| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | E |
| Pennant | H 61 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Mar 1933 |
| Launched | 29 May 1934 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jun 1943 |
| End service | 10 Jan 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Former Royal Navy destroyer HMS Express transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 3 June 1943. |
| Former name | HMS Express |
Commands listed for HMCS Gatineau (H 61)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. Philip Whitworth Burnett, RN | 1 May 1943 | 10 Nov 1943 | |
| 2 | Lt. Ernest Meurice Chadwick, RCN | 10 Nov 1943 | 22 Nov 1943 | |
| 3 | A/Lt.Cdr. Harold Victor William Groos, RCN | 22 Nov 1943 | 10 Sep 1944 | |
| 4 | A/Lt.Cdr. Ralph Lucien Hennessy, DSC, RCN | 11 Sep 1944 | 29 Sep 1944 | |
| 5 | A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN | 10 Nov 1944 | 14 Jul 1945 | |
| 6 | A/Lt.Cdr. Patrick David Budge, DSC, RCN | 15 Jul 1945 | 26 Nov 1945 | |
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Noteable events involving Gatineau include:
6 Mar 1944
After unsuccessful attempts at towing the boat to port the German submarine U-744 was sunk at 1830hrs on 6 March 1944 in the North Atlantic, in position 52º01'N, 22º37'W, after being torpedoed by the British destroyer HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. R. Dyer, RN). U-744 was attacked for over 30 hours by depth charges from HMS Icarus, the Canadian frigate HMCS St. Catharines (T/Lt.Cdr. A.F. Pickard, RCNR with Cdr. P.W. Burnett, DSC, RN escort group commander onboard), Canadian corvettes HMCS Fennel (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Moffat, RCNVR), HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.R. Coughlin, RCNVR), Canadian destroyers HMCS Chaudiere (A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Nixon, RCN), HMCS Gatineau (A/Lt.Cdr. H.V.W. Groos, RCN) and the British corvette HMS Kenilworth Castle (Lt. J.J.Allon, RNR). (see map)
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