Allied Warships

HMCS Frontenac (K 335)

Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower (rev.) 
PennantK 335 
Built byKingston Shipbuilding Co. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) 
OrderedApr 1942 
Laid down19 Feb 1943 
Launched2 Jun 1943 
Commissioned26 Oct 1943 
End service22 Jul 1945 
History

Decommissioned 22 July 1945.
Sold in October 1945 to the United Ship Corporation.  

Commands listed for HMCS Frontenac (K 335)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Manlius Cornell Bull, RCNVR11 Oct 194315 Mar 1945
2T/Lt. Donald Richard Baker, RCNVR16 Mar 194522 Jul 1945

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Notable events involving Frontenac include:


17 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS Arnprior (T/Lt. S.D. Thom, DSC, RCNVR), HMCS Frontenac (T/Lt. M.C. Bull, RCNVR) and HMCS Orangeville (Lt. F.R. Pike, RCNVR). (1)

1 May 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Frontenac (T/Lt. D.R. Baker, RCNVR). (2)

3 May 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS Frontenac (T/Lt. D.R. Baker, RCNVR). (2)

Media links


Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945

MacPherson, Ken and Milner, Marc

Sources

  1. ADM 173/19365
  2. ADM 173/20140

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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