| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 155 |
| Built by | Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 22 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | 25 Feb 1940 |
| Launched | 4 Jul 1940 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1941 |
| Lost | 7 Dec 1941 |
| History | HMCS Windfolwer (Lt. John Price, RCNR) was rammed and sunk by the Dutch freighter Zypenberg in dense fog off the Grand Banks. She was escorting convoy SC-58 at the time of her loss. 23 of the ships crew were lost. |
| Former name | HMS Windflower |
Commands listed for HMCS Windflower (K 155)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Hubert Smith MacDonald, RCNR | 20 Oct 1940 | 13 Oct 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Price, RCNR | 14 Oct 1941 | 7 Dec 1941 (+) |
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Notable events involving Windflower include:
8 Mar 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. P.R.H. Harrison, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR) and HMCS Windflower (T/Lt. J.H.S. MacDonald, RCNR). (1)
12 Mar 1941
HMS H 50 (Lt. P.R.H. Harrison, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR) and HMCS Windflower (T/Lt. J.H.S. MacDonald, RCNR). (1)
3 Nov 1941
HMCS Windflower (T/Lt. J. Price, RCNR) picks up 21 survivors from the British merchant Flynderborg and 6 survivors from the British merchant Gretavale that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-202 northeast of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland in position 51°21'N, 51°45'W.
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Sources
- ADM 173/16791
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.