Allied Warships

HMCS Agassiz (K 129)

Corvette of the Flower class

HMCS Agassiz as seen in 1944 or 1945.

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 129
Built by	Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Ordered	14 Feb 1940
Laid down	29 Apr 1940
Launched	15 Aug 1940
Commissioned	23 Jan 1941
End service	14 Jun 1945
History	Fo'c's'le extention at the New York Navy Yard (New York, New York, U.S.A.) completed on 4 March 1944. Decommissioned 14 June 1945. Sold on 16 November 1945.

Commands listed for HMCS Agassiz (K 129)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Bernard Dodds Leitch Johnson, RCNR	23 Jan 1941	14 Mar 1943
2	T/Lt. Edward Middlemas More, RCNR	15 Mar 1943	14 Mar 1944
3	T/Lt. Freeman Elkin Burrows, RCNVR	14 Mar 1944	9 Jan 1945
4	Lt. John Patrick Jarvis, RCNVR	9 Jan 1945	14 Jun 1945

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Notable events involving Agassiz include:

18 Jun 1942
HMCS Agassiz (A/Lt.Cdr B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) picks up 51 survivors from the American merchant Seattle Spirit that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-124 in the North Atlantic in position 50°24'N, 42°37'W.

3 Aug 1942
The British merchant Lochkatrine is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-552 east of Cape Race in position 45°52'N, 46°44'W. The Canadian destroyer HMCS Hamilton (Lt.Cdr. N.V. Clark, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Agassiz (A/Lt.Cdr. B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) together pick up 81 survivors.

17 Sep 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Galt (T/Lt. A.D. Landles, RCNR), HMCS Agassiz (A/Lt.Cdr. B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR), HMCS Sackville (T/Lt. A.H. Easton, RCNR) and HMCS Wetaskiwin (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN). (1)

5 Jan 1943
HMCS Agassiz (Lt.Cdr. B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) commenced a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.

23 Jun 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Port Arthur (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.T. Simmons, DSO, DSC, RCNVR), HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, OBE, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Agassiz (T/Lt. E.M. More, RCNR), HMS Burwell (Lt. A.H. Parish, RN) and HMS Fusilier (T/Lt. F.M. Phillips, RNVR). (2)

31 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, OBE, DSC, RCNR) and HMCS Agassiz (T/Lt. E.M. More, RCNR). (3)

9 Sep 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Agassiz (T/Lt. E.M. More, RCNR), HMS Saladin (Lt. A.A. Diggens, DSC, RN), HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Burnett, DSC, RN) and ORP Garland (Lt.Cdr. S. Biskupski). (4)

25 Nov 1943
HMS Spiteful (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Sherwood, DSC, RCNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Agassiz (T/Lt. E.M. More, RCNR) and HMS Celandine (Lt. W.E. Warwick, RNR). (5)

28 May 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Agassiz (Lt. J.P. Jarvis, RCNVR). (6)