Newfoundland Escort Force

Newfoundland Escort Force
HMCS Chambly, one of the Canadian Flower-class corvettes assigned to NEF
Active	1941–1945
Country	Canada
Branch	Royal Canadian Navy
Type	Fleet
Engagements	Battle of the Atlantic
Commanders
Notable commanders	Leonard W. Murray

Newfoundland Escort Force (NEF) was a Second World War naval command created on 20 May 1941 as part of the Allied convoy system in the Battle of the Atlantic. Created in response to the movement of German U-boats into the western Atlantic Ocean, the Newfoundland Escort Force (NEF) was instituted to cover the convoy escort gap that existed between the local convoy escort in Canada and the United Kingdom. The Royal Canadian Navy provided the majority of naval vessels to the NEF along with its commander Commodore Leonard W. Murray, with units from the British, Norwegian, Polish, French and Dutch navies also assigned. The NEF was reconstituted as part of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force in 1942.