HMCS KINCARDINE K490 - For Posterity's Sake

For Posterity's Sake

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS KINCARDINE K490

Former HMS TAMWORTH CASTLE

Then SAADA (1947)

Courtesy of Kevin Kirk

HMCS Kincardine K490

Laid down: 23 Aug 1943

Launched: 26 Jan 1944

Commissioned: 19 Jun 1944

Paid off: 27 Feb 1946

Fate: Sold to private interests, her final disposition is unknown.

Laid down and launched as HMS Tamworth Castle, she was, on completion, transferred to the RCN and commissioned at Middlesbrough on 19 June 1944 as HMCS Kincardine. After working up at Tobermory and Stornoway she arrived at Londonderry late in Aug 1944 to join EG C-2 but had to return to her builder's for repairs. Returning to Londonderry in mid-Sep 1944, she remained on local duties until 02 Oct 1944, when she left to join ON.257, her first convoy. Kincardine served as an ocean escort for the remainder of the war, leaving 'Derry for the last time at the beginning of Jun 1945. Briefly allocated to HMCS Cornwallis for training in Jul 1945, she then underwent a minor refit at Liverpool, N.S. Placed in maintenance reserve at Halifax in Oct 1945, she was paid off there on 27 Feb 1946. Later that year she was sold to the French government and resold in 1947 to Moroccan interests, to be renamed Saada.

Convoys escorted during WW II

Convoy Desig.	Convoy Departs from	Arrives at	Join as escort	Depart Convoy
ON.257	Liverpool (02 Oct 1944)	New York City (18 Nov 1944)	03 Oct 1944	11 Oct 1944
SC.159	Halifax (18 Oct 1944)	Liverpool (02 Nov 1944)	22 Oct 1944	02 Nov 1944
ONS.36	Liverpool (13 Nov 1944)	Halifax (03 Dec 1944)	14 Nov 1944	28 Nov 1944
HX.323	New York City (29 Nov 1944)	Liverpool (13 Dec 1944)	05 Dec 1944	13 Dec 1944
ON.274	Southend (23 Dec 1944)	New York City (08 Jan 1945)	24 Dec 1944	03 Jan 1945
HX.331	New York City (08 Jan 1945)	Liverpool (22 Jan 1945)	13 Jan 1944	22 Jan 1945
ON.282	Liverpool (01 Feb 1945)	New York City (19 Feb 1945)	01 Feb 1945	13 Feb 1945
SC.167	Halifax (16 Feb 1945)	Liverpool (02 Mar 1945)	19 Feb 1945	02 Mar 1945
ON.290	Southend (11 Mar 1945)	New York City (29 Mar 1945)	14 Mar 1945	24 Mar 1945
SC.171	Halifax (27 Mar 1945)	Liverpool (10 Apr 1945)	31 Mar 1945	09 Apr 1945
ON.298	Southend (21 Apr 1945)	New York City (07 May 1945)	23 Apr 1945	02 May 1945
SC.175	Halifax (07 May 1945)	Liverpool (21 May 1945)	10 May 1945	20 May 1945

Commanding Officers

A/LCdr Robert Patrick Brown, RCNVR - 19 Sep 1944 - 13 Nov 1944

A/LCdr A.E. Gough, RCNVR - 28 Aug 1945 - 13 Sep 1945

Skpr/Lt A.H. Campbell, RCNR - 04 Oct 1945 - 27 Feb 1946

In memory of those who have crossed the bar They shall not be forgotten
A-B
Bindley, John 1925-1970
C-D
Campbell, Angus Hector 1907-1998	Collington, Raymond Walter 1924-2009	Denman, Richard Douglas ____-2014	Dodd, Stephen Raymond ____-2017
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Feesey, Arthur Henry 1922-2013	Fredrick, Stanley Edward (nee Fedorwick) 1922-2011	Furlott, P. Douglas 1925-2000
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Jaffray, Alexander 1925-2010
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McCoy, Mirrild E. ____-2000
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Ruttan, Garnet Clifford ____-2009
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Scalzo, Raymond 1924-2008	Smith, Robert Frank 1925-2016	Snider, Stewart Gordon 1926-2010	Trim, Stanley Alfred 1923-2006
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York, Andrew W. 1920-1997