Allied Warships

HMCS Mimico (K 485)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower (rev.) 
PennantK 485 
Built byJohn Crown & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K): Clark 
Ordered15 May 1942 
Laid down22 Feb 1943 
Launched11 Oct 1943 
Commissioned8 Feb 1944 
End service18 Jul 1945 
History

Decommissioned 18 July 1945.
Honduran Olympic Victor 1950, Japanese Otori Maru No. 12 1956, Kyo Maru No.25 1962-1978.

 
Former nameHMS Bullrush

Commands listed for HMCS Mimico (K 485)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Francis James Jones, RCNVR8 Feb 194426 Jan 1945
2Lt.Cdr. William Roland Stacey, RCNR26 Jan 19451 Feb 1945
3T/Lt. Murray William Knowles, RCNVR2 Feb 194510 Feb 1945
4T/Lt. James Boulton Elmsley, RCNVR15 Feb 194518 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Mimico include:


12 Apr 1944
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Hutley, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMCS Mimico (T/Lt. F.J. Jones, RCNVR) and HMS Charlock (T/Lt. J.E.B. Healy, RNVR). (1)

13 Apr 1944
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Hutley, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMCS Mimico (T/Lt. F.J. Jones, RCNVR). (1)

16 Apr 1944
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Hutley, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMCS Mimico (T/Lt. F.J. Jones, RCNVR) and HMS Charlock (T/Lt. J.E.B. Healy, RNVR). (1)

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945

MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 173/18479

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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