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HMCS SUMMERSIDE
K141
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS SUMMERSIDE K141
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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Gunshield art
dated 07 Feb 1943
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1941-44, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, 1944,
Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944-45
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Laid down: 04
Oct
1940
Launched: 7 May 1941
Commissioned: 11
Sep 1941
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Paid off: 06
Jul 1945
Fate:
Broken up in 1946
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Commissioned at Quebec City on
11 Sep
1941, SUMMERSIDE arrived at Halifax on 25 Sep 1941. She was
assigned to local escort duty out of Halifax and later Sydney but
left St. John's on 11 Dec 1941 as ocean escort to SC.59 for Iceland,
returning with ON.50. It was to be her only trip there. She left St.
John's on 25 Jan 1942, for convoy SC.66 to Londonderry,
returning with ON.71 to join WLEF in Mar 1942. In Jul 1942 she was
transferred to Gulf Escort Force until, earmarked for duties in
connection with Operation "Torch", she left Halifax on 19
Oct 1942 for the U.K. For the next four months she was employed on
U.K.-Mediterranean convoys, returning to Canada in mid-Mar, 1943,
for a major refit at Saint John from 11 Apr to 25 Sep 1943. Her
fo'c's'le was extended in the process. After working up at Halifax
she joined EG C-5 and in Apr 1944, after seven transatlantic
trips, was assigned at Londonderry to Western Approaches Command for
invasion duties. She was employed in U.K. waters until returning to
Canada for two months' refit at Liverpool, N.S., commencing in
mid-Oct 1944. After further repairs at Halifax were completed on 18
Jan 1945, she proceeded to Bermuda for three weeks' workups.
In Mar 1945 she sailed for the U.K. to serve with EG 41 (RN) out of
Plymouth until the war's end. She returned to Canada at the end of
May 1945, was paid off at Sorel on 06 Jul 1945 and broken up at Hamilton in
1946.
Photos and Documents
Ship's Company Photos
Commanding Officers
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LCdr Francis O'Brien
Gerity,
RCNR - 11 Sep 1941 - 03 Jun 1943
Lt George Enderby Cross,
RCNVR - 04 Jun 1943 - 31 Aug 1943 |
Lt Guy St. Aubin Mongenais,
RCNVR - 01 Sep 1943 - 15 Nov 1944
Lt Frank Oatley Plant,
RCNVR - 18 Dec 1944 - 06 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Colburn,
Shirley E.
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Coggins,
Ellsworth T.
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Culley,
Raymond W.
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DeWolfe,
Gerald A.
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Dufour,
Gerald J.
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Faulkner,
Guy H.
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Gerity,
Francis O.
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Greig,
Robert W.
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Guthrie,
Robert J.
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Howden,
David M.
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Kelly,
Lionel D.
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Lees,
Joseph A. W.
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MacBeth,
John K.
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MacDonald,
Harry B.
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MacKay,
Hugh C.
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Malott,
Everett
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McClymont,
Hamilton
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McElrea,
Kenneth S.
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Mongenais,
Guy St. A.
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Neilson,
Andrew L.
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Peck, Gordon
S.
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Sauberli, Robert
J.
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Taylor,
Donald
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Ullathorne,
Ronald R.
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Former Crew Members
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Cross,
George Enderby, Lt, RCNVR - 22 Apr 1943
Dery,
Pierre Yvon, Lt, RCNVR - 02 Apr 1942
Gerity,
Francis, Lt, RCNR - 19 Jul 1941, CO (Stand by)
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Holland,
Albert, Lt, RCNVR - 14 Feb 1945
Kennedy,
Bernard John Patrick, A/War (E), RCNR - Jan 1943 |
Smythies,
Charles Oliver, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
White,
Clarence Henry Alexander, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 27 May 1944 |
Photos and
Documents
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Gunshield art on HMCS SUMMERSIDE K141 - 1945
Credit: Library and Archives of Canada
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HMCS SUMMERSIDE K141
Source: Flickr photo collection of
Ron
Bell
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An interview with Everett Malott
The Leamington Post, Tuesday, 31 May 1994
From the collection of Everett Malott
Courtesy of Jake Thomas |
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Gunshield art on HMCS SUMMERSIDE K141 - photo dates 07
Feb 1943
Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military
Museum - photo # 1994.38.133 |
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Unknown sailor standing beside the gunshield art on HMCS SUMMERSIDE
K141 - dated 07 Feb 1943
Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military
Museum - photo # V2000.807.071 |
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