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Canadian River-class destroyer

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Class overview
Operators Royal Canadian Navy
In service1931–1945
Completed14
Lost4
General characteristics Saguenay & Skeena
Displacement1,337 tons
Length320 ft (98 m)
Propulsion32,000 shp (24,000 kW)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
NotesOther characteristics as per A-class destroyer
For other naval ship classes of the same name, see River class (disambiguation).

The River class was a class of fourteen destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) that served before and during the Second World War. They were named after Canadian rivers.

The River class was a dissimilar collection of warships, consisting of twelve vessels purchased from the Royal Navy and two built specifically by British yards for the RCN. They included two A class, five C class, two D class, one E class, two F class, one G class and one H class.

HMCS Saguenay and HMCS Skeena were the first ships specifically built for the RCN and were adapted from the Royal Navy's A class.[1][2]

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Destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or battle group and defend them against powerful short-range attackers. They were originally developed in 1885 by Fernando Villaamil for the Spanish Navy as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War.

Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

The Royal Canadian Navy is the naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2021, the RCN operates 12 frigates, four attack submarines, 12 coastal defence vessels, eight patrol class training vessels, two offshore patrol vessels, and several auxiliary vessels. The RCN consists of 8,570 Regular Force and 5,100 Primary Reserve sailors, supported by 3,800 civilians. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee is the current commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and chief of the Naval Staff.

World War II

World War II

World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Many participants threw their economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind this total war, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and the delivery of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war.

Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service.

C and D-class destroyer

C and D-class destroyer

The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were ordered under the 1929–1930 Programme as the C class. The other four ships planned for the C class were never ordered as an economy measure and disarmament gesture by the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald. A complete flotilla—the 'D' class—was ordered under the 1930–1931 Programme.

E and F-class destroyer

E and F-class destroyer

The E and F-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. The ships were initially assigned to the Home Fleet, although they reinforced the Mediterranean Fleet during the Italian invasion of Abyssinia of 1935–36 and enforced the Non-Intervention Agreement during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. After the beginning of the Second World War in August 1939, the E-class ships were mostly assigned to escort duties under the Western Approaches Command, while the Fs were assigned to escort the ships of the Home Fleet. Between them they sank four German submarines through March 1940 while losing only one ship to a submarine.

G and H-class destroyer

G and H-class destroyer

The G- and H-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Six additional ships being built for the Brazilian Navy when World War II began in 1939 were purchased by the British and named the Havant class. The design was a major export success with other ships built for the Argentine and Royal Hellenic Navies. They were assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet upon completion and enforced the Non-Intervention Agreement during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.

HMCS Saguenay (D79)

HMCS Saguenay (D79)

HMCS Saguenay was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1931 to 1945.

HMCS Skeena (D59)

HMCS Skeena (D59)

HMCS Skeena was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1931 to 1944. She was similar to the Royal Navy's A class and wore initially the pennant D59, changed in 1940 to I59.

History

The majority of the River-class ships began the Second World War with the same equipment that they were built with; however, this was gradually modified as the war progressed. Modifications included removing gun mounts to make room for additional depth charge and torpedo systems, as well as adding new communications and radar masts. The River class were the backbone of the RCN destroyer fleet and served as leaders of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force during the Battle of the Atlantic. Four of the class were lost and one severely damaged during the war: HMCS Fraser and HMCS Margaree were sunk by collisions in 1940; HMCS Ottawa was torpedoed by U-91 in 1942, and Skeena was driven aground on Viðey Island near Reykjavík, Iceland in 1944. Saguenay lost much of her stern in a November 1942 collision, and was subsequently relegated to training duties. The surviving ships were all decommissioned and scrapped following the war.

1939

On 23 October 1939, the German-flagged tanker Emmy Friederich scuttled herself on encountering Saguenay in the Yucatán Channel.

