page_title: HMCS Prince Rupert (K324)
section_title: War service
hierarchical_section_title: HMCS Prince Rupert (K324) / War service
caption_attribution_description: English: U-575 was sunk 13 March, 1944 by depth charges from USS Haverfield, USS Hobson and HMCS Prince Rupert and by depth bombs from British Wellington and Fortress aircraft of Squadrons 172, 206 and 220 and an VC-95 Avenger aircraft of USS Bogue. LTJG Pattie's depth bombs DB splash off starboard bow - 20mm gunfire splashes from HMCS Prince Rupert to port
context_page_description: HMCS Prince Rupert was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
  Prince Rupert was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program. She was laid down on 1 August 1942 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 3 February 1943. She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 30 August 1943 at Esquimalt.
context_section_description: After working up at Pictou, Prince Rupert was assigned to the Mid-Ocean Escort Force escort group C-3 as Senior Officer's Ship. She was used a trans-Atlantic convoy escort until November 1944. On 13 March 1944, Prince Rupert, alongside USS Haverfield, USS Hobson and aircraft from American and British services, sank U-575 in the North Atlantic. When the U-boat was spotted by an RCAF patrol plane, Prince Rupert was detached from the convoy and sped to the sighting. There alongside the aforementioned units, she fought for five hours to sink U-575. In the end the U-boat surfaced and Prince Rupert helped carry off the survivors, saving fourteen of the sinking submarine's crew.
  In November 1944, Prince Rupert began a refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia which was completed in March 1945. She returned to active service with escort group EG 27, based out of Halifax and remained with them until June 1945, when she sailed for Esquimalt. Upon reaching Esquimalt, Prince Rupert underwent tropicalization refit in preparation for service in the southern Pacific Ocean. This meant adding refrigeration, water-cooling capabilities and a change to her camouflage pattern. However this refit was cancelled when Japan surrendered. She was paid off there on 15 January 1946. She was sold in 1947 to Capital Iron & Metals Ltd. of Victoria, British Columbia. Her hull was stripped and expended as a breakwater at Royston, British Columbia in 1948.
caption: 20mm gunfire from Prince Rupert striking water to port of U-575
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