| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 254 |
| Built by | John Crown & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K) : Parsons |
| Ordered | 1 Jun 1941 |
| Laid down | 31 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 25 Feb 1943 |
| Commissioned | 11 Jul 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | This was one of the few turbine engined River-class frigates. Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 29 January 1944. |
| Career notes | To the Royal Canadian Navy as Ettrick |
Commands listed for HMS Ettrick (K 254)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Eric Woolfenden, RD, RNR | 24 May 1943 | 30 Dec 1943 | |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat, RNVR | 30 Dec 1943 | 29 Jan 1944 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. William Horace Clifton Wood-Roe, RD, RNR | 27 May 1945 | Aug 1945 | |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Reginald Frederick Pembry, RNR | 1 Aug 1945 | late 1945 | |
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Notable events involving Ettrick include:
16 Oct 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. J.C. Varley, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Wild Goose (A/Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, RN), HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Ettrick (Lt.Cdr. J.E. Woolfenden, RD, RNR), HMS Pennywort (A/Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR) and HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Welland, DSC, RCN). (1)
25 Nov 1943
HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Ettrick (Lt.Cdr. J.E. Woolfenden, RD, RNR) and HMCS Galt (T/Lt. A.M. Kirkpatrick, RCNVR). (2)
6 Jan 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Kenilworth Castle (Lt. J.J.Allon, RNR) and HMS Ettrick (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.J.T. Monsarrat, RNVR). (3)
7 Jan 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Ettrick (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.J.T. Monsarrat, RNVR), HMCS Galt (T/Lt. A.M. Kirkpatrick, RCNVR), HMS Kenilworth Castle (Lt. J.J.Allon, RNR), HMS Berkeley Castle (T/Lt. F.A. Darrah, RNVR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/17833
- ADM 173/18250
- File 2.12.03.6384 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.