
HMCS FOREST HILL K486
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS FOREST HILL K486
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image
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Laid down: 05
Feb
1943
Launched: 30
Aug 1943
Transferred to the RCN:
01 Dec 1943
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Commissioned: 01
Dec
1943
Paid off: 09
Jul 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in
1948
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Laid down and launched as HMS
CEANOTHUS, she was transferred to the RCN and commissioned on 01 Dec
1943 as HMCS FOREST HILL K498 on the Clyde, Scotland; named for a village absorbed
by Toronto. Following workups at Tobermory she joined EG C-3 at
Londonderry, leaving on 29 Jan 1944, to join her first convoy,
ONS.28. She served as an ocean escort until late in Dec 1944, when
she arrived at Liverpool, N.S., for an extended refit, on the
completion of which, two months later, she sailed for Bermuda to
work up. Returning in Apr 1945, she joined Halifax Force for
local duties. Paid off on 09 Jul 1945 and laid up at Sorel, she was
sold on 17 Jul 1948 and broken up at Hamilton in 1952.
Photos
and Document Ship's
company photos
Commanding Officers
A/LCdr Ernest Usher Jones,
RCNVR - 01 Dec 1943 - 17 Sep 1944
Lt Frederick Rous
Brebner,
RCNVR - 18 Sep 1944 - 09 Jul 1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
Beardmore,
Alfred George, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Casselman,
Joseph Aurel, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 18 Mar 1944 / 15 Jul 1944
Gordon,
Harold Martin, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
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MacLeod,
Lloyd Stanley
Millsom,
George Dewitt, Lt, RCNVR - 15 Jul 1944
Wram,
Ernest Lee, Lt, RCNVR - 19 Feb 1945 |
Photos and
Documents
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These photo illustrates the
difficulty in finding the names of ships mascots .....
(A)
HMCS FOREST HILL ship's mascots, "Sad-Sad" the kitten and
"Screech" the dog - Source:
City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 207, f0207_s1251_it0076
(B)
"Newfie" the dog and "Derry the cat on HMCS FOREST HILL
06 Jul 1945 - Source: CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
#2018.013.264
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Trontonians aboard HMCS FOREST HILL K486
Source: City of Toronto Archives F0207
S1251 it0073
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HMCS FOREST HILL K486
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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HMCS FOREST HILL'Ss mascot "Woof" circa 1944
Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
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