HMCS Sudbury (K162)
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HMCS Sudbury (K162) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
[edit] Wartime service
Sudbury was built in Ontario in 1941 and served with the RCN during the Battle of the Atlantic in transatlantic convoy escort operations. She was declared surplus and decommissioned by the RCN in 1945.
[edit] Civilian service
Sudbury entered civilian service and underwent several ownership changes by the early 1950s when she was acquired in 1954 by Island Tug and Barge of Victoria, British Columbia. She was converted her to an ocean-going tugboat and retained her original name.
The Sudbury and her crew specialized in deep-sea salvage and completed many dramatic operations. Their most daring rescue took place in November-December 1955 when they saved the Greek freighter Makeconia in the North Pacific. The Sudbury towed the disabled vessel for 40 days through some of the roughest weather imaginable before arriving safely at Vancouver. The incident made headlines around the world and for the next decade the Sudbury was one of the most famous tugs on the Pacific coast. The Sudbury was eventually badly damaged during repairs by a boiler explosion, and was dismantled for scrap in 1966.
[edit] External links
- Haze gray and underway's web page devoted to SS Sudbury.
- Navy League page devoted to HMCS Sudbury.
- HMCS Sudbury on the Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk.
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