HMCS Vancouver

HMCS Vancouver

Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS "Vancouver" after the city.

*warship|HMCS|Vancouver|F6A (I) was an Thorneycroft S class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy as warship|HMS|Toreador from 1919 until her transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1928. The ship was decommissioned and scrapped in 1937.

*HMCS "Vancouver" (K225) (II) was a Flower class corvette that was renamed warship|HMCS|Kitchener|K225 before her launch in November 1941.

*warship|HMCS|Vancouver|K240 (III) was a Flower class corvette that served in World War II. The "Vancouver" served from its commission in March 1942 to the end of the war, when it was taken out of service in June 1945.

*HMCS "Vancouver" (IV) was a survey ship launched in June 1965 and sold in 1982.

*warship|HMCS|Vancouver|FFH 331 (V) is a "Halifax"-class frigate serving in the Canadian Forces since 1993.

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