR
11 September 1941 – 3 June 1943
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

T/Lt. George Enderby Cross, RCNVR
4 June 1943 – 31 August 1943

T/Lt. Guy St. Aubin Mongenais, RCNVR
1 September 1943 – 15 November 1944

T/Lt. Frank Oatley Plant, RCNVR
18 December 1944 – 6 July 1945

 

Commands listed for HMCS Summerside (K 141)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Francis O'Brien Gerity, RCNR11 Sep 19413 Jun 1943
2George Enderby Cross, RCNVR4 Jun 194331 Aug 1943
3Guy St. Aubin Mongenais, RCNVR1 Sep 194315 Nov 1944

4Frank Oatley Plant, RCNVR18 Dec 19446 Jul 1945

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Noteable events involving Summerside include:


29 Oct 1942
HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR) and HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. F.O. Gerity, RCNR) together picks up survivors from the American tanker Pan New York that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-624 in the North Atlantic about 550 nautical miles west of Malin Head in position 54º58'N, 23º56'W. The corvettes sank the wrecked tanker with gunfire and depth charges.

18 Jan 1945
HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. F.O. Plant, RCNVR) had her repairs completed at Halifax.

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