Allied Warships

HMCS St. Thomas (K 488)

Corvette of the Castle class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassCastle 
PennantK 488 
Built bySmith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Jun, 1943 
Launched28 Dec, 1943 
Commissioned4 May, 1944 
End service22 Nov, 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 22 November 1945.
Sold into mercantile service in 1946 being renamed Camosun.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR
4 May 1944 – 26 January 1945
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. B. Hynes, RCNVR
27 January 1945 – still listed in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameHMS Sandgate Castle

Noteable events involving St. Thomas include:

27 Dec, 1944
The German submarine U-877 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 46º25'N, 36º38'W, by Squid foreward-throwing weapon of the Canadian corvette HMCS St. Thomas (A/Lt.Cdr. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (see map)


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