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.
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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.
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Sources
- ADM 173/19365
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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