HMCS Asbestos (K358)
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|Ship namesake=[[Asbestos, Quebec]]
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|Ship laid down=[[20 July]] [[1943]]
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|Ship fate=Sold 1947. Wrecked off [[Cuba]] [[13 February]] [[1949]]. Wreck salvaged and scrapped in March 1949 at [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]].
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'''HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K358)''' was a [[Flower class corvette|Flower-class corvette]] that served in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].
''Asbestos'' followed the design of the modified Flower-class corvettes and was ordered from [[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]]. She was laid down on [[20 July]] [[1943]] and launched on [[22 November]] [[1943]]. She was commissioned into the RCN on [[16 June]] [[1944]] and arrived at [[City of Halifax|Halifax]] on [[9 July]] before moving on to [[Bermuda]] for working up.
Following working up she headed for St John's on 21 August where she joined convoy HXF.307 on [[10 September]] as a member of Escort Group C-2. She continued on as a member of this group on convoy duties until the end of the war in Europe.
Her only commanding officer was Lt. J. Cuthbert, RCNR who was promoted to A/Lt. Cdr. on [[1 January]] [[1945]].
She was decommissioned from the RCN on [[8 July]] [[1945]] and laid up on [[Sorel-Tracy, Quebec]]. Sold to a Panamanian company in 1947, she was wrecked off [[Cuba]] whilst en route to [[Panama]] on [[13 February]] [[1949]]. The wreck was salvaged and taken to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] for scrapping in March 1949.
==References==
*{{cite web | url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/785.html | work = Uboat.net | title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | accessdate=2008-06-08}}
*{{cite web | url = http://www.readyayeready.com/cgi-bin/query/display.pl?index=1021 | work = ReadyAyeReady | title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | accessdate=2008-06-08}}
*{{cite web | url= http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/search3.php?query=Asbestos&Submit=Find+Vessel |title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | work = Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk | accessdate=2008-06-08}}
*{{cite web | url= http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/project_pride/ships/ship_e.asp?shipNumber=179 | title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | work = Canadian Navy Heritage Project | accessdate=2008-06-08}}
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