![[HMCS Charlottetown]](../photos/charlottetown-1.jpg)
HMCS Charlottetown.
Corvette of the Flower class
HMCS Charlottetown.
Corvette of the Flower class
| Navy: | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type: | Corvette |
| Class: | Flower |
| Penant: | K 244 |
| Built by: | Kingston Shipbuilding Co. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) |
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 7 Jun, 1941 |
| Launched: | 10 Sep, 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 13 Dec, 1941 |
| Lost: | 11 Sep, 1942 |
| History: | HMCS Charlottetown had just escorted the convoy SQ-30 to Rimouski and was returning to Gaspe when she was torpedoed and sunk in the the St. Lawrence, near Cap Chat Quebec by U-517 at 12.58 hours on 11 September 1942, nine of the crew went down with the ship. Hit by U-boat |
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Updated: September 3, 2004