Allied Warships

HMCS Penetang (K 676)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 676 
Built byDavie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) 
OrderedJun 1942 
Laid down22 Sep 1943 
Launched6 Jul 1944 
Commissioned19 Oct 1944 
End service25 Jan 1956 
History

Decommissioned 10 November 1945.
Recommissioned as a Prestonian class frigate with penant number 316 on 1 June 1954.
Decommissioned 25 January 1956.
Served withthe Royal Norwegian Navy as Draug 1956-1966.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Penetang (K 676)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Anthony Rivers Hicks, RCNVR19 Oct 194410 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Penetang include:


19 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.R. Watson, RCNR) and HMCS Penetang (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hicks, RCNVR). (1)

28 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Penetang (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hicks, RCNVR) and HMS Weston (Cdr. E. Gleave, RNR). (1)

Media links


Frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy 1943-1974
MacPherson, Ken

Sources

  1. ADM 173/19287

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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