The Alberni Project is a program of remembrance which pays tribute to the men who served on HMCS Alberni, a Canadian Corvette, between 1941 and 1944.
The Alberni was a Flower Class Corvette, all of which were were named after cities in Canada. K103, the Alberni, was named for Alberni B.C. (now known as Port Alberni) on Vancouver Island, which was named after Captain Don Pedro Alberni who commanded the Spanish Soldiers sent to occupy Nootka in 1790.
Alberni was built at the Yarrows Ltd. shipyard in Esquimalt, British Columbia, was commissioned on February 4, 1941 and arrived at Halifax on April 13. After serving on the Atlantic convoys off Normandy, she sunk on August 21 1944 after being torpedoed by U-480 OLtzS Hans-Joachim Förster CO, at 1141, 25 miles SE of St. Catherine’s Point, Isle of Wight.
Project Director Lewis Bartholomew
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The Alberni Project is located in Comox Center Mall, 190 Port Augusta Street, Comox BC
Hours 10 AM to 4 PM, Tuesday to Saturday. Open Sunday and Monday by appointment for groups of 10 or more.