| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 113 |
| Built by | Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 23 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | 28 Feb 1940 |
| Launched | 21 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 22 May 1941 |
| End service | 14 Jun 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.) completed on 8 April 1944. Decommissioned 14 June 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Arvida (K 113)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Alastair Ian MacKay, RCNR | 1 Nov 1940 | 20 Sep 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Dudley Gawen King, RCNVR | 21 Sep 1942 | 15 Mar 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR | 16 Mar 1944 | 19 Nov 1944 |
| 4 | T/Skr.Lt. Ernest Stanley Nelson Pleasance, RCNR | 20 Nov 1944 | 4 Dec 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR | 5 Dec 1944 | 30 Dec 1944 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Jean Charles Paul Desrochers, RCNVR | 31 Dec 1944 | 17 Jan 1945 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Donald William Green Storey, RCNVR | 18 Jan 1945 | 14 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Arvida include:
4 Sep 1942
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Amherst (T/Lt. H.G. Denyer, RCNR), HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Ottawa (A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. Rutherford, RCN), HMCS Sherbrooke (T/Lt. J.A.M. Levesque, RCNR), HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) and HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR). (1)
12 Sep 1942
HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) picks up 52 survivors from the British merchant Empire Moonbeam and 85 survivors from the British merchant Hektoria that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-608 in the North Atlantic in position 48°55'N, 33°38'W.
14 Sep 1942
HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) picks up 20 survivors from HMCS Ottawa that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-91 north-east of St. John’s, Newfoundland.
2 Nov 1942
HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. A.I. MacKay, RCNR) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Maritima that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-522 in the North Atlantic about 500 nautical miles north-east of St. John's, Canada in position 52°20'N, 45°40'W.
18 Apr 1943
HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. D.G. King, RCNVR) picks up 50 survivors from the British merchant Fort Rampart that was torpedoed and finally sunk with gunfire by German U-boat U-226 about 900 nautical miles east-north-east of the Azores in position 47°28'N, 22°00'W.
9 Jun 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Kootenay (A/Lt.Cdr. K.L. Dyer, DSC, RCN), HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. H.F. Pullen, OBE, RCN), HMS Dianthus (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, RNR), HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. D.G. King, RCNVR), HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR) and HMCS Wetaskiwin (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.R. Kidston, RCNVR). (2)
3 Oct 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Bombardier (A/Skr.Lt. C.W. Burman, RNR), HMS Grenadier (A/Skr.Lt. A.G. Day, RNR), HMS Skate (Lt. J.C. Rushbrooke, DSC, RN), HMCS Kitchener (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W. Evans, RCNVR) and HMCS Arvida (T/Lt. D.G. King, RCNVR). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17217
- ADM 173/17783
- ADM 173/17787
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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