HMCS SPIKENARD, Flower class corvette, was torpedoed and sunk by U-136 in the mid North Atlantic, during the night of 10 February 1942, while escorting convoy SC-67. Â Of her crew of sixty-five RCN sailors, fifty-seven were killed. SC-67 departed from Sydney, NS on 2 February 1942 with twenty-two merchant ships. Â The convoy had an all […]
SPIKENARD -“His Spike”
HMCS SPIKENARD, Flower class corvette, was lost 10 February 1942 Â when she was torpedoed by U136 in the North Atlantic while escorting Convoy SC-67. Â Of her crew of 65, there were only 8 survivors, 57 killed. Prior to SPIKENARD’s last sailing, her officers were engaged in a friendly competition with the officers of the other […]