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====Royal Canadian Navy==== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Construction data for modified Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy |- ! scope="col" | Ship ! scope="col" | Builder ! scope="col" | Laid down ! scope="col" | Launched ! scope="col" | Commissioned ! scope="col" | Paid off ! scope="col" | Fate |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Asbestos|K358|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |20 July 1943 |22 November 1943 |16 June 1944 |8 July 1945 |Scrapped in March 1949 at [[New Orleans]]. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Atholl|K15|2}} |Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City |15 August 1942 |4 April 1943 |14 October 1943 |17 July 1945 |Scrapped in October 1952 in Canada. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Beauharnois|K540|2}} |Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City |8 November 1943 |11 May 1944 |25 September 1944 |12 July 1945 |Sold in 1946 to the [[Aliyah Bet|"Mossad Le'Aliya bet"]] in Quebec (The Institute for Immigration B) as a passenger vessel ''Yoashia Wegwood''.<ref name="Greenfield, Murray S. 2010, pp.55-56">Greenfield, Murray S. & Hochstein, Joseph M., ''Jews' Secret Fleet'', Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2010, pp. 55β56</ref> Transferred to Israel in 1948 as corvette ''HaShomer''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Belleville|K332|2}} |[[Kingston Shipbuilding]] Co. Ltd., [[Kingston, Ontario]] |21 January 1944 |17 June 1944 |19 October 1944 |5 July 1945 |Sold in 1947 to the [[Dominican Republic]] as ''Juan Bautista Cambiaso''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Brampton||2}} | | | | | |Cancelled in December 1943. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Charlottetown|1941|2}} |[[Kingston Shipbuilding]] Co. Ltd., [[Kingston, Ontario]] |7 June 1941 |10 September 1941 |13 December 1941 |11 September 1942 |Torpedoed and sunk on 11 September 1942 by {{GS|U-517||2}} while escorting convoy SQ-30 in the [[Saint Lawrence River]] north of [[Cap-Chat, Quebec|Cap-Chat]] at 49-10N, 66-50W. 9 crew killed. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Cobourg|K333|2}} |[[Midland Shipyards]] Ltd., [[Midland, Ontario]] |25 November 1942 |14 July 1943 |11 May 1944 |15 June 1945 |Sold in 1947 as mercantile ''Camco''. Resold in 1956 to [[Panama]] as mercantile ''Puerto del Sol''. Burned and sunk in 1971. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Fergus|K686|2}} |[[Collingwood Shipbuilding]] Ltd., [[Collingwood, Ontario]] |10 December 1943 |30 August 1944 |18 November 1944 |14 July 1945 |Sold in 1945 as mercantile ''Camco II''. Resold in 1948 as ''Hartcourt Kent''. Wrecked in 1949. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Forrest Hill|K486|2}} |[[Ferguson Shipbuilders|Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow) Ltd.]], [[Port Glasgow]] |5 February 1943 |30 August 1943 |1 December 1943 |9 July 1945 |Formerly {{HMS|Ceanothos|K486|2}}. Transferred to RCN before completion. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Frontenac|K335|2}} |[[Kingston Shipbuilding]] Co. Ltd., [[Kingston, Ontario]] |19 February 1943 |2 June 1943 |26 October 1943 |22 July 1945 |Sold in October 1945 to United Ship Corporation. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Giffard|K402|2}} |[[Alexander Hall and Sons|Alexander Hall & Co.]], [[Aberdeen]] |30 November 1942 |19 June 1943 |10 November 1943 |5 July 1945 |Formerly {{HMS|Buddleia|K402|2}}. Scrapped in October 1952 in Canada. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Guelph|K687|2}} |[[Collingwood Shipbuilding]] Ltd., [[Collingwood, Ontario]] |29 May 1943 |20 December 1943 |9 May 1944 |27 June 1945 |Sold in 1945 to Panama as mercantile ''Guelph'' (name not changed). Resold in 1956 as ''Burfin''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Hawkesbury|K415|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |20 July 1943 |16 November 1943 |14 June 1944 |10 July 1945 |Sold in 1950 to [[Cambodia]] as ''Campuchea''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Ingersoll|K336|2}} | | | | | |Cancelled in December 1943. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Lachute|K440|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |24 November 1943 |9 June 1944 |26 October 1944 |10 July 1945 |Sold in 1947 to the [[Dominican Republic]] and renamed ''Cristobal Colon''. Wrecked by [[Hurricane David]] on 30 August 1979.<ref name="seawaves">{{cite web | url = http://www.seawaves.com/newsletters/TDIH/august/30Aug.txt | work = Seawaves | title = Today in History August 30, 2007 | access-date = 2008-06-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071027055625/http://www.seawaves.com/newsletters/TDIH/august/30Aug.txt | archive-date = 27 October 2007}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Lindsay|K338|2}} |[[Midland Shipyards]] Ltd., [[Midland, Ontario]] |30 September 1942 |4 June 1943 |15 November 1943 |18 July 1945 |Sold in 1946 as mercantile ''North Shore''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Listowel|K439|2}} | | | | | |Cancelled in December 1943. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Long Branch|K487|2}} |[[A. & J. Inglis|A. & J. Inglis Ltd.]], [[Glasgow]] |27 February 1943 |28 September 1943 |5 January 1944 |17 June 1945 |Formerly {{HMS|Candytuft|K487|2}}. Sold in 1947 as mercantile ''Rexton Kent II''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Louisburg|K401|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |11 January 1943 |13 July 1943 |13 December 1943 |25 June 1945 |Sold in 1947 to the [[Dominican Republic]] and renamed ''Juan Alejandro Acosta''. Wrecked by [[Hurricane David]] on 30 August 1979.