Allied Warships

HMCS Prince David (F 89)

Armed Merchant Cruiser of the Prince class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeArmed Merchant Cruiser
ClassPrince 
PennantF 89 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Feb 1930 
Launched 
Commissioned28 Dec 1940 
End service11 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Conversion to armed merchant cruiser completed on 28 December 1940.
Rebuilt as Landing Infantry Ship (LCI/M) from 1 March 1943 and recommissioned as such on 6 January 1944.
Decommissioned 11 June 1945.
Sold into mercantile service in 1946 as Charlton Monarch.
Scrapped at Swansea, Wales in 1951.

 

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1Cdr. Kenneth Frederick Adams, RCN25 Mar 19411 Dec 1941

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