Allied Warships

HMCS Saint John (K 456)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 456 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 May 1943 
Launched25 Aug 1943 
Commissioned13 Dec 1943 
End service27 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 27 November 1945.

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Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR
13 December 1943 - 20 February 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. William Roland Stacey, RCNR
21 February 1944 - 18 February 1945
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1945

T/Lt. Charles George McIntosh, RCNR
19 February 1945 - 1 April 1945

Lt.Cdr. William Roland Stacey, RCNR
2 April 1945 - 19 June 1945
DSC Awarded on 20 March 1945

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Commands listed for HMCS Saint John (K 456)

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CommanderFromTo
1Roy Milton Mosher, RCNR13 Dec 194320 Feb 1944
2William Roland Stacey, RCNR21 Feb 194418 Feb 1945
3Charles George McIntosh, RCNR19 Feb 19451 Apr 1945
4Lt.Cdr. William Roland Stacey, DSC, RCNR2 Apr 194519 Jun 1945

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Noteable events involving Saint John include:


1 Sep 1944
The German submarine U-247 was sunk in the Channel about 11 nautical miles south-east of Lands End, in position 49º54'N, 05º49'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). (see map)

16 Feb 1945
The German submarine U-309 was sunk in the North Sea east of the Moray Firth, in position 58º09'N, 02º23'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Saint John (Lt.Cdr. W.R. Stacey, RCNR) (see map)

27 Feb 1945
HMCS Saint John (Lt. C.G. McIntosh, RCNR) arrives at Cardiff, U.K. to begin a refit.

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