Allied Warships

HMCS Hespeler (K 489)

Corvette of the Castle class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassCastle 
PennantK 489 
Built byHenry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) 
Ordered19 Jan 1943 
Laid down25 May 1943 
Launched13 Nov 1943 
Commissioned28 Feb 1944 
End service15 Nov 1945 
History

Decommissioned 15 November 1945.
Sold into mercantile service in 1947 being renamed Chilcotin.

 
Former nameHMS Guildford Castle

Commands listed for HMCS Hespeler (K 489)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt.Cdr. Nevill Spencer Charles Dickinson, RCNVR21 Feb 194413 Nov 1944
2T/Lt. George Percy Manning, RCNVR14 Nov 1944Oct 1945 ?

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Notable events involving Hespeler include:


26 Mar 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway together with HMCS Hespeler (T/Lt.Cdr. N.S.C. Dickinson, RCNVR). (1)

27 Mar 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway together with HMCS Hespeler (T/Lt.Cdr. N.S.C. Dickinson, RCNVR) and HMS Lancer (A/Skr.Lt. J.A. Cornelius, RNR). (1)

28 Mar 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway together with HMCS Hespeler (T/Lt.Cdr. N.S.C. Dickinson, RCNVR) and HMS Lancer (A/Skr.Lt. J.A. Cornelius, RNR). (1)

1 Apr 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMCS Hespeler (T/Lt.Cdr. N.S.C. Dickinson, RCNVR) and HMS Man o' War (T/Lt. P.W. Arnold, RNVR). (2)

15 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with ships from the First Support Group and later with HMCS Hespeler (T/Lt.Cdr. N.S.C. Dickinson, RCNVR). (3)

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945
MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 173/19217
  2. ADM 173/19327
  3. ADM 173/18472

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


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