| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 164 |
| Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 1 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 12 Aug 1940 |
| Launched | 9 Apr 1941 |
| Commissioned | 19 Jun 1941 |
| End service | 8 Jul 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 23 March 1944. Decommissioned 8 July 1945. Commanding Officers: T/Lt. Henry Drummond Campsie, RCNR T/Lt. Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR T/Lt. John Eastwood Taylor, RCNVR T/Lt. Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR Refitting T/Lt. Harold Brynjolfson, RCNVR T/Lt. Alexander Harvey, RCNR |
Commands listed for HMCS Moosejaw (K 164)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Frederick Ernest Grubb, RCN | 3 Jun 1941 | 18 Dec 1941 | |
| 2 | Henry Drummond Campsie, RCNR | 19 Dec 1941 | 13 Feb 1942 | |
| 3 | Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR | 14 Feb 1942 | 29 Aug 1943 | |
| 4 | John Eastwood Taylor, RCNVR | 30 Aug 1943 | 6 Oct 1943 | |
| 5 | Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR | 7 Oct 1943 | 3 Feb 1944 | |
| 6 | Harold Brynjolfson, RCNVR | 14 Mar 1944 | 12 Oct 1944 | |
| 7 | Alexander Harvey, RCNR | 13 Oct 1944 | 8 Jul 1945 | |
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Noteable events involving Moosejaw include:
10 Sep 1941
The German submarine U-501 was sunk at 2330hrs on 10 September 1941 in the Straits of Denmark south of Angmagsalik, Greenland, in position 62º50'N, 37º50'W, by depth charges and ramming from the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chambly (A/Cdr. J.D. Prentice, RCN) and
HMCS Moosejaw (Lt. F.E. Grubb, RCN).
See also this website for Lt. Grubb's report (offsite link). (see map)
11 Sep 1941
HMCS Kenogami (Lt.Cdr. R. Jackson, RCNVR) and HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCN) together pick up 41 survivors from the British merchant Berury that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-207 east of Cape Farewell in position 62º40'N, 38º50'W.
9 Jan 1942
HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. H.D. Campsie, RCNR) ran aground off the south entrance of St. John's harbour.
19 Feb 1942
HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. L.D. Quick, RCNR) was grounded again (see January 9th) at south entrance to St. John's harbour. She was undergoing temporary repairs at St. John's until 5 March when she left for Saint John, New Brunswick for permanent repairs that lasted until 25 June.
28 Feb 1945
HMCS Moosejaw (T/Lt. A. Harvey, RCNR) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Norfolk Coast that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-1302 south-west of Strumble Head in position 51º58'N, 05º25'W.