HMCS Riviere du Loup (K357)

HMCS Riviere du Loup (K357)

HMCS "Riviere du Loup" (K357) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy.

"Riviere du Loup" followed the design of the modified Flower-class corvettes and was ordered from Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co. as part of the 1942-1943 Programme (Increased Endurance). She was laid down on 5 January 1943 and launched on 2 July 1943. She was commissioned into the RCN on 21 November 1943.

She was decommissioned from the RCN on 2 July 1945. She was sold in 1947 to the Dominican Republic as "Juan Bautista Maggiolo", serving until 1972.

References

*cite web | url = http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/777.html | work = Uboat.net | title = HMCS "Riviere du Loup" (K 357) | accessdate=2008-06-08
*cite web | url= http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww2/revflowr/ | title = Revised FLOWER Class | work = Haze Gray & Underway: Naval History and Photography - The Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today | accessdate=2008-06-08


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