Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Fundy |
Pennant | J 64 |
Built by | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) |
Ordered | 23 Aug 1937 |
Laid down | 5 Feb 1938 |
Launched | 9 Aug 1938 |
Commissioned | 23 Nov 1938 |
End service | 27 Jul 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 27 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Comox (J 64)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Lt.Cdr. Henry Wickens Stephens Soulsby, RCN | 28 Oct 1938 | 26 May 1940 | |
2 | Lt. Dickson Carlile Wallace, RCNR | 27 May 1940 | 27 Jul 1940 | |
3 | A/Cdr. Henry Wickens Stephens Soulsby, RCN | 28 Jul 1940 | 9 Oct 1940 | |
4 | T/Lt. Reginald Ray Kenney, RCNR | 10 Oct 1940 | 22 Jun 1941 | |
5 | T/Lt. Thomas Gilmour, RCNR | 23 Jun 1941 | 2 Aug 1941 | |
6 | T/Lt. Jeffry Reginald Biggs, RCNR | 29 Sep 1941 | 25 Mar 1942 | |
7 | T/Lt. Frank Goddard Hutchings, RCNR | 26 Mar 1942 | 3 Aug 1942 | |
8 | T/Lt. James Philip Ashton Duggan, RCNR | 4 Aug 1942 | 10 Apr 1944 | |
9 | Ch.Skr. Joseph Eudore Napoleon Vezina, RCNR | 11 Apr 1944 | 27 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Comox include:
14 Jan 1945
HMCS Comox and HMCS Fundy together pick up 66 survivors from the American merchant Martin Van Buren that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-1232 east of Halifax in position 44°28'N, 63°28'W.