| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 240 |
| Built by | Yarrows Ltd. (Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 16 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 26 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 20 Mar 1942 |
| End service | 26 Jun 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extended at Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) on 16 September 1943. Decommissioned 26 June 1945.
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| Former name | HMCS Kitchener |
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Notable events involving Vancouver include:
14 Feb 1944
HMCS Vancouver (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.W. Ford, RCNR) and HMCS Dawson (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.P. Ryan, OBE, RCNR) departed from Esquimalt for Halifax.
8 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Vancouver (T/Lt. G.C. Campbell, RCNVR), HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.F. Wilson, RCNVR) and HMS Jasper (T/Cdr. J.S. Roe, DSC, RNVR). (1)
10 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Vancouver (T/Lt. G.C. Campbell, RCNVR) and HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.F. Wilson, RCNVR). (1)
11 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Vancouver (T/Lt. G.C. Campbell, RCNVR), HMCS Rosthern (T/Lt. R.F. Wilson, RCNVR) and HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. G.A. Powell, RCNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19287
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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