| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 124 |
| Built by | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered | 1 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 1 Apr 1940 |
| Launched | 17 Aug 1940 |
| Commissioned | 25 Nov 1940 |
| End service | 17 Jun 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 20 July 1944. Decommissioned 17 June 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Cobalt (K 124)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Baird Campbell, RCNR | 25 Nov 1940 | 19 May 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Colin James Angus, RCNR | 20 May 1941 | 5 May 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Ronald Alfred Judges, RCNVR | 6 May 1943 | 3 Mar 1944 |
| 4 | Lt. Aubrey Alvin Randle Dykes, RCNR | 4 Mar 1944 | 17 Mar 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Alfred William Bett, RCNR | 31 Mar 1944 | 25 Jun 1944 |
| 6 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ralph Marcus Wallace, RCNVR | 26 Jun 1944 | 17 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Cobalt include:
15 Mar 1942
HMS H 50 (Lt. H.B. Turner, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS St. Francis (Lt. C.A. Rutherford, RCN) and HMCS Cobalt (T/Lt. C.J. Angus, RCNR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17271
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.