Allied Warships

HMCS St. Pierre (K 680)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 680 
Built byDavie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered1 Feb 1943 
Laid down30 Jun 1943 
Launched1 Dec 1943 
Commissioned28 Aug 1944 
End service22 Nov 1945 
History

Decommissioned 22 November 1945.
Became the Peruvian Teniente Palacios in 1947.
Renamed Palacios in 1953 and served untill 1966.

 

Commands listed for HMCS St. Pierre (K 680)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Norman Vincent Clark, OBE, RCNR10 Jul 194413 Nov 1944
2T/Lt. James Arthur Tullis, RCNR14 Nov 19449 Aug 1945
3T/Ch.Skr. Ernest Leonard Ritchie, RCNR10 Aug 194522 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving St. Pierre include:


3 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS St. Pierre (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Tullis, RCNR). (1)

10 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS St. Pierre (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Tullis, RCNR) and HMCS Kenora (T/Lt. R.M. Meredith, RCNR). (1)

Media links


Frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy 1943-1974

MacPherson, Ken

Sources

  1. ADM 173/20176

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


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