HMCS Buctouche was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic escorting merchant ship convoys. Constructed by Davie Shipbuilding at Lauzon, Quebec, the vessel was laid down 14 August 1940 and was launched on 20 November that year.

Named for Bouctouche, New Brunswick, the Flower Class corvette HMCS Buctouche was commissioned at Québec City, Québec on June 5, 1941 and arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 12. After working up she joined Newfoundland …

The photos in this series show the sinking of a merchant ship, a depth charge attack by HMCS BUCTOUCHE, and the rescuing of survivors. The ship sunk and the convoy it was in is not known.

HMCS Buctouche (K179) (Flower-class). Commissioned at Quebec City on 05 Jun 1941, HMCS Buctouche arrived at Halifax on 12 Jun 1941. After working up, she joined Newfoundland Force at St. John's on 29 Jul 1941.

HMCS Buctouche (Lt. W.W. Hackney, RCNR) picks up 43 survivors from the British merchant Empire Gemsbuck that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-203 northeast of Cape Charles, Labrador in position 52°18'N, 53°05'W.

Commissioned at Quebec City on June 5, 1941, Buctouche arrived at Halifax on June 12. After working up, she joined Newfoundland Force at St. John's on July 28. On August 26 she left St. John's for Iceland with convoy SC.41, and thereafter escorted convoys to and from Iceland until January, 1942, when Londonderry became the eastern terminus.

HMCS Buctouche was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Bouctouche, New Brunswick.

Oct 1, 2017 · HMCS Buctouche made for the tracer fire, obtained an Asdic contact at 04.42 hrs and carried out an immediate attack with four depth charges set at 100 ft (30m). A whistle effect was heard afterwards, but as the contact had been lost and classified as non-sub, the escort rejoined the convoy.

Jan 21, 2024 · HMCS Buctouche was a Flowerclass corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Bouctouche, New Brunswick.

HMCS Buctouche appeared in a feature-length Hollywood movie, Corvette K225, staring Randolph Scott. 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 ship.