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HMCS New Glasgow (K 320)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 320 
Built byYarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down2 Dec, 1942 
Launched23 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned23 Dec, 1943 
End service30 Jan, 1967 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 4 November 1945.
Recommissioned as a Prestonian class frigate with penant number 315 on 30 January 1954.
Decommissioned on 30 January 1967. 

Noteable events involving New Glasgow include:

17 Feb, 1944
HMCS New Glasgow (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Hall, RCNR) arrives at Halifax, from Esquimalt on Canada's west coast.

23 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-1003 was scuttled in the Northern Channel about 8 to 10 nautical miles north of Inistrahull beacon (Malin Head), in position 55º25'N, 06º53'W, after ramming with Canadian frigate HMCS New Glasgow (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Hanbury) on 20 March 1945. (see map)


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