Allied Warships

HMCS Grou (K 518)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 518 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 May 1943 
Launched7 Aug 1943 
Commissioned4 Dec 1943 
End service25 Feb 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 25 February 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Grou (K 518)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Howard Geoffrey Dupont, RCNR8 Nov 1943

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Noteable events involving Grou include:


4 Mar 1945
HMCS Grou (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dupont, RCNR) begins a refit at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.



Royal Navy Frigates

Collingwood, Donald

Books dealing with this subject include:

Royal Navy Frigates, Collingwood, Donald, 1999


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