HMCS
SHERBROOKE K152
Flower
Class Corvette
HMCS Sherbrooke K152
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Laid down: 05
Aug
1940
Launched: 25
Oct 1940
Commissioned: 05
Jun 1941
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Paid off: 28
Jun 1945
Fate:
Sold for scrap May 1947. Broken up in
1947
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Commissioned at Sorel on 05 Jun 1941, Sorel
arrived at Halifax on 12 Jun 1941. She joined Halifax Force later that
month but transferred in Sep 1941 to Newfoundland Command and left
Sydney on 29 Sep 1941 to escort convoy SC.47 as far as Iceland.
After two round trips to Iceland, she left St. John's on 14 Jan
1942, to join SC.64, the first "Newfie-Derry" convoy, and
was thereafter employed as an ocean escort on that run principally
with EG C-4. She took part in two particularly hard-fought convoy
battles: ON.127 (Aug 1942); and HX.229 (Mar 1943). Her
westbound trip after the latter convoy was her last; after a major
refit at Lunenburg from Apr to Jun 1943, and work-ups at Pictou,
she joined EG W-2 of WLEF, transferring in Apr 1944, to W-7 and
in Oct 1944, to W-1. Late in May 1944, she underwent a refit
at Liverpool, N.S., that included fo'c's'le extension, followed by a
month's repairs at Halifax and three weeks' workups in Bermuda in
Oct 1944. She was paid off at Sorel on 28 Jun 1945, and broken up
at Hamilton in 1947.
Photos and Documents
Ship's company photos
Commanding Officers
LCdr Eric George Mackay Donald,
RCN - 05 Jun 1941 - 02 Jul 1942
Lt Joseph Ange Maurice Levesque,
RCNR - 03 Jul 1942 - 29 Aug 1943 |
Lt Robert A. Jarvis,
RCNVR - 30 Aug 1943 - 30 Jul 1944
Lt David Armstrong Binmore,
RCNVR - 31 Jul 1944 - 28 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Beck,
Moyle K.
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Brown,
Vernon R.
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Carl,
Charles G.
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Dykes,
John A.
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Hanbury,
Ross M. |
Hill,
Arthur T.
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Jarvis,
Robert A.
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Kiln, Alec
R.
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MacEachern,
Donald
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Mackie,
Gordon A.
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MacLeod,
Louis
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Mawhinney,
Murray J.
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Melrose, David
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Morrow, David
J. |
Stroud,
Richard
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Tingley,
Hall W. F.
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Walsh,
Patrick D.
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Waterhouse,
Douglas R.
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Wilson,
J. Ronald
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Former Crew Members
Anstey,
David George, SLt, RCNVR - 18 Jun 1944
Bell,
Bernhard Edmund, SLt, RCNVR - 05 Jun 1941
Brockhurst,
Norman William, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
Gardiner,
Eric, Mate, RCNR - 04 Jul 1942
Hawkins,
Wesley Coburn, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jun 1942
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Levesque,
Joseph Ange Maruice, Mate, RCNR - 29 Mar 1941 (Stand by) / 05 Jun
1941
Nelson,
Robert Charles
Nye,
Edwin John, Wt (E), RCNVR - 21 May 1944
Scholley,
Edmund Victor, Slt, RCNVR - 28 Jan 45
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Scott,
Jack, Signalman
Sherman,
Frederic Charles, SLt, RCNVR - 24 Jul 1944
Smith,
Sidney Charles, Mate, RCNR - 27 Feb 1942
Thompson,
Charles Hector, Lt, RCNVR - 22 May 1943
Wright,
Charles Edmond, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1942 |
Photos
and Documents
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Personnel firing the four-inch gun of
the corvette HMCS Sherbrooke at sea, June 1945
Source: WO Gerald P.B. Murison / Canada.
Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-184185 |
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Signalman Jack Scott on board HMCS
Sherbrooke, June 1945. In the background is HMCS Barrie oiling from a
tanker at sea
Source: WO Gerald P.B. Murison / Canada.
Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-115354 |
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HMCS Sherbrooke K152
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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HMCS Sherbrooke K152
Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron
Bell
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HMCS SHERBROOKE K152
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