| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Armed Yacht |
| Class | Unknown class |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 2 May, 1931 |
| Commissioned | 22 Jun, 1940 |
| Lost | 7 Sep, 1942 |
| Loss position | 49.01N, 67.17W (See a map) |
| History | HMS Raccoon (Lt.Cdr. John Norman Smith, RCNR) was torpedoed and sunk in position 49º01'N, 67º17'W by the German submarine U-165 while QS-33 in the St. Lawrence river. 37 of the crew went down with the ship, there were no survivors. Hit by U-boat |
| Former name | Halonia |
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