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HMCS HUNTSVILLE
K499
Castle
Class Corvette
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HMCS Huntsville K499
Source: IWM Ministry of Defence Foxhill
Collection of Ship Photographs FL
13996
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Laid down: 01
Jun 1943
Launched: 24
Feb 1944
Transferred to the RCN:
06 Jun 1944
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Commissioned: 06
Jun 1944
Paid off: 15
Feb 1946
Fate:
Grounded and burnt 19 Aug 1960
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Built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.,
Troon,
Scotland, she was laid down and launched as HMS WOOLVESEY CASTLE
K461. On completion she was transferred to the RCN
and commissioned as HMCS HUNTSVILLE on 06 Jun 1944, on the Clyde. She worked up at
Stornoway early in July and joined EG C-5 at Londonderry later that
month, leaving on 11 Aug 1944 for ONS.248, her first convoy. In Nov
1944 Huntsville missed a convoy while under repair in Halifax
and acted as local escort to one convoy from St. John's to New York
- seemingly the only ship of her class to visit there. Rejoining the
Atlantic convoy cycle in Dec 1944, she left Londonderry for the last
time on 16 Apr 1945, to meet ON.297. In May 1945 she commenced refit
at Halifax, completed in Aug 1945, and in Sep 1945 she was placed in
reserve. Paid off for disposal on 15 Feb 1946 at Halifax, and
sold that year, she entered service in 1947 as SS Wellington Kent.
Renamed Belle Isle II in 1951. In a collision near Trois-Rivieres on
19 Aug 1960, she grounded and burned out.
Photos and Documents
Convoys escorted during
the Second World War
Commanding Officers
A/LCdr
Charles Bismarck
Hermann, RCNVR - 15 Jun 1944 - 20 Jul 1945
Lt
Christopher French
Usher, RCNVR - 21 Jul 1945 - 09 Sep 1945
Lt
Arthur Winston Churchill Parsons, RCNVR - unk - 15 Feb 1946
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Baker,
Albert
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Burnham, Douglas
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Cornfoot,
Andrew F. |
Deveaux,
Joseph E.
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Doherty,
Raymond E.
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Gaudet, J.
Leonard
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Hymers,
Archibald E.
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Kelly,
James W.
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McKay,
Graham A.
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McLellan,
Vernon H.
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Siddons,
John
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Waugh,
William R.
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Wills,
Roy N.
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Worth, Ernest G.
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Former Crew Members
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Briggs,
John Gordon Wilson, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 06 Jun 1944
Gotfred,
Lorne Allan, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 06 Jun 1944
Hay,
Ian MacLachlan, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by)
Hay,
Thomas Douglas Haig, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 11 Mar 1944 (Stand by) / 06
Jun 1944
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Herman,
Charles Bismark, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by) CO / 15 Jun 1943
Hindle,
Hamilton Francis, Wt (E), RCN - 31 Mar 1945
Kennedy,
Bernard John Patrick, Cd (E), RCNR - 24 Mar 1945
Martin,
Harold Carlyle, Slt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944 (Stand by) / 06 Jun 1944
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McKinnon,
Donald Wellwood, Lt, RCNVR - 06 Jun 1944
McLellan,
Vernon (Bunn), Wireless Operator 
Trivett,
Wilfred Leonard, Slt, RCNVR - 25 Mar 1945
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Photos
and Documents
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HNT001 |
HNT002 / HT183 |
HNT003 / HT184 |
HNT004 |
HNT005 |
(
HNT001) HMCS HUNTSVILLE K499 in Ireland // From the Kirk Wipper
collection
(HNT002-HNT003)
HMCS HUNTSVILLE K499 - EG C5 // Photo taken from HMCS NEW
WESTMINSTER K228 // From the collection of Hector Trotter //
Courtesy of Colin trotter
(HNT004)
HMCS HUNTSVILLE K499 jacket patch / Courtesy of Ted Orlowski
(HNT005)
HMCS HUNTSVILLE K499
HMCS
HUNTSVILLE K499
(AB29)
Lenin (?sp) on HMCS HUNTSVILLE (AB30) "Two Stokers"
Lenin (?sp) (left) and unknown stoker (AB31) ERA Butchart on HMCS
HUNTSVILLE
Click
here to view the name on the back of two photos for what is believed to be
the name Lenin
From the collection of ERA
Albert Baker, RCNVR
Courtesy of Anne Baker
Convoys escorted during
the Second World War
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Convoy Desig. |
Convoy Departs from |
Arrives at |
Join as escort |
Depart Convoy |
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ON.248S |
Liverpool
(10 Aug 1944) |
New York City
(27 Aug 1944) |
11 Aug 1944 |
21 Aug 1944 |
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HX.305
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New York City
(25 Aug 1944) |
Liverpool
(10 Sep 1944) |
30 Aug 1944 |
09 Sep 1944 |
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ON.255 |
Liverpool
(22 Sep 1944) |
New York City
(09 Oct 1944) |
23 Sep 1944 |
04 Oct 1944 |
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HX.312
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New York City
(05 Oct 1944) |
Liverpool
(21 Oct 1944) |
10 Oct 1944 |
17 Oct 1944 |
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ON.263 |
Southend
(29 Oct 1944) |
New York City
(15 Nov 1944) |
01 Nov 1944 |
09 Nov 1944 |
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HX.322
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New York City
(24 Nov 1944) |
Liverpool
(08 Dec 1944) |
26 Nov 1944 |
29 Nov 1944 |
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ON.268 |
Southend
(23 Nov 1944) |
New York City
(10 Dec 1944) |
04 Dec 1944 |
09 Dec 1944 |
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HX.327
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New York City
(19 Dec 1944) |
Liverpool
(02 Jan 1945) |
19 Dec 1944 |
24 Dec 1944 |
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SC.164 |
Halifax
(01 Jan 1945) |
Liverpool
(18 Jan 1945) |
05 Jan 1945 |
17 Jan 1945 |
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ON.281 |
Southend
(26 Jan 1945) |
New York City
(12 Feb 1945) |
27 Jan 1945 |
07 Feb 1945 |
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HX.338
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New York City
(12 Feb 1945) |
Liverpool
(27 Feb 1945) |
17 Feb 1945 |
27 Feb 1945 |
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ON.289 |
Southend
(07 Mar 1945) |
New York City
(25 Mar 1945) |
08 Mar 1945 |
19 Mar 1945 |
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HX.346
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New York City
(24 Mar 1945)
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Liverpool
(07 Apr 1945) |
29 Mar 1945 |
07 Apr 1945 |
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ON.297
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Liverpool
(27 Apr 1945) |
New York City
(02 May 1945) |
18 Apr 1945 |
28 Apr 1945 |
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