| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | F |
| Pennant | H 69 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 17 Mar 1933 |
| Laid down | 15 Aug 1933 |
| Launched | 12 Oct 1934 |
| Commissioned | 8 Feb 1944 |
| End service | 27 May 1946 |
| History | Former Royal Navy destroyer HMS Foxhound transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 8 February 1944. |
| Former name | HMS Foxhound |
Commands listed for HMCS Qu'appelle (H 69)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Dickson Carlile Wallace, DSC, RCNR | 8 Feb 1944 | 19 Apr 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. Alec Murray McKillop, RN | 20 Apr 1944 | 11 Jul 1944 |
| 3 | Cdr. John Dudley Birch, DSC, RD, RNR | 12 Jul 1944 | 9 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. James Douglas Prentice, DSO, RCN | 10 Sep 1944 | 4 Dec 1944 |
| 5 | Cdr. (retired) Edgar Lorne Armstrong, RCN | 5 Dec 1944 | 6 Jan 1945 |
| 6 | Cdr. Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR | 7 Jan 1945 | 2 Apr 1945 |
| 7 | T/Lt.Cdr. Ian Angus, RCNVR | 3 Apr 1945 | 21 Jun 1945 |
| 8 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Wilfred Davenport, RCNR | 22 Jun 1945 | 9 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Qu'appelle include:
2 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Lightfoot (Lt.Cdr. T.M. Williams, RNR), HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR) and HMS Wye (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Powys-Smith, RNR). (1)
3 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR), HMS Lightfoot (Lt.Cdr. T.M. Williams, RNR) and HMS Longa (T/Lt. H.E. Smith, SANF(V)). (1)
4 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dumbarton Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.F. Broadhead, RNR), HMS Longa (T/Lt. H.E. Smith, SANF(V)) and HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR). (1)
6 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dumbarton Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.F. Broadhead, RNR), HMS Rushen Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Warwick, DSC, RNR), HMS Lochy (Lt.Cdr. W.J.P. Roberts, RNR) and HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. D.C. Wallace, DSC, RCNR). (1)
9 May 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Saskatchewan (T/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Easton, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. P.F.X. Russell, RCN) and HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. A.M. McKillop, RN). (2)
18 Jun 1944
Around 0400B/18, the battleship HMS Anson (Capt. E.D.B. McCarthy, DSO and Bar, RN) departed Scapa Flow for Plymouth. She was escorted by the destroyers HMS Volage (Cdr. L.G. Durlacher, OBE, RN) and HMS Wessex (Lt.Cdr. R. Horncastle, RN).
Around 1900B/18, HMS Volage and HMS Wessex parted comany.
Around 0630B/19, the destroyers HMS Ashanti (Lt.Cdr. J.R. Barnes, RN), HMS Saladin (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.G.C. King, RNVR) and HMS Scimitar (Lt. P. Archer-Shee, RNVR) joined.
Around 1255B/19, the destroyers HMCS Qa'Appelle (Cdr. A.M. McKillop, RN), HMCS Saskatchewan (T/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Easton, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Restigouche (A/Lt.Cdr. D.W. Groos, RCN) and HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. P.F.X. Russell, RCN) joined.
HMS Anson arrived at Plymouth around 1800B/19. (3)
30 Sep 1944
HMS Scythian (T/Lt C.P. Thode, RNZNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Welland, DSC, RCN), HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN), HMCS Skeena (A/Lt.Cdr. P.F.X. Russell, RCN), HMCS Qa'Appelle (T/Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN) and HMCS St. Laurent (Lt.Cdr. G.H. Stephen, DSC, RCNR). (4)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19326
- ADM 173/18528
- ADM 53/118821
- ADM 173/18650
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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