| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 487 |
| Built by | A & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland): Kincaid |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1942 |
| Laid down | 27 Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 28 Sep 1943 |
| Commissioned | 5 Jan 1944 |
| End service | 17 Jun 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned on 17 June 1945. |
| Former name | HMS Candytuft (ii) |
Commands listed for HMCS Long Branch (K 487)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Walter Juchereau Kingsmill, RCNVR | 5 Jan 1944 | 21 Jan 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR | 22 Jan 1944 | 2 Feb 1944 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Allan Brown Taylor, RCNR | 3 Feb 1944 | 16 Apr 1944 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Rendell James Godschal Johnson, RCNVR | 17 Apr 1944 | 7 Oct 1944 |
| 5 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Barry O'Brien, RCNVR | 8 Oct 1944 | 21 Feb 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Kenneth Benjamin Culley, RCNVR | 22 Feb 1945 | 14 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Long Branch include:
13 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR), HMCS Eyebright (T/Lt. H.L. Quinn, RCNVR), HMCS La Malbaie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, RNR). (1)
14 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and aircraft. (1)
20 Apr 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Dunver (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, OBE, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. M.H. Wallace, RCNR), HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. S.R.P. Annet, RCNVR) and HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR). (2)
11 Feb 1945
HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.B. O'Brien, RCNVR) begins a refit at Halifax.
29 May 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Long Branch (T/Lt. K.B. Culley, RCNVR). (3)
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Sources
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18527
- ADM 173/20140
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.