Editing HMCS Buctouche (section)

==Construction and career==
The corvette was ordered as part of the 1939–1940 Flower-class building programme. The vessel was [[Keel laying|laid down]] by [[Davie Shipbuilding|Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.]] at their yard in [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]], [[Quebec]] on 14 August 1940 and was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 20 November that year. ''Buctouche'', named for the [[Bouctouche, New Brunswick|community]] in [[New Brunswick]], was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] into the RCN on 5 June 1941 at [[Quebec City]].{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=111}}

After working up, ''Buctouche'' joined the [[Newfoundland Escort Force]] in July 1941. She escorted merchant ship [[convoy]]s through the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] from [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] to Iceland beginning August 1941 with Escort Group (EG) 21.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=111}}{{sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=96}} On her first convoy mission with convoy [[SC convoys|SC 41]], the group was rerouted around a German [[U-boat]] [[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]].{{sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=97}} The following escort mission for the convoy [[ON convoys|ONS 36]] went untroubled. However, SC 52, which departed [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] on 29 October, which was escorted by ''Buctouche''{{'}}s escort group had to change course due to U-boat wolfpacks before they had left North American coastal waters. The convoy was discovered by the wolfpacks on 1 November and the first defence of the convoy began that night by the Free French corvette {{ship|French corvette|Aconit||2}}. The first merchant ship victims were sunk on 2 November. The number of attacks on the convoy before it had got to open sea forced the [[British Admiralty]] to turn the convoy back on 3 November, the only convoy to be forced to return to base in the entire war. Two more merchants were sunk and ''Buctouche'' and {{HMS|Nasturtium|K107|6}} recovered the crews of {{ship||Empire Gemsbuck}} and {{ship||Everoja}}. With the strength of the attacks worsening, the convoy commander ordered it to scatter and the battle ended with seven merchant ships lost and no U-boats.{{sfn|Douglas|Sarty|Whitby|2002|pp=287–288, 290–292}}  ''Buctouche''{{'}}s following convoy assignments, SC 58, ONS 48, SC 64, and ONS 60 went undisturbed by German attacks.{{sfn|Rohwer|2005|pp=115, 117, 131–132}}

In June 1942 ''Buctouche'' transferred to the [[Western Local Escort Force]] (WLEF) escorting convoys mainly in North American waters.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=111}} In June 1943, new escort groups were formed and ''Buctouche'' was assigned to EG W-1.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=111}} On 21 November 1943, ''Buctouche'', now a part of EG W-2, was escorting the outbound convoy ON 145 off the [[Avalon Peninsula]] when it came under attack by U-boats. Three vessels were hit, but only one, {{ship||Empire Sailor}}, sank. ''Buctouche'' attacked {{GS|U-518||2}} after the submarine had been spotted by the merchant ships. The corvette's attack seriously damaged the U-boat and forced ''U-518'' to break off and return to base.{{sfn|Douglas|Sarty|Whitby|2002|p=558}} ''Buctouche'' underwent a refit at the end of 1943 that was completed on 29 January 1944 that extended the ship's forecastle. In mid-1944 ''Buctouche'' was assigned to Quebec Force for two month. On 28 June 1944, the corvette went aground at [[Hamilton Inlet]], [[Labrador]], but was freed and sailed for [[Pictou, Nova Scotia]] where the vessel spent the next two months under repair. ''Buctouche'' was [[paid off]] on 23 October 1945 at [[Sorel, Quebec]]. The corvette was sold for scrap and [[Ship breaking|broken up]] in 1949 at [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]].{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=111}} For service during the Second World War, the ship was given the [[battle honour]] "Atlantic 1939–45".{{sfn|Thomas|1998|p=33}}