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HMCS HAWKESBURY K415
Flower Class Corvette
Commissioned at Quebec City on 14 Jun 1944, HAWKESBURY arrived at Halifax in mid-Jul 1944 and proceeded to Bermuda on 06 Aug 1944 for three weeks' working-up. On 18 Sep 1944 she left for St. John's to join convoy HXF.308 for passage to Londonderry, where she was to join EG C-7, then forming. She served the remainder of her career on North Atlantic convoy duty, leaving Londonderry early in 05 Jun 1945, for Canada, and was paid off on 10 Jul 1945 at Sydney. Taken to Sorel, she was later sold for mercantile purposes, entering service after conversion in 1950 to the Cambodian-owned Campuchea. She was broken up at Hong Kong in 1956.
Photos and Documents The Ship's Bell
Commanding Officers
A/LCdr William George Curry, RCNVR - 14 Jun 1944 - 10 Jul 1945
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Photos and Documents
(HKB001) HMCS HAWKESBURY in sea ice off the coast of Newfoundland // Source: George Metcalf Archival Collection CWM 19900279-001_1 (HKB002) HMCS HAWKESBURY K415 at St. John's Newfoundland. Army barracks on hillside // From the collection of John Edisforth Heward, Lt, RCNVR // Courtesy of Roger Heward (HKB003) HMCS HAWKESBURY K415 - location unknown // Note the image of what appears to be a Hawk on the front of her bridge // From the collection of Nick Vukson, Tel (S.O.), RCNVR // Courtesy of John Vukson .
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