1940

On 8 March 1940 Assiniboine, along with HMS Dunedin intercepted and captured the German merchant ship Hannover near Jamaica. Hannover was later converted into HMS Audacity.

On the night of 25 June 1940, Fraser was tasked to join the destroyer HMCS Restigouche and light cruiser HMS Calcutta on Operation Aerial to rescue 4,000 refugees trapped by the German Army from the coast of Bordeaux, France. The warships encountered rough seas and poor visibility, forcing the commanding officer of Fraser to close quarters with the other two vessels. Fraser executed a turn to port to bring the ship behind Calcutta but in doing so, the two ships collided. The bow of the heavier Calcutta sliced into Fraser with such force that the destroyer was cut into three pieces.[3] Fraser lost 47 sailors, and a further 19 were lost from Calcutta. Many of the survivors from Fraser transferred that summer to Margaree and were lost when that vessel sank on 22 October 1940 as a result of a collision with the freighter MV Port Fairy.

Margaree was lost on 22 October 1940, when she collided with the freighter MV Port Fairy at position 53°24′N 22°50′W / 53.400°N 22.833°W / 53.400; -22.833Coordinates: 53°24′N 22°50′W / 53.400°N 22.833°W / 53.400; -22.833.[4][5][6] Of the 176 aboard Margaree at the time, 34 were rescued by Port Fairy, but the other 142, including the captain and four other officers, were lost.

In November, Ottawa assisted HMS Harvester in sinking the Italian submarine Comandante Faà di Bruno.

1941

1942

On 31 July 1942, Skeena and HMCS Wetaskiwin depth charged and sank the German submarine U-588 while escorting ON 115 at 49°59′N 36°36′W / 49.983°N 36.600°W / 49.983; -36.600.

While escorting convoy SC-94 on 6 August 1942, Assiniboine achieved her first victory when she rammed, depth charged and shelled U-210 south of Cape Farewell, Greenland.

On 14 September 1942, while escorting Convoy ON-127 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, Ottawa was torpedoed by U-91. Less than 30 minutes later, unable to maneuver, she was hit by a second torpedo. The second attack broke her in half, sinking her. 114 crew lost their lives, including the commanding officer, while 65 survivors were rescued by nearby vessels.

On 15 November 1942, Saguenay was rammed by the Panamanian freighter Azra off Cape Race, Newfoundland. The impact of the collision set off Saguenay's depth charges, which blew off her stern. She made port at Saint John, New Brunswick, where her stern was plated over. On 23 May 1943, Saguenay was transferred to Halifax, to serve with the Western Ocean Escort Force working from Halifax and St. John's, Newfoundland. In October 1943 Saguenay was towed to Digby, Nova Scotia, as a tender assigned to HMCS Cornwallis, the Royal Canadian Navy's training depot for new entries (recruits). She was used for teaching seamanship and gunnery until 30 July 1945, paid off in late 1945, and broken up in 1946.

St. Laurent had her first victory on 27 December 1942 when she was credited with sinking U-356 while escorting Convoy ON 154 north of the Azores, along with the corvettes HMCS Chilliwack, HMCS Battleford and HMCS Napanee.

1943

On 2 March 1943 Assiniboine was damaged by her own depth charges during a battle with U-119. She made Liverpool on 7 March and took 3 months to repair.

HMCS Saskatchewan, formerly HMS Fortune joined the River class in May 1943. HMCS Gatineau joined in June.

1944

On 6 March 1944 at 1830 hrs, the German U-boat U-744 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 52°01′N 22°22′W / 52.01°N 22.37°W / 52.01; -22.37 following a lengthy hunt to exhaustion. It was initially torpedoed by the British I-class destroyer HMS Icarus and an unsuccessful attempt was made at towing the submarine to port. The U-boat was subsequently sunk by depth charges from Icarus, Canadian corvettes HMCS Chilliwack and HMCS Fennel, Canadian frigate HMCS St. Catharines, Canadian destroyers HMCS Chaudière and HMCS Gatineau, and the British corvette HMS Kenilworth Castle.

