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HMCS GALT K163
Flower Class Corvette
Built at Collingwood, Ont., GALT was commissioned on 15 May 1941, at Montreal. After she arrived at Halifax on 06 Jun 1941, she was assigned in Jul 1941 to NEF and left St. John's on 25 Aug 1941 with SC.41, her first convoy, for Iceland. She was to serve on that route until Jan 1942. In Feb 1942 she commenced a refit at Liverpool, N.S., which was completed on 11 May 1942, and after working up in June was assigned to EG C-3. She arrived at Londonderry for the first time on 05 Jun 1942 with convoy HX.191, and served on the "Newfie-Derry" run for the balance of the year. She arrived Jan 1943, at Liverpool, N.S., for another refit which was completed at Halifax in mid-Apr 1943, worked up in St. Margaret's Bay and, in Jun 1943, joined EG C-1. She left Halifax 13 Mar 1944, for New York for yet another refit, the one including fo'c's'le extension, completing early in May 1944, and a month later left Halifax for Bermuda to work up. On her return she was allocated for the balance of the war to EG W-5, WEF. GALT was paid off 21 Jun 1945 at Sorel, and broken up at Hamilton in 1946.
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Former Crew Members
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(GLT001) Barber Pole Flotilla commemoration plaque // These plaques were made for the various ships of the Barber Pole Flotilla - this one having the badge of HMCS GALT. Four others of these are on display at the Crow's Nest, St. John's, NL (GLT002) The messdeck of HMCS GALT 1945. The caption for this official RCN photo reads: "Just to show you that all those stories about big, tough sailors can't be true, here is a picture of the HMCS GALT Sewing Circle… Patching a torn kit bag at a machine donated by the ship's sponsor, the Sister Susie Club of Galt, are, left to right - Able Seamen Frank Howard of Hamilton; Bill Dinsmore, Centre Island, Toronto, and Les Digby, Toronton. The Sister Susie Club also has presented the ship with a washing machine and a vast assortment of woollens, much needed at sea in the North Atlantic" // Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum (GLT003) HMCS GALT K163 (GLT004) Burlington WWII veteran recalls life on the waters of the Atlantic // Source: insidehalton.com 06 Nov 2013 (GLT005) HMCS GALT K163 // From the collection of Eric Baird // Courtesy of Roger Clarke
(GLT006) HMCS GALT K163 // From the collection of Robert Gordon Coleman // Courtesy of Sue Horsley (GLT007) Article on 5 corvettes slated to be sold for scrap - including HMCS GALT // The Hamilton Spectator 05 Oct 1945 // Courtesy of David Archer
(LH36) Gunshield art on HMCS GALT K163 (LH37) Unknown submarine with another warship off in the distance. Photo taken from HMCS GALT From the collection of Larry Hartman Courtesy of Ray Hartman
(ML06) Convoy ahead of HMCS GALT K163. Harbour craft steaming towards (about to pass) HMCS GALT (ML07) Doug Laight (right) on HMCS GALT K163 From the collection of Mansford Legge, AB, RCNVR Courtesy of Brian Legge
(MR02) HMCS GALT K163 iced-up (MR03) Sailors on HMCS GALT K163 - Malcolm Reid identified by the red arrow From the collection of Malcolm (Ace) Reid, RCNVR Courtesy of Bonnie O'Grady
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In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
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