HMCS Frontenac

There has been only 1 vessel named Frontenac in the Royal Canadian Navy.

HMCS Frontenac (K335)

The Flower class corvette HMCS Frontenac was alternatively named for Kingston, Ontario, as the name Kingston was already in use by a British ship. She was commissioned at Kingston on October 26, 1943, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in mid-December, and carried out working-up exercises in St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia in January 1944. She was then assigned to Escort Group 9, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and made the crossing in March as escort to convoy SC.154. It was decided, however, that Escort Group 9 should be made up only of frigates, and HMCS Frontenac returned to St. John’s, Newfoundland, joining Escort Group C-1 in May.

On December 19, 1944, she left Belfast, Northern Ireland, to escort ON.273, her last westbound convoy, and commenced 3 weeks’ refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia in early January 1945. Upon completion, HMCS Frontenac was assigned to Halifax Force and sent to Bermuda to work up, but saw little further service before being paid off at Halifax on July 22, 1945.

She was then taken to Sorel, Quebec, but was sold in October to the United Ship Corporation of New York. HMCS Frontenac was still afloat in 1957, flying the Honduran flag.

• Builder: Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Kingston, Ontario.
• Laid down: February 19, 1943
• Launched: June 2, 1943
• Commissionning date: October 26, 1943
• Paying off date: July 22, 1945
• Displacement: 970 tons
• Dimensions: 63.5 m x 10.1 m x 2.9 m
• Speed: 16 knots
• Crew: 85
• Armament: one 4-inch (102-mm) gun, one 2-pound (0.9 kg) gun, two 20-mm guns (2 x I), one Hedgehog mortar and depth charges.

Battle honours

• Atlantic 1944-45