Allied Warships

HMCS Annan (ii) (K 404)

Frigate of the River class

HMCS Annan as completed.

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	River
Pennant	K 404
Built by	Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) : Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.)
Ordered	26 Dec 1942
Laid down	6 Oct 1943
Launched	29 Dec 1943
Commissioned	13 Jun 1944
End service	20 Jun 1945
History	Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 20 June 1945. Bought by Royal Danish Navy on 27 november 1945 and renamed Niels Ebbesen. Scrapped 1963 at Odense, Denmark.
Former name	HMS Annan (ii)

Commands listed for HMCS Annan (ii) (K 404)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Patrick Balfry, RCNR	11 Mar 1944	26 May 1945
2	J H Corbett, RCNVR	27 May 1945	20 Jun 1945

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Notable events involving Annan (ii) include:

28 Sep 1944

Operation Tenable.

Laying of air laid mines in Ramisoysund, Lepsoyrev, and Harhamsfjord.

The light cruiser HMS Euryalus (Capt. R. Oliver-Bellasis, RN), escort carriers HMS Fencer (A/Capt. W.W.R. Bentinck, OBE, RN), HMS Trumpeter (A/Capt. K.S. Colquhoun, RN) and the destroyers HMS Myngs (Capt. M.L. Power, CBE, RN), HMS Zambesi (Lt.Cdr. W. Scott, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Savage (Lt.Cdr. C.W. Malins, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Cambrian (Lt.Cdr. H.T. Harrel, RN), HMS Caprice (Lt.Cdr. G.W. McKendrick, RN) and HMS Cassandra (Cdr. P.F. Powlett, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) departed Scapa Flow around 0800A/28.

The Force reached the operational area, but the operation had to be abandoned owing to the persistent bad weather conditions and the force returned to Scapa Flow around 1630A/5 after having conducted an A/S patrol for which the 6th Escort Group also joined. This group was at that moment made up of the frigates HMCS New Waterford (T/A/Cdr. W.E.S. Briggs, DSC, RCNR, Senior Officer of the 6th Escort Group), HMCS Annan (T/A/Lt.Cdr C.P. Balfry, RCNR), HMCS Cape Breton (T/Lt.Cdr. A.M. McLarnon, RCNR), HMCS Grou (T/Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dupont, RCNR), HMCS Outremont (T/Lt.Cdr. F.O. Gerity, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). The 6th Escort Group did not return to Scapa Flow on the 5th though but remained at sea.

HMS Euryalus had already parted company around 0810A/2 to return to Scapa Flow where she arrived around 2345A/2. (1)

16 Oct 1944
German U-boat U-1006 was sunk south-west of Faeroes, in position 60°59'N, 04°49'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Annan (A/Lt.Cdr C.P. Balfry, RCNR).

8 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Grou (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dupont, RCNR) and HMCS Annan (T/A/Lt.Cdr C.P. Balfry, RCNR). (2)

9 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Grou (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dupont, RCNR), HMCS Annan (T/A/Lt.Cdr C.P. Balfry, RCNR), HMS Byard (A/Lt.Cdr. J.I. Jones, DSO, DSC, RNR), HMS Calder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Drury (Lt.Cdr. N.J. Parker, RN). (2)