| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 273 |
| Built by | Marine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 20 Feb 1941 |
| Laid down | 22 Mar 1941 |
| Launched | 25 Oct 1941 |
| Commissioned | 28 Apr 1942 |
| End service | 28 Jun 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 28 June 1945. |
| Former name | HMCS Fort William, K 236 |
Commands listed for HMCS La Malbaie (K 273)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Ian Walker McTavish, RCNR | 31 Mar 1942 | 11 Feb 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. James Sinclair Davis, RCNVR | 12 Feb 1943 | 7 Jun 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Ernest Frederick Piper, RCNVR | 8 Jun 1944 | 21 Feb 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Timothy Hibbard Dunn, RCNVR | 22 Feb 1945 | 28 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving La Malbaie include:
1 Jun 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS La Malbaie (T/Lt. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Mayflower (Lt. V. Browne, RCNR) and HMCS Bittersweet (T/Lt. F.B. Brooks-Hill, RCNVR). (1)
8 Jul 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.A.R. Troup, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Fame (Cdr. R. Heathcote, DSO, RN), HMS Warwick (Cdr. Y.M. Cleeves, DSO, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Landguard (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) T.S.L. Fox-Pitt, RN), HMCS Bittersweet (T/Lt. F.B. Brooks-Hill, RCNVR), HMCS Mayflower (Lt. V. Browne, RCNR) and HMCS La Malbaie (T/Lt. J.S. Davis, RCNVR). (2)
23 Aug 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. J.M. Michell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS La Malbaie (T/Lt. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Wetaskiwin (T/Lt.Cdr. J.R. Kidston, RCNVR) and HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (3)
8 Mar 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Snowberry (T/Lt. J.A. Dunn, RCNVR), HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR), an unidentified vessel (we are unable to read the name in the log of HrMs O 9) and HMCS La Malbaie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Davis, RCNVR). (4)
12 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Bittersweet (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.B. Brooks-Hill, RCNVR), HMCS La Malbaie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Prince Rupert (T/Lt.Cdr. R.W. Draney, RCNR), HMCS Saskatchewan (T/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Easton, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Eyebright (T/Lt. H.L. Quinn, RCNVR), HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. S. Henderson, RCNR) and HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR). (4)
13 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR), HMCS Eyebright (T/Lt. H.L. Quinn, RCNVR), HMCS La Malbaie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Long Branch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, RNR). (4)
31 Jul 1944
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted attack exercises off Larne with HMS Shakespeare (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN). These were followed by A/S exercises with HMCS La Malbaie (T/Lt. E.F. Piper, RCNVR) and HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR). (5)
Media links
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Sources
- ADM 173/17783
- ADM 173/17772
- ADM 173/17831
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/19456
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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