St. Laurent was credited with the 10 March 1944 sinking of U-845 in the North Atlantic, along with the destroyer HMS Forester, corvette HMCS Owen Sound and frigate HMCS Swansea.

On 6 July 1944, Ottawa and Kootenay were detached from a convoy to assist HMS Statice with a submarine contact off Beachy Head, Sussex. As Ottawa swept the area, she gained sonar contact and attacked with depth charges. Shortly afterward, large amounts of debris appeared on the surface, including caps marked U-678.

On 7 July 1944, Kootenay, Ottawa, and the corvette HMS Statice depth-charged and sank the German VIIC-class U-boat U-678 in the English Channel south-west of Brighton.[7]

On 18 August Kootenay, Ottawa, and Chaudière depth-charged and sank the German VIIC-class U-boat U-621 in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle.[8] On 20 August, the same ships depth-charged and sank the German VIIC-class U-boat U-984 in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest.[9]

Skeena was lost in a storm on the night of 24 October 1944. She was anchored off Reykjavík, Iceland and dragged her anchor and grounded in 50-foot (15 m) waves off Viðey Island with the loss of 15 of her crew. Her hulk was written off and sold to Icelandic interests in June 1945; she was then raised and broken up. Her propeller was salvaged and used in a memorial near the Viðey Island ferry terminal.[10][11][12]

1945

On 14 February 1945 Assiniboine collided with merchant ship Empire Bond in the English Channel. She made Sheerness for repairs and was operational again in early March.

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Battle of the Atlantic

Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. The campaign peaked from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943.

German submarine U-91 (1941)

German submarine U-91 (1941)

German submarine U-91 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Viðey

Viðey

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Reykjavík

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Yucatán Channel

Yucatán Channel

The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico. It is just over 200 kilometres (120 mi) wide and nearly 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) deep at its deepest point near the coast of Cuba.

Jamaica

Jamaica

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HMS Calcutta (D82)

HMS Calcutta (D82)

HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class of cruisers. She was laid down by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness in 1917 and launched on 9 July 1918. Calcutta was commissioned too late to see action in the First World War and was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939. Calcutta served during the Norwegian Campaign and the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. She was used to escort allied convoys across the Mediterranean and was sunk on 1 June 1941 by Luftwaffe aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt.

Operation Aerial

Operation Aerial

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MV Port Fairy

MV Port Fairy

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Geographic coordinate system

Geographic coordinate system

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HMS Harvester (H19)

HMS Harvester (H19)

