Allied Warships

HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

Corvette of the Flower class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 238
Built by	Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada)
Ordered
Laid down	23 May 1941
Launched	10 Dec 1941
Commissioned	1 May 1942
End service	27 Jan 1945
History	Decommissioned 27 January 1945. Became the merchantile Olympic Winner in 1951, then Otori Maru 20 in 1956 and Akitsu Maru in 1957. Broken up at Etajima, Japan in 1975.

Commands listed for HMCS Woodstock (K 238)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR	30 Mar 1942	18 Oct 1942
2	A/Cdr. George Humphrey Griffiths, RCN	19 Oct 1942	19 Jan 1943
3	T/Skr.Lt. John Manuel Watson, RCNR	20 Jan 1943	16 Aug 1943
4	T/Lt. Charles Edmund Wright, RCNVR	17 Aug 1943	5 Oct 1944
5	T/Lt. William McCombe, RCNR	6 Oct 1944	27 Jan 1945

6	T/Lt.Cdr. John Scudamore Cunningham, RCNVR	17 May 1945	18 Mar 1946

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Notable events involving Woodstock include:

29 Oct 1943
HMS Thrasher (Lt. H.R.B. Newton, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with aircraft. Later also A/S exercises were carried out with HMS Churchill (Lt. A.C.D. Leach, RN) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). Also a practice attack was made on HMS Woodstock. (1)

30 Oct 1943
HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. H.E. McArthur, RCNVR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR) and later with HMS Hotspur (Cdr. A.M. McKillop, RN). (2)

25 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Nasturtium (T/Lt. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (3)

26 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. H.E. McArthur, RCNVR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (3)

27 Feb 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) and HMCS Woodstock (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR). (4)

6 Jun 1944
On D-Day HMCS Woodstock supported the American landings at Omaha Beach.