Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | River |
Pennant | K 669 |
Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
Ordered | Jun 1942 |
Laid down | 25 Sep 1943 |
Launched | 10 Dec 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 Jul 1944 |
End service | 19 Mar 1965 |
History | Decommissioned 24 October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Lanark (K 669)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. John Fitzwilliam Stairs, RCNVR | 12 May 1944 | 5 Apr 1945 |
2 | A/Cdr. Bernard Dodds Leitch Johnson, RCNR | 6 Apr 1945 | 9 May 1945 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. John Fitzwilliam Stairs, RCNVR | 10 May 1945 | Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Lanark include:
9 Sep 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Lanark (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Stairs, RCNVR) and HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. P.A. Langlois, RCNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 199/1830
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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