| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower (rev.) |
| Pennant | K 402 |
| Built by | Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen Scotland) |
| Ordered | 2 Feb 1942 |
| Laid down | 30 Nov 1942 |
| Launched | 19 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 Nov 1943 |
| End service | 5 Jul 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned on 5 July 1945. Scrapped in Canada in October 1952. |
| Former name | HMS Buddleia |
Commands listed for HMCS Giffard (K 402)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Charles Petersen, RCNR | 30 Oct 1943 | 9 May 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. George Henry Matheson, RCNR | 10 May 1944 | 5 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Giffard include:
7 May 1944
HMCS Giffard (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Petersen, RCNR) picks up 43 survivors from HMCS Valleyfield that was torpedoed and sunk about 50 miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland in position 46°03'N, 52°24'W by German U-boat U-548. 5 of the survivors later died of exposure.
28 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Giffard (T/Lt. G.H. Matheson, RCNR) and HMCS Morden (T/Lt. F.R. Spidler, RCNVR). (1)
29 Mar 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Giffard (T/Lt. G.H. Matheson, RCNR) and HMCS Morden (T/Lt. F.R. Spidler, RCNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/20176
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.