
HMCS
KAMLOOPS K176
Flower
Class Corvette
HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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Laid down: 29
Apr
1940
Launched: 07
Aug 1940
Commissioned: 17
Mar 1941
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Paid off: 27
Jun 1945
Fate:
Sold for scrap and broken up Oct 1945
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Built by Victoria Machinery
Depot Co. Ltd., Victoria, BC, she was commissioned at Victoria on 17
Mar 1941. KAMLOOPS arrived at Halifax on 19 Jun 1941 and was assigned to Halifax
Force, serving as a local escort until the end of the year. In Jan 1942, she commenced a year's duty as A/S/ training ship at
Halifax and Pictou. In mid-Feb 1943, she completed a
three-month refit at Liverpool, N.S., and after working up at
Halifax, joined WLEF in Mar 1943. She transferred in Jun 1943 to EG C-2,
Newfoundland Command, and served with this group as an ocean escort
for the remainder of the war. In Sep 1943, she was with
combined convoy ON.202/ONS.18, which lost six merchant ships and
three of its escort. On 28 Sep 1943, she sailed as escort to SC.143.
The convoy was attacked by Wolfpack Rossbach. One merchant ship, S.S.
Yorkmar was sunk, and one escort, the Polish destroyer Orkan was sunk. Three U-boats were sunk in the attacks on
SC.143. In mid-Dec 1943 she began a refit at
Charlottetown, completed on 25 Apr 1944, in the course of which
her fo'c's'le was extended. Following workups in Bermuda in Jun 1945 she
rejoined EG C-2. She was paid off at Sorel on 27 Jun 1945, and
sold her for scrap that October.
Photos and Documents
Ship's company photos
Commanding Officers
Lt James Mitchell Gillison,
RCNR - 17 Mar 1941 - 31 Oct 1941
Lt P.J.B. Watts,
RCNR - 01 Nov 1941 - 04 Feb 1942
Lt Ian Walker McTavish,
RCNR - 05 Feb 1942 - 27 Mar 1942
A/LCdr Jordan
H. Marshall,
RCNVR - 28 Mar 1942 - 22 Aug 1942
Lt N.S.C. Dickinson,
RCNVR - 23 Aug 1942 - 10 Jan 1943 |
LCdr John
H. S.MacDonald,
RCNR - 17 Feb 1943 - 01 Mar 1943
Lt Donald
M. Stewart,
RCNR - 02 Mar 1943 - 05 Nov 1943
Lt S.D. Taylor,
RCNR - 06 Nov 1943 - 20 Dec 1943
A/LCdr Donald
M. Stewart,
RCNR - 21 Dec 1943 - 27 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten

Allen, Hugh
G.
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Anderson,
Harold
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Asselin,
Omer E.
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Basil, Jim
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Bianco,
Anthony D.
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Cross, R.
Errol
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Cruickshank,
Richard A.
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De
Lorimier, A.E. Edouard
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Denny,
Thomas G.
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Dow, Nelson
C.
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Duncan,
James A.
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Gaal,
Joseph S.
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Hackett,
Thomas J.
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Hemphill,
George
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Hodnett,
Richard A.
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Jordan,
Russell H.
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Lusty, Frank
O.
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McLeod, Joseph
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Medford,
Kenneth A.
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Milthorp,
Patrick R. F.
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Nelson,
Raymond M.
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Patterson,
Merville J.
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Potts,
Thomas E.
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Robertson,
Alexande
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Spencer,
Donald M.
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Spinney, A.
Wesley
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Thurston, Charles
R.
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Tuckey,
Jack C.
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Wakeley,
Stanley G.
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Watson,
Charles W.
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Wharton,
Leonard A.
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Wilson, John
H.
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Former Crew Members
Brotherhood,
Rowland Wilfred, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Feb 1944 / 22 Feb 1943
Campbell,
Jock, Stoker PO - 1943
Clattenburg,
Clyde Courtenay, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 11 Jun 1943
Daly,
Donald James, Lt, RCNVR - 19 May 1945
Davis,
Leslie Charles, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Mar 1945
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Edwards,
John Peter Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
Engs,
Philip Wanton, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jul 1942
Fraser,
John Edward, SLt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944
Grove,
Archie, Stoker PO, RCN - 1943
Jorgenson
- 1943
McCutcheon,
William Ross, Lt, RCNVR - 01 Jun 1942
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Nickerson,
Donald Earle, Lt, RCNVR - 08 May 1944
Paterson,
James Ross, A/War (E), RCNVR - 16 Feb 1945
Puncheon,
Alf, CERA - 1943-1944
Taylor,
R. Stanley, Sig
Turner,
Anthony Aubrey, SLt, RCNVR - 15 Apr 1941
Weaver,
Kenneth Reay, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Mar 1945 |
Photos and
Documents

