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World War 2 at Sea - Convoy Escort Movements of Royal and Dominion Navy Vessels

by Don Kindell

MODIFIED FLOWER-CLASS CORVETTES, Part 3 of 3, Royal Canadian Navy (ii)

HMCS Rosebay (Photo Ships, click to enlarge)

back to Part 1

 
 

Part 3

Royal Canadian Navy (cont) - Owen Sound, Parry Sound, Peterborough, Riviere Du Loup, Rosebay, Smilax, Smiths Falls, Statice, Stellarton, St Lambert, Strathroy, Thorlock, Trentonian, West York, Whitby, Willowherb

(for more ship information,  go to Naval History Homepage and type name in Site Search)

 

(Note on Convoys)

 


Part 1, Royal Navy - Arabis (ii), Arbutus (ii), Betony, Bugloss, Burnet, Charlock
Royal Indian Navy - Assam
United States Navy - Pert

Part 2, Royal Canadian Navy - Atholl, Beauharnois (ii), Belleville, Cobourg, Dittany, Fergus, Frontenac, Giffard, Guelph, Hawkesbury, Lachute, Linaria, Lindsay, Louisburg (ii), Mimico (ii), Norsyd, North Bay,


 

 

 

 

 

 

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS OWEN SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

28/02/44

09/03/44

SC 154

11/03/44

15/03/44

27/02/44

12/03/44

HX 281

12/03/44

15/03/44

04/05/44

05/05/44

ON 235

14/05/44

18/05/44

19/05/44

24/05/44

HX 292

02/06/44

02/06/44

10/06/44

11/06/44

ON 240

22/06/44

28/06/44

24/06/44

30/06/44

HX 297

10/07/44

11/07/44

18/07/44

19/07/44

ON 245

28/07/44

02/08/44

04/08/44

08/08/44

HX 302

16/08/44

17/08/44

24/08/44

25/08/44

ON 250

02/09/44

07/09/44

06/09/44

11/09/44

HX 307

20/09/44

20/09/44

06/10/44

08/10/44

ON 258

20/10/44

24/10/44

20/10/44

26/10/44

HX 315

03/11/44

03/11/44

12/11/44

15/11/44

ON 266

26/11/44

03/12/44

02/12/44

06/12/44

SC 162

16/12/44

17/12/44

28/12/44

29/12/44

ONS 039

09/01/45

13/01/45

13/01/45

18/01/45

HX 332

28/01/45

28/01/45

05/02/45

07/02/45

ON 283

24/02/45

27/02/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS PARRY SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

02/12/44

02/12/44

SC 162

11/12/44

17/12/44

03/12/44

05/12/44

ON 270

07/12/44

22/12/44

28/12/44

29/12/44

ONS 039

09/01/45

13/01/45

13/01/45

18/01/45

HX 332

19/01/45

28/01/45

02/03/45

16/03/45

ON 288

17/03/45

19/03/45

19/03/45

19/03/45

XB 152

21/03/45

21/03/45

23/03/45

23/03/45

BX 152

25/03/45

25/03/45

24/03/45

26/03/45

HX 346

30/03/45

07/04/45

03/04/45

08/04/45

HX 348

20/04/45

20/04/45

26/04/45

28/04/45

ON 299

07/05/45

13/05/45

13/05/45

18/05/45

HX 356

26/05/45

26/05/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS PETERBOROUGH

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

Sailed

as escort

arrived

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17/08/44

20/08/44

HX 304

22/08/44

01/09/44

25/08/44

28/08/44

HX 305

29/09/44

10/09/44

13/09/44

19/09/44

HX 308

28/09/44

28/09/44

12/10/44

13/10/44

ON 259

24/10/44

29/10/44

25/10/44

30/10/44

HX 316

09/11/44

10/11/44

18/11/44

19/11/44

ON 267

30/11/44

05/12/44

28/12/44

31/12/44

ON 275

08/01/45

13/01/45

16/01/45

20/01/45

SC 165

30/01/45

31/01/45

13/02/45

14/02/45

ONS 042

28/02/45

05/03/45

04/03/45

09/03/45

HX 342

19/03/45

19/03/45

27/03/45

28/03/45

ON 293

09/04/45

15/04/45

13/04/45

18/04/45

HX 350

28/04/45

28/04/45

06/05/45

07/05/45

ON 301

17/05/45

22/05/45

23/05/45

27/05/45

HX 358

06/06/45

06/06/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS RIVIERE DU LOUP

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

13/09/44

unknown

ON 253

unknown

28/09/44

10/10/44

12/10/44

HX 313

14/10/44

24/10/44

09/11/44

14/11/44

HX 319

25/11/44

25/11/44

12/01/45

13/01/45

ON 278

24/01/45

31/01/45

31/01/45

04/02/45

SC 166

12/02/45

13/02/44

22/03/45

23/03/45

ONS 045

26/03/45

11/04/45

12/04/45

12/04/45

ON 296

25/04/45

30/04/45

28/04/45

01/05/45

SC 174

14/05/45

14/05/45

21/05/45

23/05/45

ON 304

30/05/45

05/06/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS ROSEBAY

(ex-USN Splendor)

