HMCS Snowberry in May 1943 |
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| Career (Canada) | Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Snowberry |
| Builder: | George T. Davie & Sons Ltd., Lauzon |
| Laid down: | 24 February 1940 |
| Launched: | 8 August 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 26 November 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 June 1945 |
| Renamed: | HMS Snowberry on 8 June 1945 after being returned to the RN. |
| Refit: | Forecastle extended at Charleston on 14 May 1943. |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K166 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1941-44, Biscay 1943, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944, English Channel 1945 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in August 1947 at Middlesbrough. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 ST) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 |
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HMCS Snowberry was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during World War II.
Snowberry was laid down at George T. Davie & Sons Ltd., Lauzon on 24 February 1940 and launched on 8 August 1940. She was ordered by the Royal Navy (RN) but was transferred to the RCN prior to completion. She was commissioned into the RCN on 26 November 1940
She had her forecastle extended on 14 May 1943 at Charleston.
On 23 August 1943 Snowberry as part of the 5th Support Group, was deployed to relieve the 40th Escort Group which was undertaking a U-boat hunt off Cape Ortegal. The warships of both groups were attacked by 14 Dornier Do 217s and 7 Junkers Ju 87s that were carrying a new weapon the Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided missile. Several sailors were injured and killed on HMS Bideford (40th EG) but Snowberry escaped damage. Two days later, the 5th SG was relieved by the 1st Support Group and the warships of both groups were again attacked by 18 Dornier Do 217s also carrying Hs 293 weapons. Athabaskan was heavily damaged and HMS Egret was sunk but Snowberry again escaped damage.
On 20 November 1943 Snowberry, along with Nene and Calgary, depth charged and sank U-536 northeast of the Azores at 43° 50N, 19° 39W.
Snowberry was decommissioned from the RCN on 8 June 1945 when she was returned to the Royal Navy, becoming HMS Snowberry. She was scrapped in August 1947 at Middlesbrough.
Model manufacturer Revell produce a 1:72 scale plastic kit of HMCS Snowberry.
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