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.
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Sources
- ADM 173/19219
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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