| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | E |
| Pennant | H 61 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Mar 1933 |
| Launched | 29 May 1934 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jun 1943 |
| End service | 10 Jan 1946 |
| History | Former Royal Navy destroyer HMS Express transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 3 June 1943. |
| Former name | HMS Express |
Commands listed for HMCS Gatineau (H 61)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Philip Whitworth Burnett, RN | 1 May 1943 | 10 Nov 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. Ernest Meurice Chadwick, RCN | 10 Nov 1943 | 22 Nov 1943 |
| 3 | A/Lt.Cdr. Harold Victor William Groos, RCN | 22 Nov 1943 | 10 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | A/Lt.Cdr. Ralph Lucien Hennessy, DSC, RCN | 11 Sep 1944 | 29 Sep 1944 |
| 5 | Lt. James Allison Bryant, RCNVR | 30 Sep 1944 | 9 Nov 1944 |
| 6 | A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN | 10 Nov 1944 | 14 Jul 1945 |
| 7 | A/Lt.Cdr. Patrick David Budge, DSC, RCN | 15 Jul 1945 | 26 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Gatineau include:
8 Aug 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. R.H. Bull, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Polyanthus (T/Lt. J.G. Aitken, RNR), HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR), HMS Lagan (Lt.Cdr. (retired) A. Ayre, RNR), HMCS Kamloops (T/Lt. D.M. Stewart, RCNR), HMCS Gatineau (Cdr. P.W. Burnett, RN), HMCS Chambly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR), HMS Drury (Lt.Cdr. N.J. Parker, RN) and HMS Primrose (T/Lt. P.E. Kitto, RNR). (1)
19 Oct 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. J.C. Varley, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Kamloops (T/Lt. D.M. Stewart, RCNR), HMCS Chambly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR), HMCS Gatineau (Cdr. P.W. Burnett, RN) and HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. L.P. Denny, RCNR). (2)
14 Jan 1944
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.N. Joyce, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR) and HMCS Gatineau (A/Lt.Cdr. H.V.W. Groos, RCN). (3)
6 Mar 1944
After unsuccessful attempts at towing the boat to port German U-boat U-744 was sunk at 1830hrs on 6 March 1944 in the North Atlantic, in position 52°01'N, 22°37'W, after being torpedoed by the British destroyer HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. R. Dyer, RN). U-744 was attacked for over 30 hours by depth charges from HMS Icarus, the Canadian frigate HMCS St. Catharines (T/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR with Cdr. P.W. Burnett, DSC, RN escort group commander onboard), Canadian corvettes HMCS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR), HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.R. Coughlin, RCNVR), Canadian destroyers HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN), HMCS Gatineau (A/Lt.Cdr. H.V.W. Groos, RCN) and the British corvette HMS Kenilworth Castle (Lt. J.J.Allon, RNR).
27 Mar 1944
HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, OBE, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. R. Dyer, RN), HMCS Gatineau (Lt.Cdr. H.V.W. Groos, RCN) and Escort Group C 2. (4)
8 May 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. A.G. Boulton, RCNVR), HMCS Gatineau (Lt.Cdr. H.V.W. Groos, RCN), HMS Sunflower (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.H. Stammers, RNVR), HMCS Mayflower (T/Lt. D.S. Martin, RCNR) and HMCS Drumheller (T/Lt. H.R. Beck, RCNR). (5)
1 May 1945
HMS Volatile (Lt. F.R. Lawrence, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Assiniboine (Cdr.(Retd.) E.L. Armstrong, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, DSC, RCN), HMCS Saskatchewan (A/Lt.Cdr. T.C. Pullen, RCN) and HMCS Gatineau (A/Lt.Cdr. G.H. Davidson, RCN). (6)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17927
- ADM 173/17833
- ADM 173/17812
- ADM 173/18586
- ADM 173/18528
- ADM 173/20332
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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