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Signalman R. Stanley Taylor, HMCS KAMLOOPS
K176
From the collection of Simeon
Mitchell
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Three unknown crew members on HMCS
KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Simeon
Mitchell
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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
Source: Flickr photo collection of
Ron
Bell
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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
Source: Flickr photo collection of
Ron
Bell
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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 as seen from
HMCS Morden
Source: Flickr photo collection of
Ron
Bell
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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
Source: Flickr photo collection of
Ron
Bell
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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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On 01 May 1943, CPO Kenneth Medford becomes Cox'n
of HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 at St. John's, NFLD
Photo taken by Stoker PO Archie Grove, RCN
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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E.G. C-2 sails in line ahead
Photo taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

Survivors of S.S. Yorkmar - Convoy SC143on HMCS KAMLOOPS
K176 - with notes from CPO Kenneth Medford, DSM - 09 Oct 1943
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

Injured survivor from S.S. Yorkmar being
transferred from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 to a boat sent over by a destroyer
(destroyers carried doctors) - 09 Oct 1943
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Two unknown sailors by the depth charge thrower,
starboard side, HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Stoker PO Jock Campbell on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Singsong on the quarterdeck of HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
circa 1943
Jorgenson playing the Concertina
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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HMIS Godaveri U52
Photo taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Unknown frigate circa 1943-1944
Photo taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
Merchant Aircraft Carrier (M.A.C.) seen from HMCS
KAMLOOPS K176 circa 1943-1944

From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford
This
Merchant Aircraft Carrier is one of the Rapana Class converted oil
tankers - 8,000 tons standard, 16,000 tons deep load, 12 knots, 3
aircraft, crew 118 (64 RN plus 54 MN), converted 1942-44. Anglo-Saxon
Petroleum Company tankers. No hangar and lift; aircraft maintained and
stored on deck. Armament: 1 x single 4 in (102 mm) QF MK IV, 2 x
single 40 mm Bofors, 6 x single 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
MV
Acavus, MV Adula, MV Alexia, MV Amastra, MV
Ancylus, MV Gadila, MV Macoma, MV Miralda, MV
Rapana |
Unknown merchant ships in convoy circa 1943-1944
Photos taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176

From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
Catalina Flying Boat flies past HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa 1943-1944

In photo 3, the sailor on the far right is an ERA
named Pete
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
Aircraft watching from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa
1943-1944

Photo 1: A blimp passes near HMCS KAMLOOPS
// Photo 2: A squadron of RAF Hurricanes // Photo 3:
unknown aircraft
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Escort Group C-2 circa 1943-1944
Photo taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Snowflake (starshell)
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Smoke marker
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |


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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 in rough seas
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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ERAs on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa 1943-1944
centre: Stoker PO Jock Campbell; remainder
unknown. Man is sweater is a Lt.
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Unknown sailors on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa
1943-1944
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Unknown sailors on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa
1943-1944
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Kenneth Medford on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa
1943-1944
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
Ship's in the Irish Sea circa 1943-1944
Photos taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176

From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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L-R: CPO Ken Medford Cox’n, CPO Alf
Puncheon ERA, PO Jock Campbell ERA circa 1943-1944
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa 1943
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Looking aft on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa 1943
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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Unknown merchant ship
Photo taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |
HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 passing by Moville, Ireland,
then transiting the River Foyle
Photos taken from HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 circa
1943-1944

From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 with a Battle Class Trawler on
her Starboard bow
From the collection of George John Sedgwick
Courtesy of Jim Sedgwick |

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Track
chart showing the movements of HMCS KAMLOOPS from 04 Nov 1943 to 11
Nov 1943. It is not known which convoy, if any, KAMLOOPS was
escorting at the time. Also on the chart are two positions 04 Dec 1943
and 11 Dec 1943 which would coincide with convoy ONS.24. In the
upper right corner of the chart, there are two markings indicating
U-boats, but there is no date with those position markings.
Click
here to view a larger copy of the track chart without highlighted
markings
From the collection of Kenneth Medford, DSM
Courtesy of Gary Medford |

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HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
From the collection of Wilson Reginald McMurdo
Courtesy of Scott Wilson McMurdo |
CD05 |
HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 with iceberg in the background
From the collection of Nelson
C. Dow, RCNVR
Courtesy of David Dow |

SF05
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HMCS
ORANGEVILLE K491, HMCS BITTERSWEET K182 and HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
Photo
taken from HMCS BROCKVILLE J270
From the collection of Sylvio Fournier
Courtesy of Steve Fournier
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(GH01)
Unknown sailor on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 with ship's mascot (GH02)
Three sailors on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 - George Hemhill in front
(GH03) Sailors on HMCS KALOOPS K176 scrubbing the deck (GH04)
Unkown sailors on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176. The sailor in the front
row, 2nd from left is a Submarine Detector (GH05) Unknown sailor
on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176 about to ring the ship's bell
(GH06)
Sailors on HMCS KAMLOOPS K176
Webmaster's
note: Looks more like a tug of war than line-handling
From the collection of George
Hemphill, LR, RCNVR
Courtesy of Lorne Hemphill
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