HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (Flower class corvette)
- HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (Flower class corvette)
HMCS "Charlottetown" (K244) was a Flower class corvette that served the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
"Charlottetown"'s pennant number K244 is unique in that it was also used for the HMCS "Charlottetown", a "River"-class frigate.
"Charlottetown" was laid downat Kingston Shipbuilding Ltd., Kingston on 11 June 1941 and launched on 10 September of that year. She was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 13 December and arrived at her homeport of Halifax, Nova Scotia on 18 December 1941.
"Charlottetown" served with the Western Local Escort Force (WLEF) until mid-July 1942 when she was transferred to the Gulf Escort Force (GEF), serving in what is now referred to as the Battle of the St. Lawrence.
She escorted Quebec City - Sydney, Nova Scotia convoys until she was torpedoed and sunk on 11 September 1942 by U-517 convert|6|nmi|km off Cap Chat in the St. Lawrence River along the northern shore of the Gaspé Peninsula. Her Captain (Acting), Lt. Cmd. John W. Bonner, RCNR and 8 other crew were killed out of her crew of 64.
External links
* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/search3.php?query=Charlottetown&Submit=Find+Vessel HMCS "Charlottetown" on the Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk.]
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