| 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.