Allied Warships

HMCS Hepatica (K 159)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 159 
Built byDavie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered22 Jan, 1940 
Laid down24 Feb, 1940 
Launched6 Jul, 1940 
Commissioned15 May, 1941 
End service27 Jun, 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Fo'c's'le extention at the New York Navy Yard (New York, New York, U.S.A.) completed on 8 June 1944.

Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 27 June 1945.
Scrapped at Llanelly on 1 January 1948.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Charles Copelin, RCNR
15 November 1940 - 31 October 1941
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on 1 July 1941

T/Lt. Thomas Gilmour, RCNR
1 November 1941 – 11 April 1943
Promoted to T/Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1943

T/Lt. Henry Ernest Lade, RCNR
12 April 1943 – 5 September 1943

T/Lt. John Alexander Ferguson, RCNR
6 September 1943 – 4 November 1944

T/Lt. E.M. Lutes, RCNVR
5 November 1944 – 27 June 1945 

Former nameHMS Hepatica

Noteable events involving Hepatica include:

9 Oct, 1942
HMCS Hepatica (T/Lt. T. Gilmour, RCNR) and and HMCS Arrowhead (Cdr. E.G. Skinner, DSO, RCNR) together pick up 19 survivors from the Canadian merchant Carolus that was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of St.Lawrence near Bic Island in position 48º47'N, 68º10'W by the German submarine U-69.

11 Feb, 1943
HMCS Hepatica (T/Lt.Cdr. T. Gilmour, RCNR) begins a refit at New York.


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