| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Lauzon |
| Namesake | Lauzon, Quebec |
| Ordered | June 1942 |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Yard number | 26 |
| Laid down | 2 July 1943 |
| Launched | 6 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 7 November 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K 371 |
| Recommissioned | 12 December 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 24 May 1963 |
| Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate |
| Identification | pennant number: FFE 322 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944-45[1] |
| Fate | Sold, broken up 1964 |
| Badge | Azure, three serpents embowed biting their tails and interlaced or.[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 157 |
| Armament |
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HMCS Lauzon was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and again as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1953-1963. During the war she served primarily as an ocean escort for convoys. She was named for Lauzon, Quebec.
Lauzon was ordered in June 1942 as part of the 1943-1944 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down as Glace Bay on 2 July 1943 by the George T. Davie Shipyard at Lauzon, Quebec and launched 10 June 1944.[4][3] Her name was changed and she was commissioned as Lauzon on 30 August 1944 at Quebec City.[2]
- ^ a b Arbuckle, p. 58
- ^ a b Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.
- ^ a b "HMCS Lauzon (K 371)". uboat.net. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. New York: Doubleday and Company Inc. p. 229.