Fighting the U-boats

Allied Navies

Corvettes - Losses


HMCS Algoma

The corvettes were tough little fighters and very successful U-boat hunters. Their victories were not without losses though as the following table shows.


DateU-boatCountry and Name of vesselFate
10 Aug 1941   U-451      sjZhemchug (No 27)
12 Aug 1941   U-568      brHMS Picotee (K 63)
23 Aug 1941   U-564      brHMS Zinnia (K 98)
19 Sep 1941   U-74      caHMCS Levis (K 115)
14 Oct 1941   U-206      brHMS Fleur de Lys (K 122)
17 Oct 1941   U-553      brHMS Gladiolus (K 34)
24 Dec 1941   U-568      brHMS Salvia (K 97)
5 Feb 1942   U-136      brHMS Arbutus (K 86)
9 Feb 1942   U-654      frFFL Alysse (K 100)
11 Feb 1942   U-136      caHMCS Spikenard (K 198)
9 Jun 1942   U-124      frFFL Mimosa (K 11)
11 Sep 1942   U-517      caHMCS Charlottetown (K 244)
6 Oct 1942   U-333      brHMS Crocus (K 49)damaged
18 Nov 1942   U-262      nwHNoMS Montbretia (K 208)
22 Feb 1943   U-118      caHMCS Weyburn (K 173)
21 Sep 1943   U-952      brHMS Polyanthus (K 47)
9 Jan 1944       brHMS Abelia (K 184)damaged
10 Mar 1944   U-575      brHMS Asphodel (K 56)
27 Jun 1944       brHMS Pink (K 137)total loss
8 Aug 1944   U-667      caHMCS Regina (K 234)
21 Aug 1944   U-480      caHMCS Alberni (K 103)
1 Sep 1944   U-482      brHMS Hurst Castle (K 416)
23 Sep 1944   U-957      sjBrilliant (No 29)
25 Nov 1944   U-1228      caHMCS Shawinigan (K 136)
9 Jan 1945   U-870      frFFL L´Enjoue (W 44)
13 Feb 1945   U-992      brHMS Denbigh Castle (K 696)total loss
17 Feb 1945   U-711      brHMS Bluebell (K 80)
20 Feb 1945   U-1276      brHMS Vervain (K 190)
22 Feb 1945   U-1004      caHMCS Trentonian (K 368)


27 allied corvettes were lost to the U-boats during the war. This figure includes vessels deemed non-repairable (total loss). 2 more corvettes were seriously damaged by U-boats.


Allied Corvettes


Allied Navies