| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 101 |
| Built by | Yarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Ordered | 14 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 27 Apr 1940 |
| Launched | 28 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 26 Apr 1941 |
| End service | 28 Sep 1945 |
| History | HMCS Nanaimo never had her fo'c's'le extended. Decommissioned 28 September 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Nanaimo (K 101)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | H. C. C. Daubney, RCNR | 26 Apr 1941 | 7 Oct 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Thomas James Bellas, RCNR | 7 Oct 1941 | 20 Aug 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Ernest Usher Jones, RCNVR | 21 Aug 1942 | 10 Oct 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Joseph Eric William Hastings, RCNR | 11 Oct 1943 | 9 Oct 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Reginald Curren Eaton, RCNVR | 10 Oct 1944 | 2 Mar 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt.Cdr. Walter Redford, RCNR | 23 Mar 1945 | 28 Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Nanaimo include:
10 Jun 1942
HMCS Nanaimo (T/Lt. T.J. Bellas, RCNR) picks up 86 survivors from the British merchant Port Nicholson that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-87 northeast of Cape Cod in position 42°11'N, 69°25'W.
13 Mar 1943
HMS L 23 (Lt. A.H.B. Anderson, DSC, RNR) departed St. John's for Philadelphia. She was escorted by HMCS Nanaimo (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR). (1)
21 Feb 1945
HMCS Nanaimo (T/Lt. R.C. Eaton, RCNVR) ended a refit at Esquimalt.
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Sources
- ADM 173/17838
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.