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HMCS THE PAS K168
Flower
Class Corvette
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HMCS THE PAS K168
RCN Photo # O-741-42
Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum
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Laid down: 07
Jan
1941
Launched: 16
Aug 1941
Commissioned: 21
Oct 1941
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Paid off: 24
Jul 1945
Fate:
Broken up in 1946
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Commissioned at Montreal on
21 Oct 1941, THE PAS arrived at Halifax on 04 Nov 1941. She joined
Halifax Force as a local escort, but in Mar 1942, was reassigned
to WLEF, then forming. In Jun 1942 she was transferred to Halifax Tanker
Escort Force, and during the next three months made three round
trips between Halifax and Trinidad-Aruba. In Sep 1942 she came
under U.S. control as escort to New York-Guantanamo convoys but
arrived at Liverpool, N.S., on 29 Nov 1942, for two months' refit.
Following workups locally, she rejoined WLEF and, on its division
into escort groups in Jun 1943, became a member of EG W-4. The
ship was badly damaged in collision with the American SS Medina in
the western Atlantic on 21 Jul 1943, while escorting convoy
ON.192, and was under repair at Halifax and Shelburne until early
Oct 1943. She then returned to her duties with WLEF until Sep
1944 (from Apr 1944 as a member of EG W-3), when she underwent a refit
at Sydney and, on completion of this late in Nov 1944, joined HMCS
CORNWALLIS as a training ship for the balance of the war. THE PAS never did receive an extended fo'c's'le. She was paid off on 24 Jul 1945, at Sorel and broken up at Hamilton the following year.
Photos
and Documents Ship's
company photos The
Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
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LCdr
A.R.E. Coleman,
RCNR - 21 Oct 1941 - 28 Oct 1941
LCdr Ernest George Old,
RCNR - 29 Oct 1941 - 19 Jan 1943
LCdr John Hubert Smith
MacDonald, RCNR - 20 Jan 1943 - 14 Apr 1944 |
Lt Roy Howard Sylvester,
RCNVR - 15 Apr 1944 - 09 Oct 1944
Lt John Hamilton Ewart,
RCNVR - 10 Oct 1944 - 24 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Clark,
Ernest W.
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Ewart,
John H. |
Greig,
Robert W.
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Hamer,
Thomas W.
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Hassim,
William F.
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Howarth, William
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Hulbert, John
A.
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Johnston,
Lloyd A. |
Kansika,
Kauko E.
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Lysens, P.
Paul
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Mason,
George E.
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MacDoanld,
George R.
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McKay,
Graham A.
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McLean,
William R.
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McLennan, Donald
R. |
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Pickford,
Reginald J.
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Smith,
George H.
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Stables,
John S.
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Sylvester,
Roy H.
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Ware,
William J.
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Whitby,
James C.
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Former Crew Members
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Biggar,
Francis Lyons, Lt, RCNVR - 14 Jul 1943
Burns,
Donald Gardiner, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Jul 1942
Hay,
Graydon David, SLt, RCNVR - 03 Jun 1944
Flavelle,
Bud
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Mathewson,
Peter Stanton, SLt, RCNVR - 21 Feb 1944
Mitchell,
Graham William, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1943
Mofford,
Cuthbert L., Lt, RCNVR - 30 Apr 1945 |
Photos and
Documents
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HMCS THE PAS K168
"My
father CL Mofford, was the Commanding Officer of the above Canadian Corvette
near the end of WWII. He assisted a British Destroyer in sinking the
German U-Boat U-106 in the English Channel in 1944."
Photo courtesy of Glen Mofford
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HMCS THE PAS K168 in St. Margaret's Bay,
Nova Scotia, 11 Nov 1942
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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HMCS THE PAS K168
From the collection of William McLean
Courtesy of Derwyn Crozier-Smith
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HMCS THE PAS K168
Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
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Looking astern from HMCS THE PAS with convoy visible to
the right side of the photo and a smoke marker in the ocean to the left
From the collection of George
Mason, RCNVR
Courtesy of Kelly Mason
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HMCS THE PAS K168
From the collection of Jim Silvester
Courtesy of Jim Silvester
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