HMCS Buctouche (K179)
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 HMCS Buctouche, circa 1944-1945 |
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| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Bouctouche, New Brunswick |
| Ordered: | 22 Jan 1940 |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon |
| Laid down: | 14 Aug 1940 |
| Launched: | 20 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 5 Jun 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 Jun 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K179 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1941-45 |
| Fate: | Sold on 23 Oct 1945. Scrapped in 1949 at Hamilton. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette (original) |
| 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 Buctouche was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
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[edit] Construction
She was ordered on 22 January 1940 from Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, Quebec and laid down on 14 August 1940. She was launched on 20 November 1940 and commissioned into the RCN on 5 June 1941. She is named after Bouctouche, New Brunswick.
[edit] Wartime service
Buctouche (Lt. W.W. Hackney, RCNR) rescued 43 survivors from the British merchant ship Empire Gemsbuck that was torpedoed and sunk on 3 November 1941 by U-203 northeast of Cape Charles, Labrador at 52-18N, 53-05W.
On 7 July 1942, Buctouche (Skr. Lt. G.N. Downey, RCNR) rescued 15 survivors from the Norwegian merchant ship Moldanger that was torpedoed and sunk by U-404 on 27 June at 30-03N, 70-52W.
Her forecastle was extended at Saint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Ltd. on 29 January 1944.
While under the command of Skr. Lt. G.N. Downey, RCNR, Buctouche appeared in a feature length Hollywood war movie titled CORVETTE K225, starring Randolph Scott as the Commanding Officer. She was only filmed from her Starboard side which carried the K225 number for the movie. Her port side carried her actual number K179 as she was still an active duty warship.
[edit] Trivia
The ship's badge depicted Hitler being tossed off a bucking bronco, a play being made both on the name "Buctouche" and the rolling pitching motion which Flower-class corvettes were renowned for.
[edit] External links
- HMCS Buctouche on the Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk.
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Ship Technical Information
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Photo Archive
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