World War 2 1939-1945
At the outbreak of World War II the Canadian Navy was in a sorry state of affars; its entire strength consisting of a mere 13 ships and some 3500 personnel including reserves. After initiating a rapid expansion program the Navy by the end of the war would be the third largest in the world with over 900 ships. The majority of the Canadian Navy was to be engaged in what has become known as the battle of the Atlantic, Fighting off German U-boats to protect the convoys of ships which were so vital to the survival of Britian. The role of the Canadian Navy in World War II was of the utmost importance and its significance in the achievement of victory for the allies can not be exaggerated. The cost of victory was however to be a high one with 24 ships lost and the deaths of 2024 Canadian sailors.
The following is a partial list of ships witch served in the Canadian Navy in World War II.
| Aircraft Carriers | Corvettes | Destroyers |
| Nabob | Agassiz | Saguenay |
| Puncher | Alberni | Fraser |
| Algoma | Skeena | |
| Frigates | Amherst | Ottawa |
| Beacon Hill | Arnprior | Gatineau |
| Cap de la Madeleine | Arrowhead | Assiniboine |
| Cape Breton | Arvida | Annapolis |
| Charlottetown 2nd | Asbestos | Athabaskan |
| Chebogue | Atholl | Algonquin |
| Dunver | Baddek | Chaudiere |
| Eastview | Barrie | Columbia |
| Grou | Battleford | Margaree |
| Joliette | Beauharnois | Iroquois |
| Jonquiere | Belleville | St. Laurent |
| Kirkland Lake | Bittersweet | St. Clair |
| Kokanee | Bowmanville | St. Croix |
| La Hulloise | Brandon | St. Francis |
| Longueuil | Brantford | Sioux |
| Magog | Buctouche | Restigouche |
| Matane | Calgary | Hamilton |
| Montreal | Camrose | Haida |
| New Glasgow | Chambly | Huron |
| New Waterford | Charlottetown | Kootenay |
| Orkney | Chicoutimi | Ottawa 2nd |
| Outremont | Chilliwack | Niagara |
| Port Colborne | Cobalt | Buxton |
| Prince Rupert | Cobourg | Qu Appelle |
| St. Catharines | Collingwood | Saskatachewan |
| St. John | Copper Cliff | |
| Springhill | Dauphin | Minesweepers |
| Stettler | Dawson | Alder Lake |
| Stormont | Drumheller | Ash Lake |
| Swansea | Dundas | Bayfield |
| Thetford Mines | Dunvegan | Beech Lake |
| Valleyfield | Edmundston | Bellechasse |
| Waskesiu | Eyebright | Birch Lake |
| Wentworth | Fennel | Blairmore |
| Antigonish | Fergus | Border Cities |
| Buckinham | Forest Hill | Brockville |
| Capalano | Fredericton | Burlington |
| Carlplace | Frontenac | Canso |
| Coaticook | Galt | Caraquet |
| Fort Erie | Giffard | Cedar Lake |
| Glace Bay | Guelph | Chedabucto |
| Hallowell | Halifax | Cherry Lake |
| Inch Arran | Hawkesbury | Chignecto |
| Lanark | Hepatica | Clayoquot |
| Lasalle | Hespeler | Coquitlam |
| Lauson | Humberstone | Courtenay |
| Levis 2nd | Huntsville | Cowichan |
| Penetang | Kamloops | Cranbrook |
| Poundmaker | Kamsack | Daerwood |
| Prestonian | Kenogami | Digby |
| Royalmount | Kincardine | Drummondville |
| Runnymede | Kitchener | Elm Lake |
| St. Pierre | Lachute | Esquimalt |
| St. Stephen | La Malbaie | Fir Lake |
| Ste. Therese | Leaside | Fort Frances |
| Sea Cliff | Lethbridge | Fort William |
| Stone Town | Levis | Gananoque |
| Strathadam | Lindsay | Georgian |
| Sussexvale | Long Branch | Geysborough |
| Toronto | Louisburg | Goderich |
| Victoriaville | Louisburg 2nd | Granby |
| Annan | Lunenburg | Grandmere |
| Ettrick | Matapedia | Hickory Lake |
| Meon | Mayflower | Ingonish |
| Monnow | Merrittonia | Kalamalka |
| Nene | Midland | Kapuskasing |
| Ribble | Mimico | Kelowna |
| Teme | Moncton | Kenora |
| Loch Achanalt | Moose Jaw | Kentville |
| Loch Alive | Morden | Lachine |
| Loch Morlich | Nanaimo | Larch Lake |
| Napanee | Lavallee | |
| Anti-submarine Trawlers | New Westminster | Llewellyn |
| Norsyd | Lloyd George | |
| North Bay | Lockeport | |
| Anticosti | Oakville | Mahone |
| Baffin | Orangeville | Malpeque |
| Cailiff | Orillia | Maple Lake |
| Ironbound | Owen Sound | Medicine Hat |
| Liscomb | Parry Sound | Melville |
| Magdalen | Peterborough | Middlesex |
| Manitoulin | Petrolia | Milltown |
| Miscou | Port Arthur | Minas |
| Pictou | Miramichi | |
| Armed Merchant Cruisers | Prescott | Mulgrave |
| Quesnel | New Liskeard | |
| Regina | Noranda | |
| Prince Robert | Rimouski | Nipigon |
| Prince David | Riviere du Loup | Oak Lake |
| Prince Henry | Rosthern | Oshawa |
| Sackville | Outarde | |
| Cruisers | Saskatoon | Pine Lake |
| Uganda | Shawinigan | Poplar Lake |
| Ontario | Shediac | Portage |
| Sherbrooke | Port Hope | |
| Smiths Falls | Quatsino | |
| Snowberry | Quinte | |
| Sorel | Red Deer | |
| Spikenard | Revelstoke | |
| Stellarton | Rockcliffe | |
| St. Lambert | Rossland | |
| St. Thomas | Sarnia | |
| Strathroy | Sault Ste. Marie | |
| Sudbury | Spruce Lake | |
| Summerside | St. Boniface | |
| The Pas | St. Joseph | |
| Thorlock | Stratford | |
| Tillsonburg | Swift Current | |
| Timmins | Thunder | |
| Trail | Transcona | |
| Trentonian | Trois-Rivieres | |
| Trillium | Truro | |
| Vancouver | Ungava | |
| Ville de Quebec | Wallaceburg | |
| West York | Vegreville | |
| Wetaskiwin | Westmount | |
| Weyburn | Wasaga | |
| Whitby | Willow Lake | |
| Windflower | Winnipeg | |
| Woodstock |
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