HMCS Charlottetown
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Several Canadian
naval units have been named HMCS Charlottetown after the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island
. Uniquely in Canadian naval history, two of these vessels had the same name and pennant number
.
(III), a Halifax-class frigate
commissioned in 1996.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
naval units have been named HMCS Charlottetown after the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...
. Uniquely in Canadian naval history, two of these vessels had the same name and pennant number
Pennant number
In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...
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- HMCS Charlottetown (K244)HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (Flower class corvette)HMCS Charlottetown was a Flower-class corvette that served the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.Charlottetowns pennant number K244 is unique in that it was also used for HMCS Charlottetown, a River-class frigate....
(I), a Flower-class corvetteFlower class corvetteThe Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...
commissioned on 13 December 1941 and torpedoed and sunk in the St. Lawrence River on 11 September 1942.
- HMCS Charlottetown (K244)HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (River class frigate)HMCS Charlottetown was a River-class frigate that served the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.Charlottetowns pennant number K244 is unique in that it was also used for the previous HMCS Charlottetown, a Flower-class corvette....
(II), a River-class frigateRiver class frigateThe River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....
commissioned on 28 April 1944 and decommissioned on 25 March 1947.
(III), a Halifax-class frigate
Halifax class frigate
The Halifax-class frigate is a class of multi-role patrol frigates that have served the Royal Canadian Navy since 1992...
commissioned in 1996.
Battle honours
- Atlantic, 1942
- Gulf of St. LawrenceBattle of the St. LawrenceThe Battle of the St. Lawrence involved a number of submarine and anti-submarine actions throughout the lower St. Lawrence River and the entire Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Strait of Belle Isle and Cabot Strait from May-October 1942, September 1943, and again in October-November 1944...
, 1942, 1944.