HMCS Swansea was a Canadian River-class frigate that was the most successful U-boat hunter in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, having a hand in the destruction of four of them. She saw service in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1943 to 1945.

There has been only one vessel named HMCS Swansea in the Royal Canadian Navy. HMCS Swansea K328 / 306. Commissioned at Victoria, British Columbia, on 4 October 1943, HMCS Swansea arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 16 November and worked up off Pictou, Nova Scotia, and in St. Margaret’s Bay.

(2) U-448 (Oblt Helmet Dauter) a type VIIC U-boat, sunk on 14 Apr 1944 by HMCS SWANSEA K328 and HMS PELICAN in position 46-22 N, 19-35 W. HMCS SWANSEA (K328) gained sonar contact, while screening for the escort Carrier HMS BITER D97, & immediately attacked. U- 448 went deep & HMS PELICAN joined SWANSEA following 4 hours of creeping attacks and ...

HMCS Swansea - K328 A River-class frigate commissioned on 4 October 1943, HMCS Swansea helped sink four U-boats in 1944 and was present at D-Day. She arrived in Halifax on 16 November 1943 where she was assigned to Escort Group 9, making passage to Londonderry, Northern Ireland with Convoy SC.154.

HMCS SWANSEA K328 "A last wartime ship's company photo at Halifax, November 1944" Photographers/Credit: JCM Hayward, Halifax/J.Band. Click on the photo above to view a larger image

German U-boat U-845 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 48°20'N, 20°33'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Forester, the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent, the Canadian corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea.

HMCS Swansea was a Canadian River-class frigate that was active in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1943 to 1945. She was the most successful U-boat hunter in the Royal Canadian Navy, having a hand in the destruction of four of them. Following the war she was refit as a …

HMCS SWANSEA. Builder: Yarrows Ltd. Yard # 83, Esquimalt, British Columbia. Construction Started: 15 July 1942. Launched: 19 December 1942. Commissioned :4 October 1943. Pennant # :K 328. Atlantic 1943–44, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944. Decommissioned : 2 November 1945. Sold August 1967, broken up Savona, Italy 1967. Other Ships

Oct 4, 2023 · Above we see one of the 67 hardy River class frigates used by the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Swansea (K328), shipping green in January 1944 while off Bermuda. As acknowledged by Jane’s in 1946 about the class, following hard wartime service: “These ships have shown very good endurance and sea-keeping qualities.”

HMCS SWANSEA Statistical Data. Pendant: K328/306; Type: Frigate; Class: RIVER Class 42-43 Programme; Displacement: 1445 tonnes; Length: 301.5 ft; Width: 36.6 ft; Draught: 9 ft; Speed: 19 kts; Compliment: 8 Officers and 133 Crew Arms: 1-4" (1 x II), 1-12 pdr. Builder: Yarrows Ltd.. Esquimalt, B.C. Keel Laid: 15-Jul-42