Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Castle |
Pennant | K 498 |
Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
Ordered | 23 Jan 1943 |
Laid down | 21 Jun 1943 |
Launched | 24 Feb 1944 |
Commissioned | 29 Jun 1944 |
End service | 8 Mar 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 8 March 1946. |
Former name | HMS Sherborne Castle |
Commands listed for HMCS Petrolia (K 498)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Peter Wildie Spragge, RCNVR | < Jun 1944 | 12 Sep 1945 |
2 | T/Lt.Cdr. John James Hodgkinson, RCNR | 12 Sep 1945 | 8 Mar 1946 |
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Notable events involving Petrolia include:
17 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMS Fowey (A/Lt.Cdr. G.E. Newey, RNR) and HMCS Petrolia (T/Lt. P.W. Spragge, RCNVR). (1)
18 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMS Fowey (A/Lt.Cdr. G.E. Newey, RNR) and HMCS Petrolia (T/Lt. P.W. Spragge, RCNVR). (1)
19 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Petrolia (T/Lt. P.W. Spragge, RCNVR). (1)
22 Nov 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Petrolia (T/Lt. P.W. Spragge, RCNVR) and HMCS Wentworth (T/Lt.Cdr. R.J.C. Pringle, RCNVR). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19420
- ADM 173/19411
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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