| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | F |
| Pennant | H 69 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 17 Mar 1933 |
| Laid down | 15 Aug 1933 |
| Launched | 12 Oct 1934 |
| Commissioned | 8 Feb 1944 |
| End service | 27 May 1946 |
| History | Former Royal Navy destroyer HMS Foxhound transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 8 February 1944. |
| Former name | HMS Foxhound |
Commands listed for HMCS Qu'appelle (H 69)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Dickson Carlile Wallace, DSC, RCNR | 8 Feb 1944 | 19 Apr 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. Alec Murray McKillop, RN | 20 Apr 1944 | 11 Jul 1944 |
| 3 | Cdr. John Dudley Birch, DSC, RD, RNR | 12 Jul 1944 | 9 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. James Douglas Prentice, DSO, RCN | 10 Sep 1944 | 4 Dec 1944 |
| 5 | Cdr. (retired) Edgar Lorne Armstrong, RCN | 5 Dec 1944 | 6 Jan 1945 |
| 6 | Cdr. Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR | 7 Jan 1945 | 2 Apr 1945 |
| 7 | T/Lt.Cdr. Ian Angus, RCNVR | 3 Apr 1945 | 21 Jun 1945 |
| 8 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Wilfred Davenport, RCNR | 22 Jun 1945 | 9 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Qu'appelle include:
2 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Lightfoot (Lt.Cdr. T.M. Williams, RNR), HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR) and HMS Wye (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Powys-Smith, RNR). (1)
3 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR), HMS Lightfoot (Lt.Cdr. T.M. Williams, RNR) and HMS Longa (T/Lt. H.E. Smith, SANF(V)). (1)
4 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dumbarton Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.F. Broadhead, RNR), HMS Longa (T/Lt. H.E. Smith, SANF(V)) and HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR). (1)
6 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dumbarton Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.F. Broadhead, RNR), HMS Rushen Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Warwick, DSC, RNR), HMS Lochy (Lt.Cdr. W.J.P. Roberts, RNR) and HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR). (1)
9 May 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Saskatchewan (T/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Easton, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. P.F.X. Russell, RCN) and HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. A.M. McKillop, RN). (2)
30 Sep 1944
HMS Scythian (T/Lt C.P. Thode, RNZNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Welland, DSC, RCN), HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN), HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. P.F.X. Russell, RCN), HMCS Qa'Appelle (T/Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN) and HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, DSC, RCNR). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19326
- ADM 173/18528
- ADM 173/18650
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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