Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | River |
Pennant | K 665 |
Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
Ordered | Oct 1941 |
Laid down | 26 Aug 1943 |
Launched | 17 Nov 1943 |
Commissioned | 3 Jun 1944 |
End service | 17 Jan 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 17 January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMCS Eastview (K 665)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Archibald Miller Kirkpatrick, RCNVR | 10 Apr 1944 | 16 Sep 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. William Douglas Haig Gardiner, RCNVR | 17 Sep 1944 | 7 Dec 1944 |
3 | T/Lt. Ronald Charles Grigg Merriam, RCNVR | 8 Dec 1944 | 2 Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Eastview include:
6 Jul 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS St. Lambert (T/Lt. R.C. Hayden, RCNVR), HMCS Kentville (T/Lt. F.G. Rainsford, RCNVR), HMCS St. Therese (T/Cdr. J.E. Mitchell, RCNVR) and HMCS Eastview (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.M. Kirkpatrick, RCNVR). (1)
7 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS St. Therese (T/Cdr. J.E. Mitchell, RCNVR) and HMCS Eastview (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.M. Kirkpatrick, RCNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 199/1830
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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