HMS Patrician was a Thornycroft "M" class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy. Built by Thornycroft & Company, Southampton, she was launched on 5 June 1916. HMS Patrician saw service throughout World War I. At the end of the war, she was deemed surplus and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and was renamed . She was transferred to Halifax in late 1920 along with her sister ship HMS Patriot and the cruiser HMS Aurora.