For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

HMCS HALIFAX K237

Flower Class Corvette

Built by Collingwood Shipyards Lt., Collingwood, Ont., she was commissioned on 26 Nov 1941, at Montreal. HALIFAX was the first RCN corvette to be completed with a long fo'c's'le. Assigned to WLEF on her arrival at Halifax on 18 Dec 1941, she was transferred in Jul 1942, to Halifax Force (Aruba Tanker Convoys). On 14 Aug 1942 she arrived at Aruba with HA.3, her third tanker convoy, and was assigned to escort TAW.15, a Trinidad-Aruba-Key West convoy which developed into the only major convoy battle of the war in those waters.  Arriving in New York on 14 Sep 1942, she was placed under U.S. control for New York-Guantanamo convoys until Mar 1943, when she joined WLEF. Between 02 May and 15 Oct 1943, she underwent an extensive refit at Liverpool, N.S., followed by workups at Pictou. On New Year's Day, 1944, she arrived at St. John's to join EG C-1, leaving Londonderry on 11 Aug 1944 for two weeks' refit at Lunenburg. This refit was followed by three weeks' further repairs at Halifax and, late in Dec 1944, workups in Bermuda. In Jan 1945, she briefly joined Halifax Force, transferring in Feb 1945 to EG C-9 for the rest of the war. Paid off on 12 Jul at Sorel, she was sold for conversion to a salvage vessel.

Photos and Documents          Ship's company photos

Commanding Officers

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

LEVY, St Clair

AB, RCNR

died - 20 Apr 1942

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

Photos and Documents

(HLF001) Gunshield art on HMCS HALIFAX K237  //  Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax 

(HLF002) HMCS HALIFAX K237

(HLF003) HMCS HALIFAX K237 sold to Capt. Archibald S. Publicover who plans to convert her to a banana boat  //  From the collection of J. Vincent Wesley, CPO, RCNVR  //  Courtesy of Marilynn Taylor