| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 441 |
| Built by | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom |
| Ordered | 26 Dec 1942 |
| Laid down | 28 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 4 Dec 1943 |
| Commissioned | 3 Aug 1944 |
| End service | 11 Jun 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 11 June 1945. |
| Former name | HMS Monnow |
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Notable events involving Monnow include:
6 Feb 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMCS Monnow (Cdr. E.G. Skinner, DSO, RCNR), HMCS Nene (T/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Shaw, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Alvie (T/Lt.Cdr. Ernest George Old, RCNR). (1)
27 Mar 1945
After acceptance trials, HMS Amphion (Cdr. R.H. Dewhurst, DSO, RN) departed her builders yard at Barrow for Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMCS Monnow (Cdr. E.G. Skinner, DSO, RCNR). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 173/20257
- ADM 173/19462
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.