Fighting the U-boats

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Royal Canadian Navy


The Canadian Flower class corvette HMCS Ville de Quebec.

No war is without its losses. The RCN paid heavily for its successes against the U-boats. This table may be incomplete and any tips or corrections are welcome.


Royal Canadian Navy Losses to U-boats


DateU-boatName of vesselType of shipFate
7 Sep 1942   U-165   HMCS RaccoonArmed Yacht
19 Sep 1941   U-74   HMCS Levis (K 115)corvette
11 Feb 1942   U-136   HMCS Spikenard (K 198)corvette
11 Sep 1942   U-517   HMCS Charlottetown (K 244)corvette
22 Feb 1943   U-118   HMCS Weyburn (K 173)corvette
8 Aug 1944   U-667   HMCS Regina (K 234)corvette
21 Aug 1944   U-480   HMCS Alberni (K 103)corvette
25 Nov 1944   U-1228   HMCS Shawinigan (K 136)corvette
22 Feb 1945   U-1004   HMCS Trentonian (K 368)corvette
14 Sep 1942   U-91   HMCS Ottawa (H 60)destroyer
20 Sep 1943   U-305   HMCS St. Croix (I 81)destroyer
24 Dec 1944   U-806   HMCS Clayoquot (J 174)Fleet minesweeper
17 Mar 1945   U-868   HMCS Guysborough (J 52)Fleet minesweeper
16 Apr 1945   U-190   HMCS Esquimalt (J 272)Fleet minesweeper
7 May 1944   U-548   HMCS Valleyfield (K 329)frigate
4 Oct 1944   U-1227   HMCS Chebogue (K 317)frigatetotal loss
14 Oct 1944   U-1223   HMCS Magog (K 673)frigatetotal loss
29 Mar 1945   U-315   HMCS Teme (K 458)frigatetotal loss

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