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Allied Warships

HMCS Ottawa (ii) (H 31)

Destroyer of the G class


HMCS Ottawa (ii) as seen during the war.

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassG 
PennantH 31 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.): Parsons 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Sep, 1934 
Launched15 Aug, 1935 
Commissioned20 Mar, 1943 
End service31 Oct, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal Canadian Navy on 20 March 1943.
Decommissioned 31 October 1945.
Scrapped in January 1946.  
Former nameHMS Griffin

Noteable events involving Ottawa (ii) include:

7 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-678 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Brighton, in position 50º32'N, 00º23'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa, HMCS Kootenay and the British corvette HMS Statice. (see map)

18 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-621 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle, in position 45º52'N, 02º36'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map)

20 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-984 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest, in position 48º16'N, 05º33'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. J.D. Prentice, DSO, RCN), HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson, RCN) and HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN). (see map)


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