Allied Warships
HMCS Kootenay (H 75)
Destroyer of the D class
Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-11211
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | D |
| Pennant | H 75 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Jun 1931 |
| Launched | 7 Jun 1932 |
| Commissioned | 12 Apr 1943 |
| End service | 26 Oct 1945 |
| History | Transferred from the Royal Navy on 12 April 1943. |
| Former name | HMS Decoy |
Commands listed for HMCS Kootenay (H 75)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Lloyd Dyer, DSC, RCN | 14 Apr 1943 | 28 Mar 1944 |
| 2 | A/Lt.Cdr. William Herbert Willson, RCN | 29 Mar 1944 | 26 Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Kootenay include:
22 May 1943
HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. K.L. Dyer, RCN) picks up 19 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Sandanger that was torpedoed and sunk on 12 May 1943 in the North Atlantic in position 46?00'N, 21?00'W by German U-boat U-221.
7 Jul 1944
German U-boat U-678 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Brighton, in position 50°32'N, 00°23'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa, HMCS Kootenay and the British corvette HMS Statice. (see map)
18 Aug 1944
German U-boat U-621 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle, in position 45°52'N, 02°36'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map)
20 Aug 1944
German U-boat U-984 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest, in position 48°16'N, 05°33'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map)
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