HMCS KAMSACK K171

 

Flower Class Corvette

 

 

HMCS KAMSACK K171

 

Laid down: 20 Nov 1940

Launched: 05 May 1941

Commissioned: 04 Oct 1941

Paid off: 22 Jul 1945

Sold: 1945 to Venezuelan Navy, re-named Federacion

Fate: Broken-up in 1956

 

Built at Port Arthur, Ont, she was commissioned at Montreal on 04 Oct 1941. She arrived at Halifax on 13 Oct 1941. She joined Sydney Force the following month but shortly transferred to Newfoundland Command, and on 19 Jan 1942, left St. John's to pick up convoy SC.65 for Londonderry. In Jun 1942, after three round trips, she was reassigned to WLEF, then forming, and served in it for the rest of the war. From Jun 1943, she was a member of EG W-4, and from Apr 1944, a member of EG W-3. During this period she had two extensive refits" the first, begun at Liverpool, N.S., on 12 Nov 1942, was completed at Halifax on 18 Jan 1943; the second, in the course of which her fo'c's'le was extended, was carried out at Baltimore, Md., between late Dec 1943 and mid-Mar1944. HMCS KAMSACK was paid off on July 22, 1945, at Sorel, Quebec, and sold to the Venezuelan Navy.

 

On 24 Dec 1945, the Venezuelan ship KAMSACK, former HMCS KAMSACK K171 arrived at New York City from Sorel, Quebec with a skeleton crew of RCN sailors: Gerald Fitzgerald OIC, Howard Ingram, Leo McTaggart, Maurice Harasym and Clifford Ashton. 

 

Re-named FEDERACION, she served in the Venezuelan Navy until broken up in 1956.

 

 

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photo

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt Egbert Randell, RCNR - 04 Oct 1941 - 17 May 1943

LCdr William Charles Halliday, RCNR - 18 May 1943 - 08 Feb 1944

Lt John Foggo Carmichael, RCNR - 09 Feb 1944 - 10 May 1945

LCdr Ross Franklin Wilson, RCNVR - 11 May 1945 - 22 Jul 1945

 

 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

 

MADDEN, William P.

L/Sto, RCNVR

died - 16 Dec 1944

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Anson, E.(?), Tel, Charlottetown, PEI

 

Armstrong, Arthur Edward Button, A/Lt, RCNVR - 10 Feb 1944

 

Armstrong, L.W., AB, Lto, Halifax, NS

 

Ashton, Clifford - Dec 1945

 

Atkinson, Harold Frank, Slt, RCNVR - 17 May 1943 / Lt, RCNVR - 05 Feb 1944

 

Bell, L., AB, ST, Dunnville, ON

 

Benoit, Hubert, Lt, RCNVR - 07 May 1945

 

Browne, Thomas Hay, Lt, RCNVR - 30 Apr 1945

 

Buscomb, Gordon John, Lt (S), RCNR - 22 May 1945

 

Campbell, Ian Lorne, Slt, RCNVR - 11 Apr 1942

 

Carter, C.W., W/T, 383 Beresford Ave, Toronto, ON


Chapman, John S., AB, Ottawa, ON


Cooper, H. (Coops), LS, H.S.D., Victoria, BC


Cosburg, AB, S.D., Toronto, ON


Davies, Robert E., LS, Halifax, NS


Dufour, Danil (sp?), Sto M, 2143


Dwyer, B., AB, Truro, NS

 

Edmundson, R., AB, Winnipeg MB


Ferris, M.W., AB, LTO, Saint John, NS


Giroux, Sto1, Messena, NY, USA

 

Gleason, Michael, AB, Edmonton, AB

Harasym, Maurice - Dec 1945

 

Harbrook, Alan, Coder, Toronto, ON


Hartling, Gordon, AB, Wine Harbor, NS


Hunter, J.S., AA3, Notre-Dame-de-Grāce, Montreal, QC

 

