Allied Warships

HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 238 
Built byCollingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 May 1941 
Launched10 Dec 1941 
Commissioned1 May 1942 
End service27 Jan 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 27 January 1945.
Became the merchantile Olympic Winner in 1951, then Otori Maru 20 in 1956 and Akitsu Maru in 1957.
Broken up at Etajima, Japan in 1975.

Commanding Officers:
T/Lt. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR
30 March 1942 – 18 October 1942

T/A/Cdr. George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN
19 October 1942 – 19 January 1943
Promoted to Cdr. on 1 January 1943

T/Skr./Lt. John Manual Watson, RCNR
20 January 1943 – 16 August 1943

T/Lt. Charles Edmund Wright, RCNVR
17 August 1943 – 5 October 1944

T/Lt. William McCombe, RCNR
6 October 1944 – 27 January 1945

Decommissioned during conversion to loop layer

T/Lt.Cdr. John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR
17 May 1945 – 18 March 1946

 

Commands listed for HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

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CommanderFromTo
1Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR30 Mar 194218 Oct 1942
2George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN19 Oct 194219 Jan 1943
3T/Skr.Lt. John Manuel Watson, RCNR20 Jan 194316 Aug 1943
4T/Lt. Charles Edmund Wright, RCNVR17 Aug 19435 Oct 1944
5William McCombe, RCNR6 Oct 194427 Jan 1945

6John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR17 May 194518 Mar 1946

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Noteable events involving Woodstock include:


6 Jun 1944
On D-Day HMCS Woodstock supported the American landings at Omaha Beach.

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