Frederick Allen Beck, RCNVR
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Ranks
Retired: 4 Sep 1945 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Frederick Allen Beck, RCNVR
Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
HMCS Battleford (K 165) | T/Lt. | Corvette | 6 Oct 1942 | 5 Jul 1943 |
HMCS Battleford (K 165) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. | Corvette | 1 Sep 1943 | 7 May 1944 |
HMCS Lasalle (K 519) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 8 May 1944 | 15 Mar 1945 |
HMCS Inch Arran (K 667) | T/Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 16 Mar 1945 | 23 Mar 1945 |
HMCS Lasalle (K 519) | T/Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 24 Mar 1945 | 2 Jul 1945 |
Career information
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Events related to this officer
Corvette HMCS Battleford (K 165)
27 Dec 1942 (position 45.30, -25.40)
German U-boat U-356 was sunk in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 45°30'N, 25°40'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (A/Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN) and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR), HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. F.A. Beck, RCNVR) and HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. S. Henderson, RCNR). HMCS Napanee also picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant King Edward that was one of U-356's last victims.
HMCS Napanee also picks up 18 survivors from the Dutch merchant Soekaboemi that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-356. The damaged Soekaboemi was later sunk by U-441.
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