Allied Warships
HMCS Shediac (K 110)
Corvette of the Flower class
HMCS Shediac in late 1944 or 1945.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 110 |
| Built by | Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 22 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | 5 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 29 Apr 1941 |
| Commissioned | 8 Jul 1941 |
| End service | 28 Aug 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) completed on 18 August 1944. Decommissioned 28 August 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Shediac (K 110)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Oswald Every-Clayton, RCNR | 3 Jun 1941 | 22 Mar 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Arthur Moorhouse, RCNR | 23 Mar 1943 | 9 Feb 1944 |
| 3 | T/Skr.Lt. Joseph Bernard Cooper, RCNR | 10 Feb 1944 | 30 Mar 1944 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Philip Ryan, RCNR | 31 Mar 1944 | 31 Jul 1944 |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Paul Dalrymple Taylor, RCNVR | 1 Aug 1944 | 25 Jun 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. William McCombe, RCNR | 26 Jun 1945 | 28 Aug 1945 |
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Notable events involving Shediac include:
12 May 1942
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant Empire Dell that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-124 in the North Atlantic in position 53°00'N, 29°57'W.
HMCS Shediac also picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Cristales that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-124 in the North Atlantic in position 52°55'N, 29°50'W.
27 Dec 1942
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Melrose Abbey that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-356 north-north-east of the Azores in position 47°30'N, 24°30'W.
28 Dec 1942
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up 35 survivors from the British merchant Melmore Head that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-225 north of the Azores in position 43°27'N, 27°15'W.
4 Mar 1943
German U-boat U-87 was sunk west of Leixoes, in position 41°36'N, 13°31'W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Shediac (Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR).
6 Mar 1943
HMCS Shediac (T/Lt. J.E. Clayton, RCNR) picks up survivors from the British merchant Fort Battle River that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-410 west of Gibraltar in position 36°33'N, 10°22'W.
28 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Erne (Lt.Cdr. E.D.J. Abbot, DSC, RN), HMS Clare (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, DSC, RD, RNR), HMCS Shediac (Lt. J.O. Every-Clayton, RCNR), HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, OBE, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Kenogami (T/Lt. J.L. Percy, RCNVR) and HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. F.A. Beck, RCNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17814
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.