| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 160 |
| Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | 5 Aug 1940 |
| Launched | 21 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 25 Jun 1941 |
| End service | 23 Jul 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Sydney (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 27 March 1944. Decommissioned 23 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Lethbridge (K 160)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. William Mahan, RCNR | 25 Jun 1941 | 13 Aug 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Redvers Hocken, RCNR | 14 Aug 1941 | 7 Sep 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Harry Freeland, RCNR | 8 Sep 1941 | 20 Oct 1942 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Roy Stanley Kelley, RCNR | 21 Oct 1942 | 21 Apr 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt.Cdr. William Woods, RCNR | 22 Apr 1943 | 15 Jun 1943 |
| 6 | T/Lt. St. Clair Balfour, RCNVR | 16 Jun 1943 | 26 Dec 1943 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Frederick Henry Pinfold, RCNVR | 27 Dec 1943 | 19 Aug 1944 |
| 8 | T/Lt. Joseph Roberts, RCNVR | 20 Aug 1944 | 30 Sep 1944 |
| 9 | T/Lt. Frederick Henry Pinfold, RCNVR | 1 Oct 1944 | 14 Apr 1945 |
| 10 | T/Lt. James William Bessay, RCNVR | 15 Apr 1945 | 7 May 1945 |
| 11 | T/Lt. John Holland, RCNVR | 8 May 1945 | 23 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Lethbridge include:
15 May 1942
HMS H 28 (Lt. R.E. Boddington, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Lethbridge (T/Lt. H Freeland, RCNR), HMCS Shawinigan (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Balfry, RCNR), HMCS Prescott (Lt. G.H. Davidson, RCN), HMS Churchill (Cdr.(Retd.) P.J. Fitzgerald, RN) and USS Saucy (Lt. A.J. Smith, USN). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/17201
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.