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HMCS ALGOMA K127
Flower Class Corvette
Built by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., she was commissioned at Montreal on 11 Jul 1941. Algoma arrived at Halifax 18 Jul 1941. She escorted her first convoy to Iceland in Sep 1941, and was thereafter employed as an ocean escort until the end of May 1942. During this period she was involved in two major convoy actions: ONS.67 (Feb 1942) and ONS.92 (May 1942). In Jul 1942, after six weeks' repairs at Liverpool, N.S., she joined WLEF. In Oct 1942, allocated to duties connected with the invasion of North Africa, she left for Britain with convoy SC.107, which lost fifteen ships to U-boat attacks. Algoma served under RN orders the next few months, escorting convoys between Britain and the Mediterranean. In Feb 1943 she was based at Bone, Algeria, but returned to St. John's via the U.K in on 30 Apr 1943 in company with HMCS Calgary K231 as escort for convoy ON.179. She served briefly with Western Support Force which, based at St. John's, existed only during May 1943, and with WLEF, before joining Quebec Force in Jun 1943. Algoma escorted Quebec-Labrador convoys until mid-November, when she was lent to EG C-4 for one round trip to the U.K. She arrived at Liverpool, N.S., late in Dec 1943 for a major refit, which included extending her fo'c's'le and was not completed until mid-Apr 1944. In May she joined EG C-5 and arrived in Bermuda on 01 June 1944 to work up. Returning to St. John's on 27 Jun 1944, she made three round trips to the U.K. before joining EG 41 (RN), Plymouth Command, in Sep 1944. She was employed on patrol and escort duties in the Channel until the end of May 1945, when she returned to Canada and was paid off 06 Jul 1945 for disposal at Sydney. In 1946 she was sold to the Venezuelan Navy, being renamed Constitucion, and was not discarded until 1962.
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Commanding Officers
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(AGM001) HMCS Algoma K127 entering Halifax Harbour // Source: Government of Nova Scotia Visual Archives H.B. Jefferson NSARM accession no. 1992-304 / 43.1.4 116 (AGM002) HMCS Algoma on convoy escort duty // From the collection of ABLR Duncan Keith McDougall // Courtesy of Keith McDougall (AMG003) HMCS Algoma K127 (left, furthest from camera) and HMCS Trillium K172 // From the collection of Robert Macklem // Courtesy of Kelly Macklem (AGM004) The Oriental Touch // Newspaper article on two Chinese sailors from Montreal who served in the RCN // OS Get Chung Wong (HMCS ALGOMA) and OS Victor Check Foo Hum
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