Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 238 |
Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 23 May 1941 |
Launched | 10 Dec 1941 |
Commissioned | 1 May 1942 |
End service | 27 Jan 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 27 January 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Woodstock (K 238)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | T/Lt. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR | 30 Mar 1942 | 18 Oct 1942 | |
2 | A/Cdr. George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN | 19 Oct 1942 | 19 Jan 1943 | |
3 | T/Skr.Lt. John Manuel Watson, RCNR | 20 Jan 1943 | 16 Aug 1943 | |
4 | T/Lt. Charles Edmund Wright, RCNVR | 17 Aug 1943 | 5 Oct 1944 | |
5 | T/Lt. William McCombe, RCNR | 6 Oct 1944 | 27 Jan 1945 | |
6 | T/Lt.Cdr. John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR | 17 May 1945 | 18 Mar 1946 |
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Notable events involving Woodstock include:
25 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Nasturtium (T/Lt. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (1)
26 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. H.E. McArthur, RCNVR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (1)
27 Feb 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (2)
6 Jun 1944
On D-Day HMCS Woodstock supported the American landings at Omaha Beach.
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Sources
- ADM 173/18492
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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