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HMCS
RIMOUSKI K121
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS RIMOUSKI K121
From the collection of Lt Reginald Pickford,
RCNVR
Courtesy of John Pickford, Capt (N), RCN, ret'd
Click on the above photo to view a larger image
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Laid down: 12
Jul 1940
Launched: 03
Oct 1940
Commissioned: 26
Apr 1941
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Paid off: 24
Jul 1945
Fate: Broken up at Hamilton, Ont., in
1950
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Commissioned on
26 Apr 1941 at Quebec City, RIMOUSKI arrived at Halifax on 12 May 1941 and was assigned to Newfoundland
Command. She shared with Pictou the honour of being one of the first
two corvettes to escort an HX convoy (HX.131, in Jun 1941). On 20
Jan 1942, after three months' refit at Halifax, she left St.
John's to join convoy SC.65 for Londonderry. After three round
trips, she joined WLEF in Jun 1942. In the course of a five-month
refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, begun 24 Mar 1943, she received
her extended fo'c's'le. Upon completion she was assigned to EG C-1,
MOEF, transferring to C-3 in Dec 1943. In Apr 1944 while at
Londonderry, she was allocated to Western Approaches Command,
Greenock, for invasion duties, and left Oban on 31 May 1944 to
escort blockships for Normandy. She was employed until Aug 1944 as
escort to Channel and coastal convoys, and then returned to Canada,
where she served briefly as a Halifax-based training ship. A refit
begun at Louisbourg early in Nov 1944 was completed at Liverpool and
Halifax in Feb 1945. After working up, she returned to the UK to be
based at Milford Haven as a member of EG 41, Plymouth, for the
duration of the war. Returning to Canada in Jun 1945 she was paid
off at Sorel on 24 Jul and broken up at the Steel Company of Canada,
Hamilton, ON in 1950.
Photos and Documents
Ship's company photos
Commanding Officers
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Lt John Willard Bonner,
RCNVR - 27 Apr 1941 - 11 Nov 1941
A/LCdr Angus George Boulton,
RCNVR - 12 Nov 1941 - 01 Dec 1942
Lt Reginald John Pickford,
RCNVR - 02 Dec 1942 - 09 Sep 1944 |
Lt Cyril Douglas Chivers, RCNVR - 10 Sep
1944 - 17 Dec 1944
LCdr D.M. MacDonald,
RCNVR - 18 Dec 1944 - 12 Jun 1945
Lt Thomas Stephenson Cook,
RCNVR - 13 Jun 1945 - 24 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
BLUE,
Eric M.
Tel,
RCNVR
Died - 01 Mar 1945
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Anderson,
Donald D.
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Bonner,
John W.
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Brady,
Edward P.R.
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Champion, Robert
B.
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Clark,
Douglas
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De Armond,
Gordon L.
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Griffiths,
Morgan A.
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Hamilton,
Donald J.
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Kirkwood,
Harold F.
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Koroluk,
John |
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LeBlanc,
Wilfred
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MacKenzie, Colin R.
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McMurray,
John W. S.
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Moxon,
Stanley
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Nash,
Michael P.
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Nickleson,
Charles
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Pickford,
Reginald J.
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Pulleyblank,
Howard W.
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Rathbone,
John C. H.
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Rennie, John
E.
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Ritchie,
Donald H.
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Rowe, Osmond
J.
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Thomson,
Alexander
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Thomson,
George A. V.
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Trudel, Camille G.
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Turner,
Bruce A.
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Yule,
George B.
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Former Crew Members
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Armstrong,
Henry Donald, Lt (El), RCNVR - 25 Feb 1945
Arsenault,
Louis Ignatious, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Apr 1941
Bell,
Gordon, A/Wt (E), RCNR - 13 May 1943 / 31 May 1943 Cochrane,
George Joseph, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Mar 1943
Elkins,
William Patrick, Lt, RCNVR - 22 Feb 1943
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Hoey,
William Arthur Nelson, Lt, RCNVR
Inman,
William Robert, SLt, RCNVR - 25 Jun 1942
Kenny,
Paul Urban, Petty Officer, Stoker - 1944
MacKinnon,
John Allister, Mate, RCNR - 07 Jul 1941
Presley,
William G.
Rice,
Robert MacNeil, SLt (E), RCNVR - 27 Feb 1945 |
Ridout,
Robert George, SLt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1941
Rowe,
Osmond Jennings, Lt, RCNVR - 27 Jan 1945
Steele,
Richard Miles, SLt, RCNVR - 29 Apr 1942
Taylor,
Edward David Albert, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1943
Taylor,
John Sayre, Lt, RCNVR - 20 May 1945
Tindale,
Harry Bush, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Apr 1941 (Stand by) / 27 Apr 1941 |
Photos and
Documents
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Twin brothers, Doug (left) and Glen Clark
Doug was the Sick Berth Attendant on HMCS RIMOUSKI
K121
Courtesy of Glen Clark (son of Doug Clark) |
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HMCS RIMOUSKI Christmas card
The drawing on the front of the card is based
on the gunshield artwork on HMCS RIMOUSKI From
the collection of Doug Clark Courtesy of Glen
Clark |
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HMCS RIMOUSKI K121
From the collection of Lt Reginald Pickford,
RCNVR
Courtesy of John Pickford, Capt (N), RCN, ret'd |
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HMCS RIMOUSKI K121 iced-up, alongside St
John's, Nfld
From the collection of Lt Reginald Pickford,
RCNVR
Courtesy of John Pickford, Capt (N), RCN, ret'd |
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HMCS RIMOUSKI K121 iced-up, alongside St
John's, Nfld
From the collection of Lt Reginald Pickford,
RCNVR
Courtesy of John Pickford, Capt (N), RCN, ret'd |
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HMCS RIMOUSKI K121
From the collection of Lt Reginald Pickford,
RCNVR
Courtesy of John Pickford, Capt (N), RCN, ret'd |
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HMCS RIMOUSKI K121
From the collection of Lt Reginald Pickford,
RCNVR
Courtesy of John Pickford, Capt (N), RCN, ret'd |
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HMCS RIMOUSKI K121
From the collection of Lt Reginald Pickford,
RCNVR
Courtesy of John Pickford, Capt (N), RCN, ret'd |
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