Allied Warships

HMCS Shawinigan (K 136)

Corvette of the Flower class

Photo from Department of National Defence of Canada #MC-2921

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 136
Built by	George T. Davie & Sons Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	24 Jan 1940
Laid down	4 Jun 1940
Launched	16 May 1941
Commissioned	19 Sep 1941
Lost	25 Nov 1944
Loss position	47° 34'N, 59° 11'W

History	HMCS Shawinigan (Lt. William James Jones, RCNR) was on an independent anti-submarine patrol in the Cabot Strait, when she was torpedoed and sunk with all hands by the German submarine U-1228 in position 47º34'N, 59º11'W. Hit by U-boat Sunk on 25 Nov 1944 by U-1228 (Marienfeld).
U-boat Attack	See our U-boat attack entry for the HMCS Shawinigan

Commands listed for HMCS Shawinigan (K 136)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Charles Patrick Balfry, RCNR	28 Jul 1941	4 Jan 1944
2	T/Lt. Richard Sugden Williams, RCNVR	5 Jan 1944	14 Mar 1944
3	T/Lt. William Edward Callan, RCNVR	15 Mar 1944	4 Jun 1944
4	T/Lt. William James Jones, RCNR	5 Jun 1944	25 Nov 1944 (+)

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Notable events involving Shawinigan include:

15 May 1942
HMS H 28 (Lt. R.E. Boddington, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Lethbridge (T/Lt. H Freeland, RCNR), HMCS Shawinigan (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Balfry, RCNR), HMCS Prescott (Lt. G.H. Davidson, RCN), HMS Churchill (Cdr.(Retd.) P.J. Fitzgerald, RN) and USS Saucy (Lt. A.J. Smith, USN). (1)

3 Sep 1942
HMCS Shawinigan (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Balfry, RCNR) and HMCS Trail (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.S. Hall, RCNR) together pick up 17 survivors from the Canadian merchant Donald Stewart that was torpedoed and sunk north-east of Cape Whittle in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in position 50°32'N, 58°46'W by German U-boat U-517.

17 Jul 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Shawinigan (T/Lt. W.J. Jones, RCNR) and HMCS Snowberry (T/Lt. J.A. Dunn, RCNVR). (2)

21 Jul 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Midland (T/Lt. W.O.O. Barbour, RCNR) and HMCS Shawinigan (T/Lt. W.J. Jones, RCNR). (2)