Allied Warships

HMCS Quesnel (K 133)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 133 
Built byVictoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. (Victoria. British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered14 Feb 1940 
Laid down9 May 1940 
Launched12 Nov 1940 
Commissioned23 May 1941 
End service3 Jul 1945 
History

Named after the town of Quesnel, British Columbia.

Fo'c's'le extention at Pictou (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 23 December 1943.

Decommissioned on 3 July 1945.
Sold on 5 October 1945.
Broken up at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Quesnel (K 133)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. John Alexander Gow, RCNR22 Apr 19414 Mar 1942
2T/Lt. Albert Elliott Gough, RCNR5 Mar 19423 Apr 1942
3T/Lt. John Alexander Gow, RCNR4 Apr 194216 Nov 1942
4T/Lt. Murdo Smith, RCN17 Nov 194210 Apr 1943
5T/Lt. John MacKay Laing, RCNR14 Apr 19433 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Quesnel include:


15 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Quesnel (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Laing, RCNR) and HMCS Grandmere (T/Lt. N.W. Winters, RCNVR). (1)

16 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Quesnel (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Laing, RCNR) and HMCS Belleville (T/Lt. J.E. Korning, RCNR). (1)

17 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Quesnel (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Laing, RCNR) and HMCS Belleville (T/Lt. J.E. Korning, RCNR). (1)

22 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Quesnel (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Laing, RCNR). (1)

23 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Quesnel (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Laing, RCNR). (1)

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945

MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 173/20175

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


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