| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 24 |
| Built by | Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 17 Aug 1918 |
| Launched | 21 Dec 1918 |
| Commissioned | 6 Jul 1941 |
| End service | 8 Jun 1945 |
| History | Transferred by the U.S.N. to the Royal Navy on 23 September 1940. Decommissioned on 8 June 1945. |
| Former name | HMS Hamilton |
Commands listed for HMCS Hamilton (I 24)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Norman Vincent Clark, RCNR | 25 Jun 1941 | 19 Jul 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt.Cdr. Douglas George Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR | 20 Jul 1943 | 18 Jan 1944 |
| 3 | T/Cdr. Francis Poole, RCNR | 19 Jan 1944 | 22 Apr 1945 |
| 4 | Skr.Lt. Joseph David Burnham, RCNR | 23 Apr 1945 | 8 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hamilton include:
10 Jan 1942
Convoy NA 1.
This convoy departed Halifax on 10 January 1942.
It was made up of the following troop transports; Bergensfjord (Norwegian, 11015 GRT, built 1913) and Stratheden (British, 23722 GRT, built 1937).
On departure from Halifax the convoy was escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Queen of Bermuda (A/Capt.(Retd.) A.D. Cochrane, RN) and the destroyers HMS Rockingham (Lt.Cdr. A.H.T. Johns, RN) and HMCS Hamilton (A/Lt.Cdr. N.V. Clark, RCNR).
About 15 minutes after departure from Halifax, HMS Queen of Bermuda grounded on Mars Rock sustaining serious damage aft. She was only able to get off the following day.
On 12 January 1942, the destroyer HMS Beverley (Lt.Cdr. J. Grant, RN) departed St. Johns and joined the convoy the following day.
On 13 January 1942, HMCS Hamilton parted company with the convoy and returned to Halifax on the 15th.
The convoy arrived in U.K. waters on 18 January 1942.
3 Aug 1942
The British merchant Lochkatrine is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-552 east of Cape Race in position 45°52'N, 46°44'W. The Canadian destroyer HMCS Hamilton (Lt.Cdr. N.V. Clark, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Agassiz (A/Lt.Cdr. B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) together pick up 81 survivors.
8 Oct 1943
HMS L 23 (Lt. H.R. Murray, RN) departed New London, Connecticut, USA for Digby, Nova Scotia. She was escorted by HMCS Hamilton (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR).
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