Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 113 |
| Built by | Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 23 Jan, 1940 |
| Laid down | 28 Feb, 1940 |
| Launched | 21 Sep, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 22 May, 1941 |
| End service | 14 Jun, 1945 |
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| History | Fo'c's'le extended at Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.) on 8 April 1944.
Decommissioned 14 June 1945.
Became the spanish merchantile La Ceie in 1950. |
| Noteable events involving Arvida include: 12 Sep, 1942
HMCS Arvida (Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) picks up 52 survivors from the British merchant Empire Moonbeam and 85 survivors from the British merchant Hektoria that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-608 in the North Atlantic in position 48º55'N, 33º38'W. 2 Nov, 1942
HMCS Arvida (Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Maritima that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-522 in the North Atlantic about 500 nautical miles north-east of St.Johns, Canada in position 52º20'N, 45º40'W. 18 Apr, 1943
HMCS Arvida (Lt. D.G. King, RCNVR) picks up 50 survivors from the British merchant Fort Rampart that was torpedoed and finally sunk with gunfire by the German submarine U-226 about 900 nautical miles east-north-east of the Azores in position 47º28'N, 22º00'W. |
