HMCS Toronto (K538)

For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Toronto.

HMCS Toronto (K538)
HMCS Toronto
Career (Canada)
Namesake:	Toronto, Ontario
Builder:	Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon
Laid down:	10 May 1943
Launched:	18 September 1943
Commissioned:	6 May 1944
Decommissioned:	27 November 1945
Struck:	April 1956
Identification:	Pennant number: K538 (FFE 319 from 26 November 1953)
Motto:	"Be worthy"
Honours and awards:	Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1944
Fate:	Transferred to Norway in 1956 as Garm, renamed Valkyrien. Scrapped in 1977.
General characteristics
Class & type:	River-class frigate
Displacement:	1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)
Length:	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m) o/a
Beam:	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught:	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion:	2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed:	20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Range:	646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel;
Complement:	157
Armament:	2 x QF 4 in (102 mm) /45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX 1 x QF 12 pdr (3 in / 76 mm) 12 cwt /50 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships) 8 x 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V 1 x Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

HMCS Toronto was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944-1945 and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1953-1956. It was later renamed Garm and HNoMS Valkyrien by the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Launch of HMCS Toronto

Built by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, she was commissioned into the RCN on 6 May 1944 with the pennant K538.

Following extensive work-up exercises in the vicinity of Bermuda, Toronto was transferred to Escort Group 16 which operated out of HMCS Protector at Sydney, Nova Scotia. From that time until May 1945 she conducted extensive anti-submarine operations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, for which the ship was awarded the Battle Honour "Gulf of St. Lawrence - 1944."

After completing five months of training at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Toronto was decommissioned in November 1945 and placed in reserve.

She underwent conversion to a Prestonian-class frigate in 1952 and was recommissioned with pennant number 319 on 26 November 1953.

She was paid off by the RCN in April 1956 and transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy as Garm, renamed Valkyrien in 1965. She was scrapped by the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1977.

See also

• List of ships of the Canadian Navy

References

• HMS Tweed (K250)
• Usk
• HMS Waveney (K248)
• HMS Wear (K230)
• Windrush
• HMS Wye (K371)

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• Shoalhaven

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• Swale
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• Asheville (ex-Adur)
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Post World War II operators
Argentine Navy	Hércules (ex-Asheville)
Argentine Naval Prefecture	Juan B. Azopardo (ex-Hércules)
Royal Ceylon Navy / Sri Lanka Navy	Gajabahu (ex-Misnak) Mahasena (ex-Mivtakh)
Chilean Navy	Covadonga (ex-Sea Cliff) Esmeralda / Baquedano (ex-Glace Bay) Iquique (ex-Joliette)
Royal Danish Navy	Holger Danske (ex-Monnow) Niels Ebbesen (ex-Annan (K404))
Dominican Navy	Juan Pablo Duarte (ex-Natchez) Presidente Trujillo / Mella (ex-Carlplace)
Egyptian Navy	Abikir (ex-Usk) Domiat (ex-Nith) Rashied (ex-Spey)
Indian Navy	Bengal (ex-Kokanee) Dhanush (ex-Deveron) Hooghly (ex-Waskesiu) Kukri / Khukri (ex-Trent) Neza (ex-Test) Shamsher (ex-Nadder) Tamar / Aire (ex-Aire) Tir (ex-Bann)
Israeli Navy	Mivtakh (ex-Orkney) Misgav (ex-Strathadam) Misnak (ex-Hallowell)
Myanmar Navy	Mayu (ex-Fal)
Royal New Zealand Navy	Lachlan
Royal Norwegian Navy	Draug (ex-Penetang) Garm / Valkyrien (ex-Toronto) Troll / Horten (ex-Prestonian)
Pakistan Navy	Shamsher Zulfiquar (ex-Dhanush)
Peruvian Navy	Teniente Palacios / Palacios (ex-St. Pierre) Teniente Ferré / Ferré (ex-Poundmaker)
Portuguese Navy	Diogo Gomes (ex-Awe) Nuno Tristão (ex-Avon)

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