Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | River |
Pennant | K 337 |
Built by | Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) |
Ordered | Jun 1942 |
Laid down | 16 Nov 1943 |
Launched | 27 Apr 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 Aug 1944 |
End service | 14 Dec 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 14 December 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Kirkland Lake (K 337)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. James Arthur Tullis, RCNR | 1 Aug 1944 | 13 Nov 1944 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Norman Vincent Clark, OBE, RCNR | 14 Nov 1944 | 2 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Kirkland Lake include:
3 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Sea Cliff (Lt.Cdr. J.E. Harrington, RCNVR), HMCS Cap de la Madeleine (T/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Judges, RCNVR), HMCS Rockcliffe (T/Lt. J.E. Heward, RCNR) and HMCS Kirkland Lake (T/Lt. J.A. Tullis, RCNR). (1)
30 Mar 1945
HrMs O 23 (Lt.Cdr. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted attack exercises off Loch Alsh during which HMS Uproar (Lt. J.N. Devlin, DSC, RN) served as the target.
These attack exercises were followed by A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMCS Charlottetown (T/Lt.Cdr. J. Harding, RCNR), HMCS Antigonish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.D. Barrett, RCNR) and HMCS Kirkland Lake (Lt.Cdr. N.V. Clark, OBE, RCNR). (2)
1 Apr 1945
HrMs O 23 (Lt.Cdr. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted attack exercises off Loch Alsh during which HMS Philante (Cdr. M.J. Evans, OBE, RN) served as the target. During these exercises HMS Philante was escorted by HMCS Charlottetown (T/Lt.Cdr. J. Harding, RCNR), HMCS Antigonish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.D. Barrett, RCNR) and HMCS Kirkland Lake (Lt.Cdr. N.V. Clark, OBE, RCNR). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19287
- File 2.12.03.6428 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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