| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Armed Yacht |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | S 05 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 3 Apr 1926 |
| Commissioned | 10 Sep 1940 |
| End service | 4 Aug 1945 |
| History | Displacement: 578 tons Completed in August 1926 as yacht Arcadia. Aquired on 20 June 1940. Decommissioned on 4 August 1945, returned to her owner |
| Former name | Arcadia |
Commands listed for HMCS Elk (S 05)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Norman Vincent Clark, RCNR | 20 Jun 1940 | 24 Jun 1941 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Thomas Gilmour, RCNR | 18 Aug 1941 | 31 Oct 1941 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Thomas Bottrell Edwards, RCNR | 1 Nov 1941 | 11 Dec 1942 | |
| 4 | T/Lt. James Alexander Dunn, RCNVR | 12 Dec 1942 | 14 Apr 1943 | |
| 5 | T/Skr.Lt. Walter Kenneth Stanley Hines, RCNR | 15 Apr 1943 | 4 Aug 1945 | |
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