HMCS Pictou
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HMCS Pictou (pennant number K146) was a Flower class corvette of the Canadian navy during World War II.
Built in Quebec, Canada, she was launched on 5 October 1940, and decomissioned on 12 July 1945, passing into civilian service. Like most Flower class corvettes she spent most of her time on convoy escort duties in the Battle of the Atlantic (1940).
External links
- Entry in Uboat.net (http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5577.html)
- An 8 episode record of life aboard the HMCS Pictou, 'A Naval Officer's War (http://www.naval.ca/cnmh/)
- Additional information, including an audio recording in which former captain, Anthony Griffin, describes life at sea aboard the Pictou (http://www.thememoryproject.com/digital-archive/profile.cfm?collectionid=263&cnf=wwII)