| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 144 |
| Built by | Dufferin Shipbuilding Co. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 10 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 28 Jan 1941 |
| Commissioned | 23 Sep 1941 |
| End service | 23 Oct 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 23 October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Georgian (J 144)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Alfred George Stanley, RCNR | 23 Sep 1941 | 25 Sep 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Percival Marmaduke Crawford, RCNR | 26 Sep 1942 | 25 Jan 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Allan Boucher, RCNVR | 26 Jan 1943 | 2 Sep 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Alexander Grant, RCNVR | 3 Sep 1943 | 20 Jun 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Douglas Wharrie Main, RCNR | 21 Jun 1944 | 23 Mar 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Thomas Crane McLauglin, RCNVR | 24 Mar 1945 | 23 Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Georgian include:
21 Jun 1942
Rammed and sank the HMS submarine P 514 mistaking her for a U-boat.
USS R-19 was transferred to the Royal Navy on 9 March 1942 at New London. P 514 was sunk by accident in western Atlantic. She was on passage around the coast of Newfoundland from Argentia to St John's. On 20 June 1942 P 514 (Lt.Cdr. R.M.E. Pain, RN) left the Canadian village of Argentia bound for St John's, Newfoundland. At 0300 on the 21st the Canadian minesweeper HMCS Georgian (A/Lt.Cdr. A.G. Stanley, RCNR) was waiting to provide escort for a convoy bound for Sydney. The Georgian, unaware that any friendly submarines were in the area, assumed that the dark shape of P 514 crossing her bow, was an enemy vessel. The Georgian rammed the mystery submarine amidships and reported it sunk. A rescue mission was immediately sent out but no survivors were found. A Board of Enquiry into the accident accepted that the Commanding Officer of the Georgian had acted correctly as there had been no reply from the submarine to his identification challenge.