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The Canadian escort group C 2 was comprised of the RCN destroyers Gatineau and Chaudiere, the frigate St. Catharines, the corvettes Chilliwack and Fennel, and the RN destroyer Icarus. These six and the RN corvette Kenilworth Castle combined to sink U-744 in the North Atlantic in a prolonged drama on March 5 and 6, 1944. At 32 hours, this was the second-longest successful hunt of the war. Chilliwack able seaman Ralph Chartrand recalls the action:...