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

16/11/43

16/11/43

OS 059KM

28/11/43

28/11/43

28/11/43

28/11/43

KMS 033G

29/11/43

29/11/43

29/11/43

29/11/43

KMS 033

09/12/43

09/12/43

09/01/44

09/01/44

AKD 011A

unknown

23/01/44

27/01/44

27/01/44

MB 063

01/02/44

01/02/44

09/02/44

09/02/44

BM 085

14/02/44

14/02/44

19/02/44

21/02/44

CJ 017

27/02/44

27/02/44

21/03/44

21/03/44

MB 069A

25/03/44

25/03/44

29/03/44

29/03/44

BM 091A

02/04/44

02/04/44

14/04/44

14/04/44

BM 093

19/04/44

19/04/44

20/04/44

20/04/44

RK 001

24/04/44

02/05/44

15/04/44

24/04/44

KR 009B

28/04/44

28/04/44

08/05/44

11/05/44

CJ 027

18/05/44

18/05/44

11/06/44

11/06/44

MB 074C

15/06/44

15/06/44

17/06/44

17/06/44

BA 073

25/06/44

25/06/44

26/06/44

26/06/44

AB 042

08/07/44

08/07/44

11/07/44

11/07/44

BA 074B

23/07/44

23/07/44

29/08/44

29/08/44

AB 044

04/09/44

04/09/44

19/03/45

19/03/45

AM 014/1

22/03/45

22/03/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS SMILAX

(ex-USN Tact)

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

14/01/44

20/01/44

SC 151

31/01/44

31/01/44

13/05/44

14/05/44

OS 077KM

23/05/44

23/05/44

24/05/44

24/05/44

KMS 051G

25/05/44

25/05/44

28/05/44

28/05/44

KMS 051

30/05/44

09/06/44

06/06/44

06/06/44

KMS 052

15/06/44

16/06/44

19/08/44

19/08/44

XC 026

23/08/44

23/08/44

16/10/44

26/10/44

BAF 005A

23/10/44

23/10/44

18/07/45

18/07/45

RK 013/1

20/07/45

20/07/45

21/07/45

21/07/45

KRS 021/

25/07/45

25/07/45

26/07/45

26/07/45

RKS 015/

29/07/45

29/07/45

31/07/45

31/07/45

KR 024/1

03/08/45

03/08/45

13/05/44

unknown

UGS 042

unknown

09/06/44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS SMITHS FALLS

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

27/03/45

31/03/45

SC 171

09/04/45

10/04/45

21/04/45

23/04/45

ON 298

02/05/45

07/05/45

07/05/45

10/05/45

SC 175

20/05/45

21/05/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS STATICE

(ex-USN Vim)

