HMCS PARRY SOUND K341

 

Flower Class Corvette

 

 

HMCS PARRY SOUND K341

 

Laid down: 11 Jun 1943

Launched: 13 Nov 1943

Commissioned: 30 Aug 1944

Paid off: 10 Jul 1945

Fate: Sold to merchant service - last registered in 1978. Final disposition unknown.

 

Built at Midland, Ont., she was commissioned there on 30 Aug 1944. PARRY SOUND arrived at Halifax late in Sep 1944 and left in Oct 1944 for three weeks' working-up in Bermuda. From Bermuda she sailed direct to St. John's, arriving on 11 Nov 1944, and was assigned to EG C-7. As the group was in Londonderry at the time, she sailed on 17 Nov 1944, in company with several U.S.-built Russian sub-chasers, to join. Her first convoy was ONS.39, which she picked up at the end of the year. She left St. John's on 17 Jan 1945, for convoy HX.332 but developed defects and had to turn back. It was mid-Mar 1945 before repairs were completed, and PARRY SOUND returned to convoy duty on 07 Apr 1945. She departed Londonderry for the last time early in Jun 1945 and was paid off at Sydney on 10 Jul 1945. Sold for conversion to a whale-killer, she entered service in 1950 as the Honduran Olympic Champion 1950, Japanese Otori Maru No. 15 in 1956, Kyo Maru No. 22 in 1961 until 1978.

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

A/LCdr William James Gilmore, RCNVR - 30 Aug 1944 - 10 Jul 1945

 

  

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Buchanan, Harold Edward, SLt, RCNVR - 03 Jul 1944

 

Gilmore, John Mahone, Lt, RCNVR - 25 May 1944 (Stand by) CO

Glew, John Thomas, Lt, RCNVR - 25 May 1944 (Stand by)

 

Graham, George Robert, SLt, RCNVR - 15 May 1945

King, Garnet Everett, SLt, RCNVR - 17 Jul 1944 (Stand by)

 

Lutes, Willard Lawrence, Wt (E), RCNVR - 03 Apr 1944 (Stand by)

 

Simonton, William Adair, SLt, RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

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(DK01) Tel Dalton Kaye port side forward of the after bandstand (gun tub) on HMCS PARRY SOUND K341

 

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Burial at sea on HMCS PARRY SOUND K341

(DK01) - the body of the deceased is sew up in canvas with a weighted object  (DK02) The body of the deceased resting on the committal board  (DK03-DK04) Committal Service  (DK05) A salute is fired  (DK06) The body of the deceased sailor is committed to the sea

 

Note: Its is not known who the sailor being buried is as HMCS PARRY SOUND did not have any casualties from her crew.  It is possible it may be a merchant sailor who had been rescued from a torpedoed ship.

 

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Torpedoed tanker burning and sinking - believed to be the tanker EMPIRE GOLD

In some of the photos you can see the convoy ships in the background.

(53) - Designated convoy rescue ship searching for survivors

 

Note: Convoy HX.348. Departed New York City on 03 Apr 1945 and arrived in Liverpool on 20 Apr 1945. The tanker EMPIRE GOLD, which was carrying petrol, was torpedoed and sunk by U-1107 on 18 Apr 1945.

 

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Surrendered U-Boats at Lishalley, Northern Ireland

(DK08) U-boat 313  (DK19) U-boat 668  (DK20) Equipment taken of U-boats laying on jetty  (DK21) German POWs loading equipment from U-boats into bins on the jetty  (DK22) German POWs on jetty   (DK27) U-boat 997 and 294

 

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(DK29) Unidentified sailors in a mess deck on HMCS PARRY SOUND K341 (DK30) Unidentified sailor on HMCS PARRY SOUND K341  (DK31) HMCS PARRY SOUND post card  (DK32 - DK33) Parts of a Corvette  (DK34) HMCS PARRY SOUND K341 rolling to starboard and shipping seas in rough weather

 

From the collection of Dalton Kaye, Tel, RCNVR

 

Courtesy of Steve Kaye

 

 

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