HDMS HOLGER DANSKE F 338 ex HMCS MONNOW K 441 ex HMS MONNOW K 441

F 338   HOLGER DANSKE   Oostende   1954                        ( Original negative in collection )

F 338   HOLGER DANSKE
FLAG : DENMARK
TYPE : RIVER - CLASS FRIGATE
LAID DOWN : 28 09 1943 as K 441 HMS MONNOW
LAUNCHED  : 04 12 1943 as K 441 HMS MONNOW
COMMISSIONED : 20 10 1945 as F 338 HOLGER DANSKE
DECOMMISSIONED : 01 08 1959

ROYAL NAVY : She was commissioned 11 05 1944 as HMS MONNOW K 441 and decommissioned on 03 08 1944 for transfer to CANADA.

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY : Commissioned on 03 08 1944 as HMCS MONNOW K 411 and
decommissioned on 11 06 1945. Returned to the Royal Navy but never reactivated but sold to DENMARK.

ROYAL DANISH NAVY : Acquired MONNOW in october 1945 she was renamed HOLGER DANSKE and commissioned on 20 10 1945. She was decommissioned on 01 08 1959 and broken
up at Odense, Denmark in 1960.