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HMCS AMHERST K148
Flower Class Corvette
Built by Saint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., HMCS AMHERST was commissioned on 05 Aug 1941 at Saint John, N.B. She arrived at Halifax on 22 Aug 1941 and after working up, joined Newfoundland command in Oct 1941. She was steadily employed as an ocean escort for the succeeding three years, during which time she was involved in two particularly hard-fought convoy battles: ON.127 (Aug 1942) and SC.107 (Oct 1942). She had joined EG C-4 in Aug 1942. Her only real respite was between May and Nov 1943, when she under went a major refit at Charlottetown, including the extension of her fo'c's'le. After workups at Pictou, N.S., she returned to the North Atlantic grind until Sep 1944, when she began another long refit, this time at Liverpool, N.S. Following workups in Bermuda in Jan 1945, she joined Halifax Force, but in Mar 1945 was lent to EG C-7 for one round trip to the U.K. She was paid off 11 Jul 1945 at Sydney, and placed in reserve at Sorel. Sold in to the Venezuelan Navy. Re-named ARV CARABOBO, she was wrecked on passage to Venezuela in December, 1945 after striking Seal Rock Shoal.
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(AMH001) HMCS AMHERST K148 // RCN photo (AMH002) HMCS AMHERST K148 // From the collection of Ivan Chamberlain // Courtesy of Dave Chamberlain
(RC01) HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC02) Carley floats on HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC03) HMCS AMHERST picking up survivors (RC04) German prisoners in Boston. HMCS AMHERST alongside the jetty (RC05) British sub N28 photographed from HMCS AMHERST K148
(RC06-RC09) A rough North Atlantic
(RC10) Unknown Canadian Corvettes photographed from HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC11) North Atlantic convoy after a storm (RC12) Unknown Canadian destroyer (RC13) A calm North Atlantic - a few ships can be see in the distance (RC14)Modified sleeping arrangements on HMCS AMHERST K148 - hammocks slung by the funnel // Note the convoy in the distance to the left in the photo
(RC15) Unidentified tanker seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC16) HMCS AMHERST K148 taking a wave (RC17) Unknown sub seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC18) On the hill overlooking the entrance to the harbour at St John's, Nfld (RC19) A calm day on the North Atlantic
(RC20) Convoy seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC21) Unknown sub seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC22) Unknown trawler seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 (RC23) Royal Navy corvette HMS BEGONIA K66 (RC24) Convoy seen from HMCS AMHERST K148
(RC25) Convoy seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman Courtesy of Sue Horsley
(OC03) Unknown sailors in the after gun tub on HMCS AMHERST K148 (OC04-OC05) HMCS AMHERST'S Chiefs and Petty Officers on the depth charge storage racks just forward of the depth charge rails (OC06) Unidentified allied submarines seen from HMCS AMHERST K148 - location unknown (OC07) Large dog on the jetty with HMCS AMHERST K148 in the background. Ship's mascot??
(OC08) Unknown Petty Officer on the jetty with rather large dog with HMCS AMHERST K148 in the background (OC09) Two unknown CPOs on HMCS AMHERST K148 at St. John's, Nfld (OC10) Unknown seaman nd Petty Officer on HMCS AMHERST K148 at sea (OC11) Unknown PO? and unknown seaman on HMCS AMHERST K148 at St. John's, Nfld (OC12) Unknown seaman and Petty Officer on HMCS AMHERST K148. Coast of Newfoundland in the background
(OC13-OC15) Unknown ERA's in the Engine Room of HMCS AMHERST K148
OC16 (OC16) HMCS AMHERST K148 From the collection of CPO EA Orval Clingersmith, RCNVR Courtesy of Shirley (Clingersmith) Godfree
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