Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 170 |
Built by | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) |
Ordered | 1 Feb 1940 |
Laid down | 25 Oct 1940 |
Launched | 5 May 1941 |
Commissioned | 6 Sep 1941 |
End service | 29 Jun 1945 |
History | Fo'c's'le extention at Llondonderry (Northern Ireland) completed on 29 January 1944. Decommissioned 29 June 1945./br> Scrapped in Canada in November 1946. |
Commands listed for HMCS Morden (K 170)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. John James Hodgkinson, RCNR | 16 Aug 1941 | 2 Jun 1943 |
2 | T/Lt. Erin Clauds Smith, RCNVR | 3 Jun 1943 | 14 Oct 1943 |
3 | T/Lt. William Turner, RCNR | 15 Oct 1943 | 2 Jan 1944 |
4 | T/Lt. Erin Clauds Smith, RCNVR | 3 Jan 1944 | 21 May 1944 |
5 | T/Lt. Kenneth Benjamin Culley, RCNVR | 22 May 1944 | 18 Feb 1945 |
6 | T/Lt. Fred Royal Spindler, RCNVR | 19 Feb 1945 | 29 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Morden include:
1 Sep 1942
German U-boat U-756 was sunk in the North Atlantic about 440 nautical miles west-south-west of Cape Farewell in position 57°41'N, 31°30'W, by the Canadian corvette HMCS Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR).
11 Sep 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. R.A.S. MacNeil, RCNR), HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR), HMCS Drumheller (A/Cdr. G.H. Griffiths, RCN) and Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR). (1)
5 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Ilfracombe (Lt.Cdr. J.E. Clark, DSC, RN), Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR), HMS Mignonette (Lt. H.H. Brown, RNR), HMS Balsam (Lt. J.E.L. Peters, RNVR), HMS Fleetwood (Cdr. W.B. Piggott, OBE, RD, RNR) and HMS Aberdeen (Lt.Cdr. H. Day, RN). (2)
6 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Primrose (T/Lt. P.E. Kitto, RNR), HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR) and Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR). (2)
12 May 1943
HMCS Morden (T/Lt. J.J. Hodgkinson, RCNR) picks up 40 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Brand that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 47°19'N, 24°41'W by German U-boat U-603.
23 Sep 1943
FFS Renoncule and HMCS Morden pick up survivors from the American merchant Steel Voyager that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-952 in the North Atlantic in position 53°18'N, 40°24'W.
13 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Azalea (Lt.Cdr. G.C. Geddes, RD, RNR), HMCS Morden (T/Lt. E.C. Smith, RCNVR), HMCS Amherst (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L. de la C. Audette, RCNVR) and HMS Bluebell (Lt. G.H. Walker, DSC, RNVR). (3)
18 Feb 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Morden (T/Lt. E.C. Smith, RCNVR), HMCS St. Catharines (Lt.Cdr. H.C.R. Davis, RCNR) and HMS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR). (4)
26 Mar 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.R. Coughlin, RCNVR), HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, OBE, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Halifax (T/Lt. M.F. Oliver, RCNR), HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN), HMCS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR), HMCS St. Catharines (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR) and HMCS Morden (T/Lt. E.C. Smith, RCNVR). (5)
27 Mar 1944
HMS Trenchant (Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hezlet, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Morden (T/Lt. E.C. Smith, RCNVR) and HMCS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR). (6)
2 May 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Morden (T/Lt. E.C. Smith, RCNVR), HMS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR) and HMCS Chilliwack (T/Lt. D.R. Watson, MBE, RCNR). (7)
18 Jul 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Kamloops (T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.M. Stewart, RCNR), HMCS Morden (T/Lt. K.B. Culley, RCNVR) and HMCS Chilliwack (T/Lt. D.R. Watson, MBE, RCNR). (8)
28 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Giffard (T/Lt. G.H. Matheson, RCNR) and HMCS Morden (T/Lt. F.R. Spidler, RCNVR). (9)
29 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Giffard (T/Lt. G.H. Matheson, RCNR) and HMCS Morden (T/Lt. F.R. Spidler, RCNVR). (9)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17217
- ADM 173/17814
- ADM 173/18492
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18526
- ADM 173/19057
- ADM 173/18473
- File 2.12.03.6400 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/20176
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.