HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (River class frigate)

HMCS "Charlottetown" (K244) was a River class frigate that served the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

"Charlottetown"'s pennant number K244 is unique in that it was also used for the HMCS "Charlottetown", a Flower class corvette.

"Charlottetown" was laid down on 26 January 1943 at Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon and launched on 16 September of that year. She was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 28 April 1944. She visited her namesake city of Charlottetown on 22 May en route to Halifax.

She proceeded to Bermuda on 18 June for a 1-month work-up period for her new crew. She returned to Halifax and was assigned to Escort Group 16. EG-16 moved from Halifax to Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 7 March 1945 and later Portsmouth, England. "Charlottetown" escorted two convoys to and from Gibraltar and left Londonderry in mid-June for warship|HMCS|Protector in Sydney where she completed a tropicalization refit in preparation for service with Operation Downfall in the Pacific War. She completed the refit in Halifax on 28 February 1946 after the Surrender of Japan and left on 3 March for new duties at Esquimalt. She spent the rest of 1946 training crew with the University Naval Training Divisions at the Royal Canadian Naval College in Royal Roads.

She was paid off from the RCN on 25 March 1947 at Esquimalt. She was sold the same year and scuttled for use as a breakwater at Oyster Bay, British Columbia.

External links

* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/search3.php?query=Charlottetown&Submit=Find+Vessel HMCS "Charlottetown" on the Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk.]