uboat.net

Allied Warships

HMCS Regina (K 234)

Corvette of the Flower class


HMCS Regina during the Second World War

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 234 
Built byMarine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered20 Feb, 1941 
Laid down22 Mar, 1941 
Launched14 Oct, 1941 
Commissioned22 Jan, 1942 
Lost8 Aug, 1944 
Loss position50.42N, 05.03W (See a map)
 
HistoryHMCS Regina (Lt. Jack Wiles Radford, RCNR) was torpedoed and sunk by U-667, off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England in position 50º42'N, 05º03'W. Thirty of her ship's company were lost.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Roland Fraser Harris, RCNR
22 January 1942 - 23 February 1942

Lt. R.S. Kelly, RCNR
24 February 1942 - 20 October 1942

A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Freeland, RCNR
21 October 1942 - 3 September 1943
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1943

Lt. Jack Wiles Radford, RCNR
4 September 1943 - 8 August 1944 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 8 Aug, 1944 by U-667 (Lange).


Noteable events involving Regina include:

3 Jul, 1942
HMCS Regina (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Kelly, RCNR) picks up 25 survivors of the American merchant Alexander Macomb that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-215 east of Cape Cod in position 41º48'N, 66º35'W.

8 Feb, 1943
Around 0300 hours the Italian submarine Avorio (630 tons) was sunk off Philippeville, Algeria by the Canadian corvette HMCS Regina (Lt.Cdr. H. Freeland, RCNR).


Return to the Allied Warships section