- HMCS Kootenay (H75)
HMCS "Kootenay" (H75) was a D-class
destroyer that served in theRoyal Canadian Navy from 1943-1945. She was laid down in 1931 for theRoyal Navy as HMS Decoy. In 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, being recommissioned in April of that year as an escort destroyer. ["Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946" p38.] In Canadian service she was renamed "Kootenay"; she was the first ship to bear this name. She was scrapped in January 1946. ["Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946" p38.]Service
On
22 May 1943 "Kootenay", commanded by A/Lt.Cdr. D.L. Dyer (RCN), picked up 19 survivors from the Norwegian tanker "Sandanger", which had been torpedoed and sunk on 12 May by the German VIIC class U-boat U-221 in the North Atlantic. [coord|46|00|N|21|00|W|name="U-221". [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5623.html HMCS Kootenay] ]On
7 July 1944 , "Kootenay", together with the destroyer "Ottawa" and the corvette "Statice" depth-charged and sank the German VIIC class U-boat U-678 in theEnglish Channel south-west ofBrighton . [coord|50|32|N|00|23|W|name=U-678 [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5623.html HMCS Kootenay] ] On 18 August "Kootenay", now commanded by A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Willson (RCN), together with the destroyers "Ottawa" and "Chaudiere", depth-charged and sank the German VIIC class U-boat U-621 in theBay of Biscay nearLa Rochelle . [coord|45|52|N|02|36|W|name="U-621"] Two days later on 20 August, the same ships depth-charged and sank the German VIIC class U-boat U-984 in the Bay of Biscay west of Brest. [coord|48|16|N|05|33|W|name="U-984" [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5623.html HMCS Kootenay] ]Notes
References
*Chesnau, Roger and Gardner, Robert (Ed.) "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946". Conway Maritime Press, 1980. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
ee also
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* See warship|HMCS|Kootenay for other ships of the same name.External links
* [http://www.regiamarina.net/subs/submarines/argonauta/argonauta_us.htm R.Smg. Argonauta, by Admiral (ret) Attilio Duilio Ranieri, Italian Navy]
* [http://www.regiamarina.net/subs/lost/sub_lost_all_us.asp Italian Submarines Lost in World War II]
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