HMCS Vancouver

Badge of HMCS Vancouver

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Vancouver after the city.

• HMCS Vancouver (F6A) (I) was an Thorneycroft S class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy as HMS Toreador from 1919 until her transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1928. The ship was decommissioned and scrapped in 1937.

• HMCS Vancouver (K225) (II) was a Flower class corvette that was renamed HMCS Kitchener (K225) before her launch in November 1941.

• HMCS Vancouver (K240) (III) was a Flower class corvette that served in World War II. The Vancouver served from its commission in March 1942 to the end of the war, when it was taken out of service in June 1945.

• HMCS Vancouver (IV) was a survey ship launched in June 1965 and sold in 1982.

• HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) (V) is a Halifax-class frigate serving in the Canadian Forces since 1993.

Battle honours

• Aleutians, 1942-43.
• Atlantic, 1944–45

See also

• HMS Vancouver

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.