Allied Warships

HMCS Summerside (K 141)

Corvette of the Flower class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 141
Built by	Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	23 Jan 1940
Laid down	4 Oct 1940
Launched	7 May 1941
Commissioned	11 Sep 1941
End service	6 Jul 1945
History	Fo'c's'le extention at the Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) completed on 25 October 1943. Took part in Operations Torch and Neptune. Decommissioned 6 July 1945. Scrapped in Canada in June 1946.

Commands listed for HMCS Summerside (K 141)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Francis O'Brien Gerity, RCNR	11 Sep 1941	3 Jun 1943
2	T/Lt. George Enderby Cross, RCNVR	4 Jun 1943	31 Aug 1943
3	T/Lt. Guy St. Aubin Mongenais, RCNVR	1 Sep 1943	15 Nov 1944

4	T/Lt. Frank Oatley Plant, RCNVR	18 Dec 1944	6 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Summerside include:

27 Feb 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. R.B. Lakin, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. F.O. Gerity, RCNR) and HMS Abelia (T/Lt. F. Ardern, RNR). (1)

29 Oct 1942
HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR) and HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. F.O. Gerity, RCNR) together pick up survivors from the American tanker Pan New York that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-624 in the North Atlantic about 550 nautical miles west of Malin Head in position 54°58'N, 23°56'W. The corvettes sank the wrecked tanker with gunfire and depth charges.

14 Dec 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Goathland (Lt.Cdr. B.G.B. Bordes, DSC, RN) and HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. G. St. A.Mongenais, RCNVR). (2)

16 Dec 1943
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. G. St. A.Mongenais, RCNVR) and HMS Hurricane (Cdr. C.E.E. Paterson, RN). (3)

30 Jan 1944
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.N. Joyce, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. G. St. A.Mongenais, RCNVR). (4)

11 Mar 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Grindall (Cdr. W. Cole, RD, RNR), HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. G. St. A.Mongenais, RCNVR), HMCS Rosthern (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR) and HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. M.H. Wallace, RCNR). (5)

26 Apr 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. G. St. A.Mongenais, RCNVR), HMS Mignonette (Lt. H.H. Brown, DSC, RNR), HMS Rochester (Cdr. H.V. King, OBE, DSO, RN) and HMS Scarborough (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Carnduff, RN). (6)

18 Jan 1945
HMCS Summerside (T/Lt. F.O. Plant, RCNVR) had her repairs completed at Halifax.