Allied Warships

HMCS Belleville (K 332)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower (rev.) 
PennantK 332 
Built byKingston Shipbuilding Co. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) 
OrderedJun 1942 
Laid down21 Jan 1944 
Launched17 Jun 1944 
Commissioned19 Oct 1944 
End service5 Jul 1945 
History

Decommissioned 5 July 1945.
Sold to the Dominican republic in 1947 and renamed Juan Bautista Cambiaso.
Served until 1972.  

Commands listed for HMCS Belleville (K 332)

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1T/Lt. Joern Eilert Korning, RCNR8 Aug 19445 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Belleville include:


5 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Belleville (T/Lt. J.E. Korning, RCNR). (1)

16 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Quesnel (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Laing, RCNR) and HMCS Belleville (T/Lt. J.E. Korning, RCNR). (1)

17 Feb 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Quesnel (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Laing, RCNR) and HMCS Belleville (T/Lt. J.E. Korning, RCNR). (1)

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945

MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 173/20175

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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