Allied Warships

HMCS Grou (K 518)

Frigate of the River class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	River
Pennant	K 518
Built by	Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	Oct 1941
Laid down	1 May 1943
Launched	7 Aug 1943
Commissioned	4 Dec 1943
End service	25 Feb 1946
History	Decommissioned 25 February 1946. The emblem of HMCS Grou (K 518)

Commands listed for HMCS Grou (K 518)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Howard Geoffrey Dupont, RCNR	8 Nov 1943	8 Aug 1945
2	A/Cdr. Bernard Dodds Leitch Johnson, RCNR	9 Aug 1945	14 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Grou include:

8 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Grou (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dupont, RCNR) and HMCS Annan (T/A/Lt.Cdr C.P. Balfry, RCNR). (1)

9 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Grou (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dupont, RCNR), HMCS Annan (T/A/Lt.Cdr C.P. Balfry, RCNR), HMS Byard (A/Lt.Cdr. J.I. Jones, DSO, DSC, RNR), HMS Calder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Drury (Lt.Cdr. N.J. Parker, RN). (1)

4 Mar 1945
HMCS Grou (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dupont, RCNR) begins a refit at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.