HMS Foxhound (H69) was an Interwar standard that served the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 from 1935 to 1944.

She was laid down on 21 August 1933 at John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. Clydebank

Clydebank

Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton, the town with which it was combined to form West Dunbartonshire, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and...

 and launched on 12 October 1934. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 on 6 June 1935 with pennant number

Pennant number

In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...

 H69.

She was decommissioned by the RN on 8 February 1944 and transferred to Canada. She was commissioned into the RCN on that day as and was grouped under the RCN's River-class destroyer

Canadian River class destroyer

The River class was a class of fourteen destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy that served before and during the Second World War. They were named after Canadian rivers.-Description:...

. She was decommissioned from the RCN on 27 May 1946.