Ingram, Howard - Dec 1945

 

Jagger, Stuart Hamilton, Lt, RCNVR - 03 Jun 1944

 

Jamieson, D., ABLR3, Toronto, ON


Jereh (sp?), J. Sto1, Rotorua, NZ


Jobell, Bob, ABWR2, Kingston, ON

 

Jones, Davy (Dave), Sto 1c, RCNVR


Jones, G.C., OS, S.D., Lethbridge, AB


Kiley, Carl, G., Sto1, Prospect, NS


Lawson, S., L.V.A., Liverpool, NS


Leroux, Roland, L/Sto, Edmonton, AB


Lussier, W/T, Oakburn, MB


MacDonald, J.F., OS, Souris, PEI


Martini, V.L., CK(S), Calgary, AB


McInnes, R., AB, Halifax, NS

 

McTaggart, Leo - Dec 1945

 

Monk, Harold, AB, Ships Harbour, NS

 

Moran, Paul Albert Victor, Slt, RCNVR - 12 Apr 1944

 

Murray, Jim, Sig, Winnipeg, MB

 

Nash, John Bryan, Slt, RCNVR - 31 Jan 1944

Nichols, John, AB

 

Poirier, Walter, AB, Poireirville, Cape Breton, NS


Pommy, Bill, AB, Winnipeg, MB


Reaney, M., OS, Montreal, QC

 

Rutherford, Gilbert, ERA, Farnham, QC


Savoy, AB, Lunenburg, NS


Schwartz, W.G., AB, Winnipeg, MB


Smith, W., Sto1, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, NS

 

Stowell, Robert Jonathan, A/War (E), RCNVR - 16 Feb 1944

 

Webber, A/PO, Cox'n, Vancouver, BC

 

Williamson, Donald Munro, Lt, RCNVR - 18 Jul 1943

 

Wilson, Ross Franklin, A/LCdr, RCNVR - 05 May 1945


Wise, C.A., ABQR3, Mntreal, QC


Wray, A.C., AB, Hamilton, ON


Yeadon, Robert Lawrence, AB, Halifax, NS


Yeurstey, Jumey (sp?), L/Sto, Sarnia, ON


Ylasgan (sp?), Dan


Young, Kenneth, AB, Goderich, ON

 

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

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KAM002

KAM003

KAM004

KAM005

(KAM001) The launching of HMCS KAMSACK K171  //  Source: Ken Macpherson / Naval Museum of Alberta / MC-2463

(KAM002) HMCS KAMSACK K171  //  From the collection of Ivan Chamberlain  //  Courtesy of Dave Chamberlain

(KAM003) HMCS KAMSACK K171  //  From the collection of Alan E. Hardwick, Signalman, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Jill Hardwick

(KAM004) Signatures of KAMSACK crew members circa Oct 1941 - Jun 1942  //  From the collection of Edward Brady  //  Courtesy of Sean Brady

(KAM005) Stand easy in the stoker's mess of the corvette HMCS KAMSACK 17 Feb 1943  //  Source: Lt Gerald M. Moses / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-204360

 

KAM006

KAM007

KAM008

(KAM006) HMCS KAMSACK K171 - Courtesy of Dale Davies  //  This one is certainly 1943: her Liverpool NS refit completed in early 1943 would account for the type 271 and the 20mm on the bridge wings, and the forecastle extension was started in December 1943 in the US. The SW1/2C at here masthead was almost useless for finding U-boats, but it gets a new antenna and survives the war as a very successful air warning set known as the RXC as I recall. (Comments by Marc Milner, Phd, Professor of History)

(KAM007) HMCS KAMSACK K171 C1944/45

(KAM008) List or Manifest Of Aliens Employed On The Vessel As Members Of Crew for Venezuelan vessel KAMSACK'S arrival at New York city on 24 Dec 1945  //  Courtesy of Kevin Ryan

 

 

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