Allied Warships

HMCS Saint John (K 456)

Frigate of the River class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	River
Pennant	K 456
Built by	Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	Oct 1941
Laid down	28 May 1943
Launched	25 Aug 1943
Commissioned	13 Dec 1943
End service	27 Nov 1945
History	Decommissioned 27 November 1945. For more on this ship, try this link (offsite link)

Commands listed for HMCS Saint John (K 456)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR	13 Dec 1943	20 Feb 1944
2	A/Lt.Cdr. William Roland Stacey, RCNR	21 Feb 1944	18 Feb 1945
3	T/Lt. Charles George McIntosh, RCNR	19 Feb 1945	1 Apr 1945
4	Lt.Cdr. William Roland Stacey, DSC, RCNR	2 Apr 1945	19 Jun 1945

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Notable events involving Saint John include:

19 May 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) arrived at Lough Foyle.

Later the same day A/S exercises were carried out together with HMCS Port Colborne (T/Lt.Cdr. C.J. Angus, RCNR), HMCS Saint John (A/Lt.Cdr. W.R. Stacey, RCNR) and another vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy. (1)

22 May 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with aircraft and later with HMCS Saint John (A/Lt.Cdr. W.R. Stacey, RCNR). (1)

1 Sep 1944
German U-boat U-247 was sunk in the Channel about 11 nautical miles south-east of Lands End, in position 49°54'N, 05°49'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigates HMCS Saint John (A/Lt.Cdr. W.R. Stacey, RCNR) and HMCS Swansea (Lt.Cdr. A.F.C. Layard, DSO, RN).

16 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-309 was sunk in the North Sea east of the Moray Firth, in position 58°09'N, 02°23'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Saint John (Lt.Cdr. W.R. Stacey, RCNR)

27 Feb 1945
HMCS Saint John (Lt. C.G. McIntosh, RCNR) arrived at Cardiff, U.K. to begin a refit.