Flower class corvette - HMCS Regina K234

Flower class corvette - HMCS REGINA K234. 3D designed and printed.

Regina was ordered as part of the Revised 1940-41 Flower class building program. This revised program radically changed the look of the Flower-class corvette.
Regina was laid down by Marine Industries Ltd. at Sorel on 22 March 1941 and launched on 14 October of that year.
She was commissioned into the RCN on 22 January 1942 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Regina had only one significant refit during her career, beginning at Sydney, Nova Scotia in June 1943 and completed at Pictou, Nova Scotia in mid-December 1943. After completion, she needed further repairs at Halifax and Shelburne.

After commissioning and workups, Regina was assigned to the Western Local Escort Force (WLEF). On 3 July 1942 Regina rescued 25 survivors of the American merchant SS Alexander Macomb which was sunk east of Cape Cod. In September she was assigned to Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa.
On 8 February 1943, Regina attacked and sank the Italian submarine Avorio off Philippeville, Algeria. She returned to Canada in late March 1943 and briefly rejoined WLEF before departing for a refit in June.At the end of March, Regina was assigned to Western Approaches Command for invasion duties associated with Operation Neptune, the
naval component of the invasion of Normandy. After the invasion she was used as a coastal convoy escort in the English Channel.

On 8 August 1944, Regina was torpedoed and sunk by U-667 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Trevose Head on the coast of Cornwall while rescuing survivors of the American merchant Liberty ship Ezra Weston. The warship sank in 28 seconds. Thirty of the ship’s crew were killed. The wrecks of Regina and Ezra Weston rest in 60 metres (200
ft) of water.