Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 172 |
Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
Ordered | 20 Jan 1940 |
Laid down | 20 Feb 1940 |
Launched | 26 Jun 1940 |
Commissioned | 31 Oct 1940 |
End service | 27 Jun 1945 |
History | Fo'c's'le extention at the Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) completed on 10 June 1943. Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 25 June 1945. |
Former name | HMS Trillium |
Commands listed for HMCS Trillium (K 172)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Ronald Fraser Harris, RCNR | 27 Aug 1940 | 14 Nov 1941 |
2 | T/Lt. Henry Drummond Campsie, RCNR | 15 Nov 1941 | 18 Dec 1941 |
3 | Skr.Lt. Georges Edouard Gaudreau, RCNR | 19 Dec 1941 | 25 Feb 1942 |
4 | T/Lt. Philip Cabell Evans, RCNR | 26 Feb 1942 | 24 Mar 1943 |
5 | T/Lt. Ralph Marcus Wallace, RCNVR | 25 Mar 1943 | 17 Apr 1943 |
6 | T/Lt. Philip Cabell Evans, RCNR | 18 Apr 1943 | 21 May 1944 |
7 | T/Lt. Kenneth Elliot Meredith, RCNVR | 22 May 1944 | 25 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Trillium include:
6 Mar 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. P.R.H. Harrison, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMS Alisma (A/Lt.Cdr. M.G. Rose, RANVR) and HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR). (1)
8 Mar 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. P.R.H. Harrison, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR) and HMCS Windflower (T/Lt. J.H.S. MacDonald, RCNR). (1)
10 Mar 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. P.R.H. Harrison, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR) and another vessel [unable to read the name in the log of HMS H 50]. (1)
12 Mar 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. P.R.H. Harrison, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR) and HMCS Windflower (T/Lt. J.H.S. MacDonald, RCNR). (1)
17 Mar 1941
At 0810 hours, HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. A.C.C. Miers, RN), made rendes-vous with her escort towards Holy Loch, HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR). (2)
21 Apr 1941
HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Empire Endurance that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-73 south-west of Rockall in position 53°05'N, 23°14'W.
16 Jul 1942
HMS L 27 (Lt. G.D.N. Milner, DSC, RN) departed Refuge Harbour to continue her passage to New London, Connecticut. She was now being escorted by HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR). (3)
26 Aug 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Yestor (Lt. R.C. Holt, RNVR), HMS Beverley (Lt. R.A. Price, RN), USS Babbitt, USS Spencer, HMCS Collingwood (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W. Woods, RCNR) and HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR). (4)
27 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR), HMCS Collingwood (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W. Woods, RCNR), HMS Sabre (Lt. R.L. Caple, DSC, RN) and HMS Shikari (Lt.Cdr. G.H.D. Williams, RN). (5)
22 Dec 1942
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Fowey (Cdr.(Retd.) L.B.A. Majendie, RN), HMS Carnation (Lt. A. Branson, RNR), HMS Black Swan (Cdr. T.A.C. Pakenham, RN), HMS Tango (T/Lt. J. Hunter, RNR), USS Spencer, USS Badger and HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR). (6)
10 Feb 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. I.S. McIntosh, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. M.H. Wallace, RCNR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR), HMS Ness (Lt.Cdr. T.G.P. Crick, DSC, RN), HMS Philante (Capt. A.J. Baker-Cresswell, DSO, RN), HMS Folkestone (Cdr.(Retd.) J.G.C. Gibson, OBE, RN), USS Spencer, USS Campbell and HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR). (7)
22 Feb 1943
HMCS Trillium (Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) picks up 47 survivors from the British merchant Empire Redshank that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-606 in the North Atlantic in position 46°53'N, 34°32'W.
23 Feb 1943
HMCS Trillium (Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) picks up 58 survivors from the American merchant Chattanooga City that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-606 in the North Atlantic in position 46°53'N, 34°32'W.
HMCS Trillium also picks up 53 survivors from the American merchant Expositor that was torpedoed and heavily damaged the previous day by German U-boat U-606 in the North Atlantic in position 46°53'N, 34°32'W.
23 Mar 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. J.P. Angell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Greer, HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. M.H. Wallace, RCNR). (8)
13 Aug 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. R.H. Bull, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR), HMS Totland (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.E. Tourtel, RNR) and HMS Wrestler (Lt. R.W.B. Lacon, DSC, RN). (9)
25 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Nasturtium (T/Lt. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (10)
26 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. H.E. McArthur, RCNVR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (10)
27 Feb 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (11)
9 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. K.E. Meredith, RCNVR), HMCS Red Deer (T/Lt. D.B.D. Ross, RCNVR), HMCS St. Lambert (T/Lt. R.C. Hayden, RCNVR) and HMCS Kentville (T/Lt. F.G. Rainsford, RCNVR). (12)
10 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. K.E. Meredith, RCNVR) and HMCS Red Deer (T/Lt. D.B.D. Ross, RCNVR). (12)
12 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. K.E. Meredith, RCNVR) and HMCS Red Deer (T/Lt. D.B.D. Ross, RCNVR). (12)
24 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Beacon Hill (T/Lt.Cdr. E.T. Simmons, DSO, RCNVR), HMCS Digby (T/Lt. E.O. Ormsby, RCNVR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. K.E. Meredith, RCNVR) and HMCS Riviere du Loup (T/Lt. R.N. Smillie, RCNVR). (12)
27 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. K.E. Meredith, RCNVR) and HMCS Riviere du Loup (T/Lt. R.N. Smillie, RCNVR). (12)
12 Jan 1945
HMS Untiring (Lt. G.E.L.F. Edsell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. K.E. Meredith, RCNVR). (13)
Media links
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Sources
- ADM 173/16791
- ADM 173/17051
- ADM 173/17305
- ADM 173/17216
- ADM 173/17252
- ADM 173/17244
- ADM 173/17813
- ADM 173/17792
- ADM 173/17927
- ADM 173/18492
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 199/1830
- ADM 173/20167
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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