1
9 4 4
July
Contractors
trials
24th
- Commissioned
for service with Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS
RIBBLE
August
4th -
Build
completion and commenced Acceptance Trials.
Passage
to
Tobermory on completion of trials and storing.
September
Passage
to join
26th (Canadian) Escort Group for convoy defence
in Atlantic on completion of work-up
for operational service. (See THE LOWEST BATTLE
by Harbron)
October
Part
of escort for Convoy ONS33 with ships of Group.
4th -
Convoy
escort under attack by T5 acoustic torpedo fired
by U1227 which hit and
seriously damaged HM Canadian Corvette CHEBOGUE.
Detached
from escort with HM Canadian Corvettes ARNPRIOR
and CHAMBLY to escort damaged
ship to Bristol Channel in company (Note: HMCS
CHEBOGUE was towed to Port Talbot, South Wales
but repair found to be uneconomic. See
HITLER'S U-BOAT WAR by C Blair.)
November
to December
Atlantic
convoy
escort in continuation. (For details of Atlantic
convoy
defence and support see U-BOAT WAR IN THE
ATLANTIC (HMSO), THE
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC by D Macintyre, SEEK AND
STRIKE by W Hackmann,
CONVOY ESCORT COMMANDER by P Gretton, RELENTLESS
PURSUIT by D Wemyss
and above reference.)
1
9 4 5
January
to February
Atlantic
convoy
defence with Group in continuation.
March
Transferred
to
UK coastal waters for anti-submarine operations
with HM Canadian Frigates NEW
GLASGOW, BEACON HILL, JONQUIERE and SUSSEXVALE.
(Note: This
deployment was made to counter increasing
attacks by SCHNORKEL fitted U-Boats
at focal points for convoys assembly and
division. See ENGAGE THE
ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by C Barnett.)
21st
- Deployed
in Hebrides area.
April
Coastal
operations
in continuation.
P o s t W a r N o t e s
HMCS
RIBBLE went to Canada after the end of
hostilities in Europe
and remained in Royal Canadian Navy service
until 1946 when she was returned to
RN control. The ship was Paid-off and reduced
to Reserve status and laid-up. The ship was
placed on the Disposal List and sold to
BISCO in 1957 for demolition by
Hughes Bolcow at
Blyth where she arrived in tow on 9th July
that year.
Addendum
CONVOY
ESCORT MOVEMENTS
of HMCS RIBBLE
by
Don Kindell
This convoy list has not been cross-checked
with the text above
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Date
convoy sailed
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Joined
convoy as escort
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Convoy
No.
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Left
convoy
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Date
convoy arrived
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13/11/44
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14/11/44
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ONS
036
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15/11/44
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03/12/44
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07/02/45
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unknown
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HX
337
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unknown
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21/02/45
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09/02/45
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14/02/45
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MKS
082G
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16/02/45
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17/02/45
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14/02/45
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21/02/45
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MKS
083G
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21/02/45
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22/02/45
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21/02/45
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22/02/45
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ON
286
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23/02/45
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09/03/45
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19/03/45
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unknown
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HX
345
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unknown
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02/04/45
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28/03/45
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28/03/45
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TBC
111
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31/03/45
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31/03/45
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24/03/45
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06/04/45
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HX
346
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07/04/45
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07/04/45
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23/04/45
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unknown
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HX
352
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unknown
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08/05/45
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03/05/45
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unknown
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HX
354
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unknown
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18/05/45
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(Note
on Convoys)