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HMCS PETROLIA
K498
Castle
Class Corvette
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HMCS PETROLIA K498 at St John's, Newfoundland
Courtesy of Dave Shirlaw
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image
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Laid down: 21
Jun 1943
Launched: 24
Feb 1944
Transferred to the RCN:
29 Jun 1944
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Commissioned: 29
Jun 1944
Paid off: 08
Mar 1946
Fate:
Sold to commercial use, she was broken up in Bombay in
1965
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Laid down and launched as HMS
SHERBORNE CASTLE K453, she was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd.,
Belfast, Ireland. She was, on completion, transferred to the RCN and commissioned on
29 Jun 1944 as HMCS PETROLIA K498 (renamed the day she was
commissioned), at Belfast. Following workups at Tobermory, she joined EG C-4
at Londonderry in Aug 1944, leaving on 02 Sep 1944 for her first
convoy, ONS.251. An ocean escort for the rest of the war, she left
Londonderry for the last time early in Jun 1945. In Aug 1945 PETROLIA
underwent a refit at Charlottetown and was placed in
maintenance reserve at Halifax in Oct 1945. Paid off at Liverpool,
N.S. on 08 Mar 1946, she was sold not long afterward to a New York
buyer and renamed Maid of Athens. In 1947 she was transferred to
Indian registry and renamed Bharat Laxmi, serving until
broken up at Bombay in 1965.
Photos and Documents
Convoys escorted during the Second World War
Commanding Officers
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Lt Peter Waldie
Spragge, RCNVR - 29 Jun 1944 - 25 Jun
1945
Lt Norman MacDougall
Simpson, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1945 - 07 Aug 1945 |
Lt R.H.
Ellis, RCNVR - 08 Aug 1945 - 11 Sep 1945
LCdr John
James Hodgkinson, RCNR - 12 Sep 1945 - 08 Mar 1946 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
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Campbell,
George
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Christopher,
Joseph
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Jenkins,
William H.
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Kuzmaski,
Paul
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Collins,
Robert C.
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Phillips,
Lester E.
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Scott,
Walter
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Simpson,
Norman Mac.
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Stitt,
Don M.
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Wilson,
Ernest G.
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Former Crew Members
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Bernatchez,
Joseph Jean Thomas Henri Marcel, Lt, RCNVR - 20 May 1944 (Stand by)
/ 29 Jun 1944
Edgell,
Peter Gordon, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 27 Feb 1945
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Ellis,
Barton Shuttleworth, Lt, RCNVR - 20 May 1944 (Stand by) / 29 Jun
1944
Ellis,
Richard Harry, Lt, RCNVR - 10 Feb 1945
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Norton,
Eric Halt, Lt (E), RCNVR - 21 May 1945
Rees,
Arthur Joseph Roger, A/Wt (E), RCNVR - 07 Mar 1944 (Stand by) / 29
Jun 1944
Smart,
Thomas E.Q. 
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Photos and Documents
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.251 |
Liverpool
(01 Sep 1944) |
New York City
(19 Sep 1944) |
01 Sep 1944 |
13 Sep 1944 |
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HX.309
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New York City
(16 Sep 1944) |
Liverpool
(03 Oct 1944) |
22 Sep 1944 |
02 Oct 1944 |
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ONS.34 |
Liverpool
(14 Oct 1944) |
Halifax
(01 Nov 1944) |
15 Oct 1944 |
28 Oct 1944 |
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HX.317
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New York City
(30 Oct 1944) |
Liverpool
(13 Nov 1944) |
04 Nov 1944
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13 Nov 1944
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ON.268 |
Southend
(23 Nov 1944) |
New York City
(10 Dec 1944) |
26 Nov 1944 |
04 Dec 1944 |
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HX.325
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New York City
(09 Dec 1944) |
Liverpool
(23 Dec 1944) |
14 Dec 1944
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23 Dec 1944 |
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ON.276 |
Southend
(02 Jan 1945) |
New York City
(18 Jan 1945) |
03 Jan 1945 |
13 Jan 1945 |
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HX.333
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New York City
(18 Jan 1945)
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Liverpool
(01 Feb 1945) |
23 Jan 1945
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01 Feb 1945 |
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ON.284 |
Southend
(10 Feb 1945) |
New York City
(01 Mar 1945) |
11 Feb 1945 |
23 Feb 1945 |
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HX.341
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New York City
(28 Feb 1945)
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Liverpool
(15 Mar 1945) |
05 Mar 1945
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15 Mar 1945 |
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ONS.45 |
Liverpool
(22 Mar 1945) |
Halifax
(11 Apr 1945) |
23 Mar 1945 |
06 Apr 1945 |
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HX.349
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New York City
(08 Apr 1945)
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Liverpool
(23 Apr 1945) |
13 Apr 1945 |
23 Apr 1945 |
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ONS.49 |
Liverpool
(02 May 1945) |
Halifax
(18 May 1945) |
03 May 1945 |
14 May 1945 |
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HX.357
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New York City
(19 May 1945) |
Liverpool
(03 Jun 1945) |
24 May 1945
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03 Jun 1945 |
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