HMCS Weyburn [SEP] vessel class
HMCS Weyburn
HMCS "Weyburn" was a Royal Canadian Navy which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She was sunk by mine in 1943.
Background.
Flower-class corvettes like "Weyburn" serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were different from earlier and more traditional sail-driven corvettes. The "corvette" designation was created by the French as a class of
for HMCS Spikenard, sunk on February 11, 1942 with a loss of 77;
- Weyburn Road for HMCS Weyburn, sunk on February 22, 1943 with a loss of 5.
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