HMCS Grou

	HMCS Grou
History
Canada
Name	Grou
Namesake	Jean Grou
Operator	Royal Canadian Navy
Ordered	October 1941
Builder	Canadian Vickers, Montreal
Yard number	168
Laid down	1 May 1943
Launched	7 August 1943
Commissioned	4 December 1943
Decommissioned	25 December 1946
Identification	Pennant number:K 518
Honours and; awards	Arctic 1944, Atlantic 1944
Fate	Sold, broken up 1948
General characteristics
Class & type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons); 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load);
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p; 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a;
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h); 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships);
Range	646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement	157
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm) /45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX; 1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships); 8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V; 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector; up to 150 depth charges;

HMCS Grou was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as an ocean convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Jean Grou, a Roman Catholic martyr from Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec. The town's name was considered too long for a warship, so they chose something that was significantly tied to it.

Grou was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program. She was laid down on 1 May 1943 by Canadian Vickers at Montreal and launched 7 August 1943. She was commissioned on 4 December 1943 at Montreal.