Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 402 |
| Built by | Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 30 Nov, 1942 |
| Launched | 19 Jun, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 Nov, 1943 |
| End service | 5 Jul, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned on 5 July 1945.
Scrapped in Canada in October 1952. |
| Former name | HMS Buddleia |
| Noteable events involving Giffard include: 7 May, 1944
HMCS Giffard (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Petersen, RCNR) picks up 43 survivors from HMCS Valleyfield that was torpedoed and sunk about 50 miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland in position 46º03'N, 52º24'W by the German submarine U-548. 5 of the surivors later died of exposure. |
