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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.

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

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: Шаблон:HMCS and Шаблон:HMCS were sunk by collisions in 1940; Шаблон:HMCS was torpedoed by Шаблон:Ship 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 Шаблон:HMS intercepted and captured the German merchant ship Hannover near Jamaica. Hannover was later converted into Шаблон:HMS.

On the night of 25 June 1940, Fraser was tasked to join the destroyer Шаблон:HMCS and light cruiser Шаблон:HMS 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 Шаблон:Ship.

Margaree was lost on 22 October 1940, when she collided with the freighter MV Port Fairy at position Шаблон:Coord.[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 Шаблон:HMS in sinking the Italian submarine Шаблон:Ship.

1941

1942

On 31 July 1942, Skeena and Шаблон:HMCS depth charged and sank the German submarine Шаблон:GS while escorting ON 115 at Шаблон:Coord.

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

On 14 September 1942, while escorting Convoy ON-127 Шаблон:Convert east of St John's, Newfoundland, Ottawa was torpedoed by Шаблон:GS. 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 SaguenayШаблон:'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 Шаблон:HMCS, 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 Шаблон:GS while escorting Convoy ON 154 north of the Azores, along with the corvettes Шаблон:HMCS, Шаблон:HMCS and Шаблон:HMCS.

1943

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

Шаблон:HMCS, 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 Шаблон:GS was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position Шаблон:Coord following a lengthy hunt to exhaustion. It was initially torpedoed by the British Шаблон:Sclass2 Шаблон:HMS 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 Шаблон:HMCS and Шаблон:HMCS, Canadian frigate Шаблон:HMCS, Canadian destroyers HMCS Chaudière and Шаблон:HMCS, and the British corvette Шаблон:HMS.

St. Laurent was credited with the 10 March 1944 sinking of Шаблон:GS in the North Atlantic, along with the destroyer Шаблон:HMS, corvette Шаблон:HMCS and frigate Шаблон:HMCS.

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 Шаблон:HMS depth-charged and sank the German VIIC-class U-boat Шаблон:GS 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 Шаблон:GS 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 Шаблон:GS 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 Шаблон:Convert 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.

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 Шаблон:HMCS 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 Шаблон:HMCS 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 Шаблон:GS, 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 Шаблон:HMS 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 Шаблон:MV, 22 October 1940[28]
E class
Шаблон:HMS 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
Шаблон:HMS 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]
Шаблон:HMS 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
Шаблон:HMS 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
Шаблон:HMS 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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  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 Шаблон:Webarchive, (Ottawa: King's Printer, 1952), 349.
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Coord HMCS Kootenay
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Coord
  9. ↑ Шаблон:CoordHMCS Kootenay
  10. ↑ Remember the 24 Шаблон:Webarchive
  11. ↑ Funds needed for HMCS Skeena memorial in Iceland Lookout, 23 Jan 2006 Шаблон:Webarchive
  12. ↑ uboat.net page
  13. ↑ 13,0 13,1 13,2 13,3 13,4 13,5 English, pp. 15, 26.
  14. ↑ 14,0 14,1 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 46
  15. ↑ 15,0 15,1 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 47
  16. ↑ 16,00 16,01 16,02 16,03 16,04 16,05 16,06 16,07 16,08 16,09 16,10 16,11 16,12 English, p. 45
  17. ↑ 17,0 17,1 17,2 17,3 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 50
  18. ↑ Whitley, p. 27
  19. ↑ 19,0 19,1 19,2 19,3 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 49
  20. ↑ English, p. 47
  21. ↑ 21,0 21,1 21,2 21,3 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 48
  22. ↑ English, p. 49
  23. ↑ English, p. 50
  24. ↑ English, p. 48
  25. ↑ 25,0 25,1 25,2 25,3 25,4 25,5 25,6 25,7 English, p. 51
  26. ↑ 26,0 26,1 26,2 26,3 26,4 26,5 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 52
  27. ↑ English, p. 56
  28. ↑ English, p. 60
  29. ↑ 29,0 29,1 English, p. 63
  30. ↑ 30,0 30,1 30,2 30,3 30,4 30,5 30,6 30,7 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 51
  31. ↑ 31,0 31,1 31,2 31,3 31,4 31,5 Lenton, pp. 158–59
  32. ↑ 32,0 32,1 32,2 32,3 32,4 32,5 32,6 32,7 MacPherson and Barrie, p. 53
  33. ↑ 33,0 33,1 Lenton, p. 161
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