HMCS Rivière du Loup (K357)
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HMCS Riviere du Loup (K357) was a Flower-class corvette
that served in the Royal Canadian Navy
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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.
Flower class corvette
The Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...
that served in the Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
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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
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
as Juan Bautista Maggiolo, serving until 1972.