Allied Warships

HMCS Jonquiere (K 318)

Frigate of the River class

Navy	The Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	River
Pennant	K 318
Built by	Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada)
Ordered	Jun 1942
Laid down	26 Jan 1943
Launched	28 Oct 1943
Commissioned	10 May 1944
End service	23 Sep 1966
History	Decommissioned 4 December 1945. Recommissioned as a Prestonian class frigate with penant number 318 on 20 September 1954. Decommissioned 23 September 1966.

Commands listed for HMCS Jonquiere (K 318)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt.Cdr. John Richard Kidston, RCNVR	20 Mar 1944	early 1945
2	T/Lt. André Marcil, RCNVR	early 1945	16 Jun 1945
3	T/Lt. John Hobart Lincoln, DSC, RCNVR	17 Jun 1945	4 Aug 1945
4	T/Lt. André Marcil, RCNVR	5 Aug 1945	4 Dec 1945

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Notable events involving Jonquiere include:

17 Oct 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with ships from the 26th Escort Group. These were the frigates HMCS Beacon Hill (T/Lt.Cdr. E.T. Simmons, DSO, RCNVR), HMCS Jonquiere (T/Lt.Cdr. J.R. Kidston, RCNVR), HMCS Montreal (T/Lt.Cdr. S.W. Howell, RCNR), HMCS New Glasgow (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.M. Hanbury, RCNVR) and HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR).

Also a practice attack was made on HMS Philante (Cdr. M.J. Evans, OBE, RN). (1)