Allied Warships

HMCS Ribble (K 525)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 525 
Built byBlyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) 
Ordered14 Jun 1942 
Laid down31 Dec 1942 
Launched10 Nov 1943 
Commissioned24 Jul 1944 
End service11 Jun 1945 
History

Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 11 June 1945.
Scrapped 9 July 1957.

 
Former nameHMS Ribble (ii)

Commands listed for HMCS Ribble (K 525)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Allan Brown Taylor, RCNR14 May 194420 Nov 1944
2A/Lt.Cdr. Aubrey Alvin Randle Dykes, RCNR21 Nov 194411 Jun 1945

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Notable events involving Ribble include:


23 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (1)

27 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (1)

28 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (1)

31 Aug 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR). (1)

1 Sep 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Ribble (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.B. Taylor, RCNR) and HMCS Loch Achanalt (T/Lt. R.W. Hart, RCNVR). (2)

Media links


Frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy 1943-1974

MacPherson, Ken

Sources

  1. ADM 173/19420
  2. ADM 173/19421

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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