Canadian Calgary corvette (HMCS Calgary) sailing.
Calgary corvette, hull number K231, class – Flower.
The Calgary corvette was under construction in Canada. Construction began on March 22, 1941, launched on August 23, 1941, and accepted into the Canadian Navy on December 16, 1941.
The Calgary corvette was used in the North Atlantic to escort Allied sea convoys between Halifax and Western Approaches until November 1942.
On July 30, 1942, the Calgary corvette lifted 71 surviving sailors from the British Pacific Pioneer, torpedoed by the German U-132 submarine, on board.
In November 1942, the Calgary corvette took part in Operation Torch (the Allied landings in North Africa), until August 1943 it served in the Mediterranean. Since August 1943 – in the Atlantic, accompanied by the SC133 convoy. On November 20, 1943, as part of a group of ships, he participated in the sinking of a U-536 submarine.
In June 1944, the Calgary corvette participated in the Allied landings in Normandy. On November 29, 1944, he sank the German submarine U-322 in the English Channel.
The Calgary corvette was withdrawn from the Canadian Navy in the summer of 1945.
Source: Defense Canada / Alberta Maritime Museum.
Source of information about the Calgary corvette photo: www.navy.forces.gc.ca