Allied Warships

HMCS Regina (K 234)

Corvette of the Flower class

HMCS Regina during the Second World War

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Corvette
Class	Flower
Pennant	K 234
Built by	Marine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	20 Feb 1941
Laid down	22 Mar 1941
Launched	14 Oct 1941
Commissioned	22 Jan 1942
Lost	8 Aug 1944
Loss position	50° 42'N, 5° 03'W

History	HMCS Regina (T/Lt. Jack Wiles Radford, RCNR) was torpedoed and sunk by U-667, off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England in position 50º42'N, 05º03'W. Thirty of her ship's company were lost. Hit by U-boat Sunk on 8 Aug 1944 by U-667 (Lange).
U-boat Attack	See our U-boat attack entry for the HMCS Regina

Commands listed for HMCS Regina (K 234)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Ronald Fraser Harris, RCNR	22 Jan 1942	23 Feb 1942
2	T/Lt. Roy Stanley Kelley, RCNR	24 Feb 1942	20 Oct 1942
3	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Freeland, RCNR	21 Oct 1942	3 Sep 1943
4	T/Lt. Jack Whiles Radford, RCNR	8 Sep 1943	8 Aug 1944

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Notable events involving Regina include:

3 Jul 1942
HMCS Regina (T/Lt. R.S. Kelley, RCNR) picks up 25 survivors of the American merchant Alexander Macomb that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-215 east of Cape Cod in position 41°48'N, 66°35'W.

20 Jan 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Hastings (Lt.Cdr. L.B. Philpott, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) C. Gwinner, DSO, RN), HMCS Kitchener (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W. Evans, RCNVR), HMCS Algoma (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Harding, RCNR), HMCS Regina (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H. Freeland, RCNR) and HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCN). (1)

8 Feb 1943
Around 0300 hours the Italian submarine Avorio (630 tons) was sunk off Philippeville, Algeria by the Canadian corvette HMCS Regina (T/Lt.Cdr. H. Freeland, RCNR).

5 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Northern Pride (T/Lt. D.O. Humphreys, DSC, RNVR), HMS Northern Sun (T/Lt. S.G. Fowler, RNR), HMS Northern Reward (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMCS Regina (T/Lt. J.W. Radford, RCNR), HMCS Owen Sound (T/Skr.Lt. J.M. Watson, RCNR) and one other vessel [unable to read the name in the log of HMS H 28]. (2)