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

14/01/44

22/01/44

SC 151

31/01/44

31/01/44

07/06/44

07/06/44

ETM 002

08/06/44

08/06/44

08/06/44

08/06/44

ETM 003

09/06/44

09/06/44

09/06/44

09/06/44

FTM 002

10/06/44

10/06/44

14/06/44

14/06/44

ETC 009

15/06/44

15/06/44

27/06/44

27/06/44

ETM 019

28/06/44

28/06/44

29/06/44

29/06/44

FTM 022

30/06/44

30/06/44

03/07/44

03/07/44

ETC 026

04/07/44

04/07/44

16/07/44

16/07/44

ETC 039

17/07/44

17/07/44

18/07/44

18/07/44

FTC 040

19/07/44

19/07/44

20/07/44

20/07/44

ETM 042

22/07/44

21/07/44

23/07/44

23/07/44

FTM 046

24/07/44

24/07/44

27/07/44

27/07/44

ETM 047

28/07/44

28/07/44

29/07/44

29/07/44

FTM 052

30/07/44

30/07/44

01/08/44

01/08/44

ETC 055

02/08/44

02/08/44

03/08/44

03/08/44

FTC 056

04/08/44

04/08/44

14/08/44

14/08/44

ETC 068

15/08/44

15/08/44

16/08/44

16/08/44

FTC 069

17/08/44

17/08/44

21/08/44

21/08/44

ETC 075

22/08/44

22/08/44

23/08/44

23/08/44

FTC 076

25/08/44

25/08/44

30/08/44

30/08/44

FTC 083

31/08/44

31/08/44

07/09/44

07/09/44

ETC 091

08/09/44

08/09/44

09/09/44

09/09/44

FTC 003A

10/09/44

10/09/44

14/09/44

14/09/44

ETC 098

15/09/44

15/09/44

16/09/44

16/09/44

FTC 010A

17/09/44

17/09/44

28/08/44

28/09/44

ETC 082

29/09/44

29/08/44

29/10/44

29/10/44

ON 263

01/11/44

15/11/44

20/10/44

02/11/44

HX 315

04/11/44

03/11/44

29/11/44

29/11/44

ON 269

01/12/44

15/12/44

19/11/44

04/12/44

HX 321

07/12/44

05/12/44

14/12/44

14/12/44

ON 272

18/12/44

01/01/45

04/12/44

18/12/44

HX 324

21/12/44

21/12/44

19/01/45

19/01/45

TBC 043

22/01/45

22/01/45

23/01/45

23/01/45

BTC 047

26/01/45

26/01/45

29/01/45

29/01/45

TBC 053

01/02/45

01/02/45

02/02/45

02/02/45

BTC 057

05/02/45

05/02/45

10/02/45

10/02/45

ON 284

13/02/45

01/03/45

02/02/45

14/02/45

HX 336

17/02/45

14/02/45

08/03/45

08/03/45

TBC 091

11/03/45

11/03/45

12/03/45

12/03/45

BTC 095

15/03/45

15/03/45

18/03/45

18/03/45

TBC 101

21/03/45

21/03/45

22/03/45

22/03/45

BTC 105

25/03/45

25/03/45

27/03/45

27/03/45

OS 119KM

30/03/45

04/04/45

28/03/45

28/03/45

TBC 111

31/03/45

31/03/45

01/04/45

01/04/45

BTC 115

04/04/45

04/04/45

07/04/45

07/04/45

TBC 121

10/04/45

10/04/45

11/04/45

11/04/45

BTC 125

14/04/45

14/04/45

17/04/45

17/04/45

TBC 131

20/04/45

20/04/45

01/05/45

01/05/45

TBC 145

04/05/45

04/05/45

05/05/45

05/05/45

BTC 149

08/05/45

08/05/45

12/05/45

12/05/45

ON 302

12/05/45

27/05/45

03/05/45

unknown

HX 354

19/05/45

18/05/45

23/05/45

23/05/45

TBC 167

26/05/45

26/05/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS STELLARTON

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

29/12/44

03/01/45

HX 329

12/01/45

12/01/45

12/01/45

13/01/45

ON 278

24/01/45

31/01/45

31/01/45

04/02/45

SC 166

12/02/45

13/02/44

27/02/45

27/02/45

ONS 043

13/03/45

16/03/45

17/03/45

20/03/45

SC 170

30/03/45

31/03/45

12/04/45

12/04/45

ON 296

25/04/45

30/04/45

28/04/45

01/05/45

SC 174

14/05/45

14/05/45

21/05/45

23/05/45

ON 304

30/05/45

05/06/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS ST LAMBERT

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

13/09/44

19/09/44

HX 308

28/09/44

28/09/44

12/10/44

13/10/44

ON 259

24/10/44

29/10/44

25/10/44

30/10/44

HX 316

09/11/44

10/11/44

28/12/44

31/12/44

ON 275

08/01/45

13/01/45

16/01/45

20/01/45

SC 165

30/01/45

31/01/45

13/02/45

15/02/45

ONS 042

28/02/45

05/03/45

04/03/45

09/03/45

HX 342

19/03/45

19/03/45

27/03/45

28/03/45

ON 293

09/04/45

15/04/45

13/04/45

18/04/45

HX 350

28/04/45

28/04/45

06/05/45

07/05/45

ON 301

17/05/45

22/05/45

23/05/45

29/05/45

HX 358

06/06/45

06/06/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS STRATHROY

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

01/04/45

17/04/45

ON 294

18/04/45

20/04/45

02/04/45

20/04/45

ONS 046

20/04/45

20/04/45

28/04/45

28/04/45

XB 159A

30/04/45

30/04/45

02/05/45

02/05/45

BX 160

04/05/45

04/05/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS THORLOCK

