Title: Corvettes Canada
First published: 1994
Description: The Canadian escort group C 2 was comprised of the RCN destroyers Gatineau and Chaudiere, the frigate St. Catharines, the Corvettes Chilliwack and Fennel, and the RN destroyer Icarus. these six and the RN corvette Kenilworth castle combined to sing U-744 in the North Atlantic in a prolonged drama on March 5 and 6, 1944. At 32 hours, this the second-longest successful hunt of the war.   Chilliwack able seaman Ralph Chartrand recalls the action:   When the sub started to surface, everything that could shoot went into action and we fired all we could. While the crew of U-744 was jumping out of the conning tower, St. Catharines was closing in, but our captain outmanoeuvred Chilliwack in front to make sure that this was our sub. He gave the order "Prepare to ram," but soon the sub was empty, so we didn't ram. We lowered a lifeboat with a boarding party and they proceeded to U-744. While the lifeboat was tied to the sub, some members boarded the sub. then a big wa...
Subjects: Biography, Canada, Canada. Marine royale, Canada. Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Naval operations, Canadian Personal narratives, Convois (Marine), Corvettes (Navires de guerre), Corvettes (Warships), Guerre, 1939-1945 (Mondiale, 2e), Histoire, History, Naval convoys, Naval operations, Canadian, Nonfiction, Opérations navales canadiennes, Oral history, Personal narratives, Canadian, Récits personnels canadiens, Veterans, World War, 1939-1945, Canada, history, military, Canada, royal canadian navy, Warships, World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, canadian
Places: Canada
Time periods: 20e siècle, 20th century, World War, 1939-1945