Allied Warships
HMCS Forrest Hill (K 486)
Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class
Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-6270
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 486 |
| Built by | Ferguson Bros. Ltd. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 22 Jul 1942 |
| Laid down | 5 Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 30 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 1 Dec 1943 |
| End service | 9 Jul 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 9 July 1945. |
| Former name | HMS Ceanothos |
Commands listed for HMCS Forrest Hill (K 486)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Ernest Usher Jones, RCNVR | 1 Dec 1943 | 17 Sep 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Frederick Rous Brebner, RCNVR | 18 Sep 1944 | 9 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Forrest Hill include:
12 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR) and HMS Violet (Lt. C.N. Stewart, RNR). (1)
13 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Kittern (A/Skr.Lt. C.A. Johnson, RNR) and HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR). (1)
14 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with RHS Tompazis, HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR) and HMS Gillstone (T/Lt. G. Hibbs, DSC, RNVR). (1)
15 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with RHS Tompazis and HMS Gillstone (T/Lt. G. Hibbs, DSC, RNVR). (1)
18 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Gillstone (T/Lt. G. Hibbs, DSC, RNVR). (1)
8 Mar 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Snowberry (T/Lt. J.A. Dunn, RCNVR), HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR), an unidentified vessel (we are unable to read the name in the log of HrMs O 9) and HMCS La Malbaie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Davis, RCNVR). (2)
12 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Bittersweet (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.B. Brooks-Hill, RCNVR), HMCS La Malbaie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Prince Rupert (T/Lt.Cdr. R.W. Draney, RCNR), HMCS Saskatchewan (T/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Easton, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Eyebright (T/Lt. H.L. Quinn, RCNVR), HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. S. Henderson, RCNR) and HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR). (2)
13 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR), HMCS Eyebright (T/Lt. H.L. Quinn, RCNVR), HMCS La Malbaie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, RNR). (2)
31 Jul 1944
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted attack exercises off Larne with HMS Shakespeare (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN). These were followed by A/S exercises with HMCS La Malbaie (T/Lt. E.F. Piper, RCNVR) and HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR). (3)
16 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Dunvegan (T/Lt. R.L.B. Hunter, RCNVR) and HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. F.R. Brebner, RCNVR). (4)
19 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. F.R. Brebner, RCNVR). (4)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19346
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/19456
- ADM 173/20139
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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