| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 03 |
| Built by | Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | Oct 1941 |
| Laid down | 5 May 1942 |
| Launched | 10 Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | 11 Sep 1943 |
| End service | 23 Jan 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 23 January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMCS Dunver (K 03)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt.Cdr. William Woods, RCNR | 11 Sep 1943 | 6 May 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Wilfred Davenport, RCNR | 7 May 1944 | 9 Aug 1944 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. George Hay Stephen, DSC, OBE, RCNR | 10 Aug 1944 | 24 Aug 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Wilfred Davenport, RCNR | 25 Aug 1944 | 26 Mar 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt.Cdr. St. Clair Balfour, RCNVR | 27 Mar 1945 | 26 May 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt.Cdr. Charles Patrick Balfry, DSC, RCNR | 27 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dunver include:
19 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Prescott (A/Lt.Cdr. W. McIsaac, RCNVR), HMCS Baddeck (T/Lt. G.C. Brown, RCNVR), HMCS Dunver (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, OBE, DSC, RCNR) and HMCS New Westminster (T/Lt. R.O. McKenzie, RCNR). (1)
20 Apr 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Dunver (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, OBE, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Dauphin (T/Lt. M.H. Wallace, RCNR), HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. S.R.P. Annet, RCNVR) and HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR). (2)
5 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Dunver (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W. Davenport, RCNR), HMCS Carlplace (T/Lt. C.E. Wright, RCNVR), HMCS Kenora (T/Lt. R.M. Meredith, RCNR) and HMCS Prescott (T/Lt. G.J. Mathewson, RCNVR). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 173/18472
- ADM 173/18527
- ADM 173/20176
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.