page_title: Escort Group
section_title: 14th Escort Group
hierarchical_section_title: Escort Group / Organization / 14th Escort Group
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of Canadian destroyer HMCS Saguenay (D79).
context_page_description: An Escort Group consisted of several small warships organized and trained to operate together providing protection for trade convoys. Escort groups were a World War II tactical innovation in anti-submarine warfare by the Royal Navy to combat the threat of the Kriegsmarine's "wolfpack" tactics. Early escort groups often contained destroyers, sloops, naval trawlers and, later, corvettes of differing specifications lacking the ability to maneuver together as a flotilla of similar warships, but rigorously trained in anti-submarine tactics to use teamwork emphasizing the unique sensors, weapons, speed and turning radius of each ship. The development of these 'escort groups' proved an effective means of defending shipping convoys through the Battle of the Atlantic.
context_section_description: C and D-class destroyers: HMCS Assiniboine & St. Laurent
  Ex-Brazilian destroyers: HMS Harvester & Havelock
  Town-class destroyer: HMS Ripley
caption: Canadian ships like HMCS Saguenay served with Royal Navy ships in the Canadian 14th through 24th escort groups screening convoys through the western North Atlantic.
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