HMCS LASALLE K519

River Class Frigate

HMCS LASALLE K519

RCN Photo # S-2879

Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

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Battle honours and awards: Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944, Atlantic 1945

Laid down: 04 Jun 1943

Launched: 11 Dec 1943

Commissioned: 29 Jun 1944

Paid off: 17 Dec 1945

Fate: Sunk as a breakwater in 1948

Laid down at Lauzon, Que, she was built by Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Ltd., Lauzon, Que. Commissioned on 29 Jun 1944, at Quebec City, she arrived in Bermuda on 31 Aug 1944 to carry out working-up exercises. She left on 01 Oct 1944 for Halifax, there to become a member of the newly formed EG 27, and spent the remainder of the war in that area on A/S patrol and support duty. In Jun 1945, Lasalle sailed for Esquimalt via the Panama Canal and was paid off at Esquimalt on 17 Dec 1945. She was dismantled in 1947 and her hull expended as a breakwater in 1948 at Kelsey Bay, B.C.

Photos and Documents Ship's company photos

Commanding Officers

LCdr Frederick Allan Beck, RCNVR - 29 Jun 1944 - 02 Jul 1945

LCdr Raiffe Dillon Barrett, RCNVR - 03 Jul 1945 - 14 Nov 1945

In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice