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Allied Warships

HMCS Prince Rupert (K 324)

Frigate of the River class


HMCS Prince Rupert as seen during the Second World War

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 324 
Built byYarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Aug, 1942 
Launched3 Feb, 1943 
Commissioned30 Aug, 1943 
End service15 Jan, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 15 January 1946.

Reported sunk as a breakwater at Royston, British Columbia. Some of the ship is still visible. 


Noteable events involving Prince Rupert include:

13 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-575 was sunk in the north Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 46º18'N, 27º34'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Prince Rupert, the US destroyer USS Hobson the US destroyer escort USS Haverfield and by depth charges from a British Wellington and Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 172/B and 206/R and 220/J) and Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)


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