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Ships

Royal Navy Name Royal Canadian Navy Name Pennant
number 		Builder Laid down Launched Completed Commissioned into RCN Paid off Fate
Modified A class
Built for RCN Saguenay D79 John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston 27 September 1929[13] 11 July 1930[13] 22 May 1931[13] 22 May 1931[14] 30 June 1945[14] Damaged in a collision 15 November 1942 and de-rated to training ship, sold for breaking 1945
Built for RCN Skeena D59 14 October 1929[13] 10 October 1930[13] 10 June 1931[13] 10 June 1931[15] 25 October 1944[15] Wrecked in Kollafjord, Iceland, 25 October 1944
C class leader
Kempenfelt Assiniboine D18 (changed in 1940 to I18) J. Samuel White, Cowes[16] 18 October 1930[16] 29 October 1931[16] 30 May 1932[16] 19 October 1939[17] 8 August 1945[17] Wrecked on Prince Edward Island en route for scrapping, 10 November 1945, scrapped 1952[18]
C class
Comet Restigouche H00 HM Dockyard, Portsmouth[16] 12 September 1930[16] 30 September 1931[16] 2 June 1932[16] 15 June 1938[19] 6 October 1945[19] Scrapped 1946[20]
Crusader Ottawa H60 2 May 1932[16] 15 June 1938[21] 13 September 1942[21] Torpedoed by German submarine U-91, 13 September 1942[22]
Cygnet St. Laurent H83 Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow 1 December 1930[16] 29 September 1931[16] 15 April 1932[16] 17 February 1937[19] 10 October 1945[19] Scrapped 1947[23]
Crescent Fraser H48 1 April 1934[16] 17 February 1937[21] 25 June 1940[21] Sunk in collision with HMS Calcutta in Gironde estuary, 25 June 1940[24]
D class
Decoy Kootenay H75 Thornycroft, Woolston[25] 25 June 1931[25] 7 June 1932[25] 17 January 1933[25] 12 April 1943[26] 25 October 1945[26] Sold for scrapping 1946[27]
Diana Margaree H49 Palmers, Jarrow[25] 12 June 1931[25] 16 June 1932[25] 21 December 1932[25] 6 September 1940[17] 22 October 1940[17] Sunk in collision with MV Port Fairy, 22 October 1940[28]
E class
Express Gatineau H61 Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend 24 March 1933[29] 29 May 1934[30] 2 November 1934[29] 3 June 1943[30] 10 January 1946[30] Scuttled as breakwater at Royston, British Columbia in 1948.[30]
F class
Foxhound Qu'Appelle H69 John Brown, Clydebank 21 August 1933[31] 12 October 1934[32] 6 June 1935[31] 8 February 1944[32] 27 May 1946[32] Sold 1947 for scrapping at Sydney, Nova Scotia.[32]
Fortune Saskatchewan H70 25 July 1933[31] 29 August 1934[32] 27 April 1935[31] 31 May 1943[32] 28 January 1946[32] Broken up 1946 at Sydney.[32]
G class
Griffin Ottawa H31 Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness 20 September 1934[31] 15 August 1935[26] 6 March 1936[31] 20 March 1943[26] 31 October 1945[26] Broken up 1946.[26]
H class
Hero Chaudière H99 Vickers Armstrongs, Walker 28 February 1935[33] 10 March 1936[30] 21 October 1936[33] 15 November 1943[30] 17 August 1945[30] Broken up 1950 at Sydney.[30]

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HMCS Saguenay (D79)

HMCS Saguenay (D79)

HMCS Saguenay was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1931 to 1945.

HMCS Skeena (D59)

HMCS Skeena (D59)

HMCS Skeena was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1931 to 1944. She was similar to the Royal Navy's A class and wore initially the pennant D59, changed in 1940 to I59.

C and D-class destroyer

C and D-class destroyer

The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were ordered under the 1929–1930 Programme as the C class. The other four ships planned for the C class were never ordered as an economy measure and disarmament gesture by the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald. A complete flotilla—the 'D' class—was ordered under the 1930–1931 Programme.

HMS Kempenfelt (I18)

HMS Kempenfelt (I18)

HMS Kempenfelt was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. A flotilla leader, she saw service in the Home Fleet before World War II and the ship made several deployments to Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict.

J. Samuel White

J. Samuel White

J. Samuel White was a British shipbuilding firm based in Cowes, taking its name from John Samuel White (1838–1915).

Cowes

Cowes

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HMS Comet (H00)

HMS Comet (H00)

HMS Comet was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. She saw service in the Home and Mediterranean Fleets and the ship spent six months during the Spanish Civil War in late 1936 in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Comet transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1938 and renamed HMCS Restigouche. During World War II, she served as a convoy escort in the battle of the Atlantic, on anti-submarine patrols during the invasion of Normandy, and was employed as a troop transport after VE Day for returning Canadian servicemen, before being decommissioned in late 1945. Restigouche was sold for scrap in 1946.

HMNB Portsmouth

HMNB Portsmouth

His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight. Until the early 1970s, it was officially known as Portsmouth Royal Dockyard ; thereafter the term 'Naval Base' gained currency, acknowledging a greater focus on personnel and support elements alongside the traditional emphasis on building, repairing and maintaining ships. In 1984 Portsmouth's Royal Dockyard function was downgraded and it was formally renamed the 'Fleet Maintenance and Repair Organisation' (FMRO). The FMRO was privatized in 1998, and for a time, shipbuilding, in the form of block construction, returned. Around 2000, the designation HMS Nelson was extended to cover the entire base.

