| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | Prince |
| Pennant | F 70 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 17 Jan 1930 |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 4 Dec 1940 |
| End service | 15 Apr 1945 |
| History | Conversion to armed merchant cruiser completed on 4 December 1940. Decommissioned 15 April 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Prince Henry (F 70)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Capt. Ronald Ian Agnew, OBE, RCN | 4 Dec 1940 | 19 Dec 1941 |
| 2 | A/Capt. John Crispo Ingles Edwards, RCN | 20 Dec 1941 | 31 Dec 1942 |
| 3 | A/Capt. Frank Llewellyn Houghton, RCN | 1 Jan 1943 | 18 Mar 1943 |
| 4 | A/Cdr. Edward William Finch-Noyes, RCN | 19 Mar 1943 | 22 Mar 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Kenneth Young, RCNR | 23 Mar 1943 | 23 May 1943 |
| 6 | T/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Douglas Kelly, RCNR | 24 May 1943 | 29 Nov 1943 |
| 7 | Cdr. Kenneth Frederick Adams, RCN | 30 Nov 1943 | 11 Dec 1943 |
| 8 | Capt. Valentine Stuart Godfrey, RCN | 12 Dec 1943 | 6 Apr 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Prince Henry include:
13 Apr 1942
HMCS Prince Henry (A/Capt. J.C.I. Edwards, RCN) picks up survivors from the American merchant Delvalle that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-154 south of Haiti in position 16°51'N, 72°25'W.