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H.M.C.S. Lauzon was a River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy. Commissioned on 30 August 1944 at Quebec City, Lauzon arrived at Halifax in mid-October and in November spent three weeks working up in Bermuda. She arrived at St. John's 30 November to join EG C-6, and was continuously employed as a mid-ocean escort until VE Day. She left Londonderry 13 June for the last time, and that summer was employed as a troop carrier between St. John's and Quebec City. Paid off on 7 November 1945 she was laid up in reserve at Shelburne, Nova Scotia until purchased in 1946 by Marine Industries Ltd. The RCN reacquired her in 1951 for conversion to a Prestonian class ocean escort. She was recommissioned on 12 December 1953, and assumed a training role on the east coast until finally paid off on 24 M

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  • HMCS Lauzon (K371)
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  • H.M.C.S. Lauzon was a River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy. Commissioned on 30 August 1944 at Quebec City, Lauzon arrived at Halifax in mid-October and in November spent three weeks working up in Bermuda. She arrived at St. John's 30 November to join EG C-6, and was continuously employed as a mid-ocean escort until VE Day. She left Londonderry 13 June for the last time, and that summer was employed as a troop carrier between St. John's and Quebec City. Paid off on 7 November 1945 she was laid up in reserve at Shelburne, Nova Scotia until purchased in 1946 by Marine Industries Ltd. The RCN reacquired her in 1951 for conversion to a Prestonian class ocean escort. She was recommissioned on 12 December 1953, and assumed a training role on the east coast until finally paid off on 24 M
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  • }
Ship laid down
  • 1943-07-02(xsd:date)
Ship commissioned
  • 1944-08-30(xsd:date)
Ship armament
  • Hedgehog
  • 4.0
  • four 20 mm
Ship builder
Ship complement
  • 133(xsd:integer)
Ship flag
  • Royal Canadian Navy
Ship class
Ship country
  • Canada
Ship namesake
Ship launched
  • 1944-10-06(xsd:date)
Ship Name
  • HMCS Lauzon
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  • H.M.C.S. Lauzon was a River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy. Commissioned on 30 August 1944 at Quebec City, Lauzon arrived at Halifax in mid-October and in November spent three weeks working up in Bermuda. She arrived at St. John's 30 November to join EG C-6, and was continuously employed as a mid-ocean escort until VE Day. She left Londonderry 13 June for the last time, and that summer was employed as a troop carrier between St. John's and Quebec City. Paid off on 7 November 1945 she was laid up in reserve at Shelburne, Nova Scotia until purchased in 1946 by Marine Industries Ltd. The RCN reacquired her in 1951 for conversion to a Prestonian class ocean escort. She was recommissioned on 12 December 1953, and assumed a training role on the east coast until finally paid off on 24 May 1963. She was sold the following year to a Toronto buyer, presumably for scrap.
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