HMS Crusader (H60)

HMS Crusader (H60)

HMS Crusader was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. She saw service in the Home and Mediterranean Fleets and spent six months during the Spanish Civil War in late 1936 in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Crusader was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1938 and renamed HMCS Ottawa. She was initially deployed on the Canadian Pacific Coast before World War II, but was transferred to the Atlantic three months after the war began. She served as a convoy escort during the battle of the Atlantic until sunk by the German submarine U-91 on 14 September 1942. Together with a British destroyer, she sank an Italian submarine in the North Atlantic in November 1941.

German submarine U-91 (1941)

German submarine U-91 (1941)

German submarine U-91 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

HMS Cygnet (H83)

HMS Cygnet (H83)

HMS Cygnet was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the Home Fleet, although she was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea during the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–36. Cygnet was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in late 1937 and renamed HMCS St. Laurent. She was stationed on the west coast of Canada when World War II began in September 1939, and had to be transferred to the Atlantic coast for convoy escort duties. She served as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic and participated in the sinking of two German submarines. The ship was on anti-submarine patrols during the invasion of Normandy, and was employed as a troop transport after VE Day for returning Canadian servicemen. St. Laurent was decommissioned in late 1945 and scrapped in 1947.

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the borough will merge with Eden and South Lakeland districts to form a new unitary authority; Westmorland and Furness. At the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011, Barrow's population was 56,745, making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Marc Milner, "Walter Hose To The Rescue: Navy, Part 13", Legion Magazine, 1 January 2006. Accessed 22 January 2011.
  2. ^ Gilbert Norman Tucker, The Naval Service of Canada: Volume I: Origins and Early Years Archived 14 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, (Ottawa: King's Printer, 1952), 349.
  3. ^ "HMS Cavalier Association website". Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  4. ^ "U-boat.net (HMCS Margaree)". Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Naval History.net". Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  6. ^ "MNA Website – MV Port Fairy bio". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  7. ^ 50°32′N 00°23′W / 50.533°N 0.383°W / 50.533; -0.383 (U-678) HMCS Kootenay
  8. ^ 45°52′N 02°36′W / 45.867°N 2.600°W / 45.867; -2.600 ("U-621")
  9. ^ 48°16′N 05°33′W / 48.267°N 5.550°W / 48.267; -5.550 ("U-984")HMCS Kootenay
  10. ^ Remember the 24 Archived 13 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Funds needed for HMCS Skeena memorial in Iceland Lookout, 23 Jan 2006 Archived 24 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ uboat.net page
  13. ^ a b c d e f English, pp. 15, 26.
  14. ^ a b MacPherson and Barrie, p. 46
  15. ^ a b MacPherson and Barrie, p. 47
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m English, p. 45
  17. ^ a b c d MacPherson and Barrie, p. 50
  18. ^ Whitley, p. 27
  19. ^ a b c d MacPherson and Barrie, p. 49
  20. ^ English, p. 47
  21. ^ a b c d MacPherson and Barrie, p. 48
  22. ^ English, p. 49
  23. ^ English, p. 50
  24. ^ English, p. 48
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h English, p. 51
  26. ^ a b c d e f MacPherson and Barrie, p. 52
  27. ^ English, p. 56
  28. ^ English, p. 60
  29. ^ a b English, p. 63
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h MacPherson and Barrie, p. 51
  31. ^ a b c d e f Lenton, pp. 158–59
  32. ^ a b c d e f g h MacPherson and Barrie, p. 53
  33. ^ a b Lenton, p. 161

Source: "Canadian River-class destroyer", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_River-class_destroyer.

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List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Cold War
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