| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | C |
| Pennant | H 83 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 9 Jul 1930 |
| Laid down | 1 Dec 1930 |
| Launched | 29 Sep 1931 |
| Commissioned | 17 Feb 1937 |
| End service | 10 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 10 October 1945. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Henry George De Wolf, RCN Lt. Herbert Sharples Rayner, RCN Lt.Cdr. Edgar Lorne Armstrong, RCN A/Cdr. Guy Stanley Windeyer, RCN Cdr. Hugh Francis Pullen, RCN Lt.Cdr. George Hay Stephen, DSC, RCNR Lt.Cdr. Angus George Boulton, RCNVR A/Lt.Cdr. Michael Grote Stirling, RCN Lt.Cdr. George Hay Stephen, DSC, RCNR |
| Former name | HMS Cygnet |
Commands listed for HMCS St. Laurent (H 83)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Adrian Mitchell Hope, RCN | 8 Dec 1937 | 5 Oct 1939 |
| 2 | Henry George De Wolf, RCN | 6 Oct 1939 | 13 Jul 1940 |
| 3 | Herbert Sharples Rayner, RCN | 14 Jul 1940 | 18 Feb 1942 |
| 4 | Edgar Lorne Armstrong, RCN | 19 Feb 1942 | 13 Nov 1942 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Guy Stanley Windeyer, RCN | 14 Nov 1942 | 19 Jan 1943 |
| 6 | Hugh Francis Pullen, RCN | 20 Jan 1943 | 12 Mar 1943 |
| 7 | Lt.Cdr. George Hay Stephen, DSC, RCNR | 13 Mar 1943 | 14 Apr 1944 |
| 8 | Lt.Cdr. Angus George Boulton, RCNVR | 15 Apr 1944 | 7 Nov 1944 |
| 9 | Michael Grote Stirling, RCN | 8 Nov 1944 | 7 Apr 1945 |
| 10 | Lt.Cdr. George Hay Stephen, DSC, OBE, RCNR | 8 Apr 1945 | 10 Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving St. Laurent include:
2 Jul 1940
At 07.58 hours on 2 July 1940, the unescorted British passenger vessel Arandora Star was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-47 about 125 nautical miles east by north of Malin Head, Co. Donegal and foundered later in position 56º30'N, 10º38'W. The ship had 479 German internees, 734 Italian internees, 86 German prisoners-of-war and 200 military guards on board. The master, 55 crew members, 91 guards and 713 Italians and Germans were lost. 118 crew members, 109 guards and 586 Italians and Germans were picked up by the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (Cdr. H.G. De Wolf, RCN) and landed at Greenock. (see map)
4 Sep 1940
HMCS St. Laurent (Lt. H.S. Rayner, RCN) picks up 89 survivors from the British merchant Titan that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-47 about 80 nautical miles south-west of Rockall in position 58º14'N, 15º50'W.
15 Sep 1940
The Canadian merchant Kenordoc is shelled and damaged about 44 nautical miles west-north-west of Rockall in position 57º42'N, 15º02'W by the German submarine U-99. HMCS St. Laurent (Lt. H.S. Rayner, RCN) later picks up 13 survivors.
2 Dec 1940
HMCS St. Laurent (Lt H.S. Rayner, RCN) picks up survivors from the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Forfar that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 about 500 nautical miles west of Ireland in position 54º35'N, 18º18'W.
3 Dec 1940
HMCS St. Laurent (Lt H.S. Rayner, RCN) picks up 53 survivors from the British tanker Conch that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 about 370 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 54°21'N, 19°30'W.
3 Mar 1941
HMCS St. Laurent (Lt. H.S. Rayner, RCN) arrives at Halifax for a refit.
27 Dec 1942
The German submarine
U-356 was sunk in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43º30'N, 25º40'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (A/Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN) and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR), HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. F.A. Beck, RCNVR) and HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. S. Henderson, RCNR). (see map)
10 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-845 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 48º20'N, 20º33'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Forester, the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent, the Canadian corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea. (see map)
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