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Allied Warships

HMCS Chebogue (K 317)

Frigate of the River class


HMCS Chebogue as completed.

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 317 
Built byYarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Mar, 1943 
Launched17 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned22 Feb, 1944 
End service25 Sep, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryAt 22.49 hours on 4 October 1944, HMCS Chebogue was hit by a Gnat from U-1227 , while escorting the convoy ONS-33. The badly damaged frigate was towed to Port Talbot but was not repaired.

Decommissioned 25 September 1945. 

Hit by U-boat
A total loss on 4 Oct, 1944 by U-1227 (Altmeier).

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