| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 161 |
| Built by | Kingston Shipbuilding Co. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 7 Feb, 1940 |
| Laid down | 31 Aug, 1940 |
| Launched | 7 Jan, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 26 Jun, 1941 |
| End service | 20 Jul, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Fo'c's'le extended at Liverpool, Nova Scotia on 27 October 1943.
Decommissioned 20 July 1945. |
| Noteable events involving Prescott include: 13 Mar, 1943 |