<ref name="seawaves"/> |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Meaford||2}} | | | | | |Cancelled in December 1943. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Merrittonia|K688|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |23 November 1943 |24 June 1944 |10 November 1944 |11 July 1945 |Formerly {{HMCS|Pointe Claire|K688|2}}. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Mimico|K485|2}} |[[John Crown and Sons|John Crown & Sons Ltd.]], [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]] |22 February 1943 |11 October 1943 |8 February 1944 |18 July 1945 |Formerly {{HMS|Bullrush|K485|2}}. Sold to [[Honduras]] and converted 1950 in Germany to whale catcher ''Olympic Victor''. Resold in 1956 to [[Japan]] as ''Otori Maru No. 12'' and in 1962 as ''Kyo Maru No. 25''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Norsyd|K520|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |14 January 1943 |31 July 1943 |22 December 1943 |25 June 1945 |Sold in 1946 to [[Yugoslavia]] as mercantile ''Balboa'' under Panamanian flag. Resold to the [[Aliyah Bet|"Mossad Le'Aliya bet"]] (The Institute for Immigration B) while still in Quebec as a passenger vessel ''Hagana''.<ref name="Greenfield, Murray S. 2010, pp.55-56"/> Transferred to Israel in 1948 as corvette ''Hagana''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|North Bay|K339|2}} |[[Collingwood Shipbuilding]] Ltd., [[Collingwood, Ontario]] |29 September 1942 |27 April 1943 |25 October 1943 |5 June 1945 |Sold in 1946 as mercantile ''Kent County II''. Resold in 1950 as ''Galloway Kent'' and in 1951 as ''Bedford II''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Owen Sound|K340|2}} |[[Collingwood Shipbuilding]] Ltd., [[Collingwood, Ontario]] |11 November 1942 |15 June 1943 |17 November 1943 |19 July 1945 |Sold in 1945 to [[Greece]] as ''Cadio''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Parry Sound|K341|2}} |[[Marine Industries|Marine Industries Ltd.]], [[Sorel-Tracy, Quebec]] |11 June 1943 |13 November 1943 |30 August 1944 |10 July 1945 |Sold in 1950 to [[Honduras]], converted to whale catcher ''Olympic Champion''. Resold in 1956 to [[Japan]] as ''Otori Maru No. 15'', 1961 renamed ''Kyo Maru No. 22''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Peterborough|K342|2}} |[[Kingston Shipbuilding]] Co. Ltd., [[Kingston, Ontario]] |14 September 1943 |15 January 1944 |1 June 1944 |19 July 1945 |Sold in 1947 to the [[Dominican Republic]] as ''Gerardo Jansen''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Renfrew|K452|2}} | | | | | |Cancelled in December 1943. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Riviere du Loup|K357|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |5 January 1943 |2 July 1943 |21 November 1943 |2 July 1945 |Sold in 1947 to the [[Dominican Republic]] as ''Juan Bautista Maggiolo''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Smiths Falls|K345|2}} |[[Kingston Shipbuilding]] Co. Ltd., [[Kingston, Ontario]] |21 January 1944 |19 August 1944 |28 November 1944 |8 July 1945 |Sold in 1950 to [[Honduras]], converted to whale catcher ''Olympic Lightning''. Resold in 1956 to [[Japan]] as ''Otori Maru No. 16'', 1961 renamed ''Kyo Maru No. 23''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|St. Lambert|K343|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |8 July 1943 |6 November 1943 |27 May 1944 |20 July 1945 |Sold in 1946 to [[Panama]] as ''Chrysi Hondroulis''. Resold in 1955 to [[Greece]] as ''Loula''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Stellarton|K457|2}} |[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |16 November 1943 |27 April 1944 |29 September 1944 |1 July 1945 |Sold in 1946 to [[Chile]] as ''Casma''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Strathroy|K455|2}} |[[Marine Industries|Marine Industries Ltd.]], [[Sorel-Tracy, Quebec]] |18 November 1943 |15 June 1944 |20 November 1944 |12 July 1945 |Sold in 1946 to [[Chile]] as ''Chipana''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Thorlock|K394|2}} |[[Marine Industries|Marine Industries Ltd.]], [[Sorel-Tracy, Quebec]] |25 September 1943 |15 May 1944 |13 November 1944 |15 July 1945 |Sold in 1946 to [[Chile]] as ''Papudo''. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Trentonian|K368|2}} |[[Kingston Shipbuilding]] Co. Ltd., [[Kingston, Ontario]] |19 February 1943 |1 September 1943 |1 December 1943 |22 February 1945 |Torpedoed and sunk on 22 February 1945 by {{GS|U-1004||2}} off [[Falmouth, Cornwall]] at 50-06N, 04-50W. 6 crew were lost. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|West York|K369|2}} |[[Midland Shipyards]] Ltd., [[Midland, Ontario]] |23 July 1943 |25 January 1944 |6 October 1944 |9 July 1945 |Sold in 1945 as mercantile ''West York'' (name not changed). Resold in 1960 as ''Federal Express''. Rammed and sunk in 1960 in the [[Saint Lawrence River]] near [[Montreal]]. Raised and scrapped. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMCS|Whitby|K346|2}} |[[Marine Industries|Marine Industries Ltd.]], [[Sorel-Tracy]], |1 April 1943 |18 September 1943 |6 June 1944 |16 July 1945 |Acquired by the Portuguese Navy from the US and renamed NRP ''Bengo'' on 29 April 1948 and transferred to the Mozambique Pilots on 1 October 1948 where she was named just ''Bengo''. |}
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