| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 276 |
| Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 8 Aug 1941 |
| Laid down | 1 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 30 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 17 Sep 1942 |
| End service | 17 Jun 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy on 17 June 1945 and returned to the Royal Navy the same day. This ship is laying in Kristiansund, Norway for rebuilding to trawler. The ship was after WWII rebuild as trawler and was active to 1972 and then laid up. Name of the ship is S/T Borgenes. |
| Former name | HMS Cailiff |
Commands listed for HMCS Cailiff (T 276)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Rowland Frank Pretty, RNVR | Aug 1942 | Aug 1944 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alexander Michael Sullivan, RNVR | Aug 1944 |
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Notable events involving Cailiff include:
17 May 1944
Around 1245Q/17, HrMs O 21 (Lt. F.J. Kroesen, RNN) arrived at St. John's.
She had been joined around 1900Q/16 by HMCS Cailiff (T/Lt. R.F. Pretty, RNVR) which escorted her in. (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6417 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)