HMCS Antigonish (K661)

HMCS Antigonish (K661)

HMCS "Antigonish" (K661) was a River class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944-1946 and as a Prestonian class frigate from 1957-1966.

Built by Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, she was commissioned into the RCN on 4 July 1944 with the pennant K661. She was placed in reserve in 1946 and reactivated in 1947 for use as a training ship until 1954. She underwent conversion to a Prestonian class frigate in 1956-1957 and was recommissioned with pennant 301 on 12 October 1957.

She was paid off by the RCN in December 1966.

ee also

* List of ships of the Canadian Navy

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