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

25/02/45

28/02/45

SC 168

12/03/45

13/03/45

22/03/45

23/03/45

ON 292

02/04/45

08/04/45

06/04/45

10/04/45

SC 172

20/04/45

22/04/45

02/05/45

03/05/45

ON 300

11/05/45

18/05/45

16/05/45

20/05/45

SC 176

29/05/45

29/05/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS TRENTONIAN

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

13/03/44

15/03/44

HX 283

18/03/44

29/03/44

29/03/44

29/03/44

SC 156

01/04/44

13/04/44

18/07/44

18/07/44

FTM 041

19/07/44

19/07/44

13/08/44

13/08/44

FBC 053

15/08/44

15/08/44

21/08/44

21/08/44

EBC 077

23/08/44

23/08/44

23/08/44

23/08/44

EBC 077W

23/08/44

23/08/44

23/08/44

unknown

FBC 062

unknown

26/08/44

08/09/44

08/09/44

EBC 097

09/09/44

10/09/44

11/09/44

11/09/44

EBC 100

12/09/44

13/09/44

15/09/44

15/09/44

EBC 104

17/09/44

17/09/44

26/12/44

26/12/44

BTC 019

29/12/44

29/12/44

30/12/44

30/12/44

TBC 023

02/01/45

02/01/45

21/01/45

21/01/45

BTC 045

24/01/45

24/01/45

25/01/45

25/01/45

TBC 049

28/01/45

28/01/45

01/02/45

01/02/45

BTC 056

02/02/45

04/02/45

03/02/45

03/02/45

BTC 058

06/02/45

06/02/45

07/02/45

07/02/45

TBC 062

10/02/45

10/02/45

21/02/45

21/02/45

BTC 076

22/02/45

24/02/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS WEST YORK

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

26/01/45

08/02/45

ON 281

11/02/45

12/02/45

12/02/45

17/02/45

HX 338

27/02/45

27/02/45

07/03/45

08/03/45

ON 289

20/03/45

25/03/45

24/03/45

29/03/45

HX 346

07/04/45

07/04/45

17/04/45

18/04/45

ON 297

28/04/45

02/05/45

03/05/45

09/05/45

HX 354

18/05/45

18/05/45

26/05/45

27/05/45

ON 305

07/06/45

10/06/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS WHITBY

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

21/09/44

25/09/44

HX 310

26/09/44

05/10/44

14/10/44

15/10/44

ONS 034

28/10/44

01/11/44

30/10/44

04/11/44

HX 317

13/11/44

13/11/44

23/11/44

27/11/44

ON 268

04/12/44

10/12/44

09/12/44

14/12/44

HX 325

23/12/44

23/12/44

02/01/45

03/01/45

ON 276

13/01/45

18/01/45

18/01/45

23/01/45

HX 333

01/02/45

01/02/45

10/02/45

11/02/45

ON 284

23/02/45

01/03/45

28/02/45

05/03/45

HX 341

15/03/45

15/03/45

22/03/45

23/03/45

ONS 045

06/04/45

11/04/45

08/04/45

13/04/45

HX 349

23/04/45

23/04/45

02/05/45

03/05/45

ONS 049

15/05/45

18/05/45

19/05/45

24/05/45

HX 357

03/06/45

03/06/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMCS WILLOWHERB

(ex-USN Vitality)

 

 

 

 

 

Date convoy sailed

Joined convoy as escort

Convoy No.

Left convoy

Date convoy arrived

 

 

 

 

 

02/12/43

08/12/43

HX 269

16/12/43

16/12/43

08/01/44

08/01/44

KX 013

18/01/44

18/01/44

12/02/44

12/02/44

OS 068KM

23/02/44

23/02/44

05/03/44

05/03/44

OS 069

15/03/44

15/03/44

12/03/44

12/03/44

LTS 013

19/03/44

20/03/44

28/03/44

28/03/44

STL 016

02/04/44

02/04/44

11/04/44

11/04/44

LTS 016

18/04/44

18/04/44

28/04/44

28/04/44

STL 021

05/05/44

05/05/44

10/05/44

10/05/44

LTS 020

17/05/44

17/05/44

19/05/44

19/05/44

ST 081

24/05/44

unknown

20/06/44

20/06/44

LTS 024

28/06/44

28/06/44

10/07/44

10/07/44

SL 164

21/07/44

21/07/44

10/08/44

10/08/44

TS 060

15/08/44

15/08/44

17/09/44

24/09/44

STL 030

30/09/44

23/09/44

05/02/45

05/02/45

MKS 081G

07/02/45

13/02/45

05/02/45

07/02/45

KMS 082G

09/02/45

09/02/45

19/02/45

19/02/45

MKS 084G

21/02/45

27/02/45

21/02/45

22/02/45

KMS 085G

25/02/45

25/02/45

06/03/45

06/03/45

MKS 087G

09/03/45

14/03/45

07/03/45

09/03/45

KMS 088G

11/03/45

11/03/45

26/03/45

26/03/45

MKS 091G

31/03/45

03/04/45

01/04/45

01/04/45

MKS 092G

03/04/45

08/04/45

27/03/45

03/04/45

OS 119KM

04/04/45

04/04/45

04/04/45

04/04/45

KMS 093G

06/04/45

06/04/45

13/04/45

13/04/45

XK 022

20/04/45

20/04/45

10/05/45

10/05/45

MKS 100G

13/05/45

17/05/45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note on Convoys)

 
 

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