HMCS MIMICO K485 - For Posterity's Sake

HMCS MIMICO K485

Flower Class Corvette

HMCS MIMICO K485

Source: Ministry of Defence Foxhill Collection of Ship Photographs FL 5458

Laid down: 22 Feb 1943

Launched: 11 Oct 1943

Transferred to RCN: Sep 1943

Commissioned: 08 Feb 1944

Paid off: 18 Jul 1945

Fate: Sold to commercial use. Last noted in Lloyd's Register in 1977-78.

Laid down as HMS BULRUSH, she was transferred to the RCN and renamed HMCS MIMICO prior to launching. She was commissioned on 08 Feb 1944 at Sunderland, U.K. On 18 Apr 1944, after working up at Stornoway, she arrived at Oban, Scotland, where she was assigned to Western Approaches Command for escort duty in connection with the invasion. She arrived off the Normandy beaches with a convoy on the day after D-Day. She remained on escort duty in the Channel, assigned briefly in Sep 1944 to Portsmouth Command and, in Oct 1944, to Nore Command, based at Sheerness. In Feb and Mar 1945, she refitted at Chatham, then returned to Sheerness and resumed her previous role until late in May 1945, when she left the U.K. for the last time. She was paid off on 18 Jul 1945, and laid up at Sorel. After the war, MIMICO was sold to civilian service and became Honduran Olympic Victor in 1950, Japanese Otori Maru No. 12 in 1956, Kyo Maru No.25 from 1962-1978.

Photos and Documents The Ship's Bell

Commanding Officers

Lt Francis James Jones, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944 - 02 Oct 1944

Lt G.F. Crosby, RCNVR - 03 Oct 1944 - 20 Nov 1944

Lt Francis James Jones, RCNVR - 21 Nov 1944 - 25 Jan 1945

LCdr William Roland Stacey, RCNR - 26 Jan 1945 - 01 Feb 1945

Lt Murray William Knowles, RCNVR - 02 Feb 1945 - 14 Feb 1945

A/LCdr James Boulton Elmsley, RCNVR - 15 Feb 1945 - 18 Jul 1945

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