HMCS Stormont (K327) was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy

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 from 1943-1945.

Named after Stormont, Ontario, she was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal. She was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City

Quebec City

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 on 27 November 1943 with the pennant K327.

Stormont joined the RCN's Atlantic Fleet at Halifax, Nova Scotia

City of Halifax

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 and was assigned to convoy escort operations during the Battle of the Atlantic. She also served as one of 57 RCN vessels to support Operation Neptune

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, the amphibious invasion of Normandy

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, France

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 that were part of D-Day

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 (Operation Overlord

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).

Following the war, she was decommissioned by the RCN on 9 November 1945 and placed in reserve.

Civilian use

In 1954, she was sold to Greek

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 shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis

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. She underwent an extensive refit as the luxury yacht, the Christina O

Christina O

Christina O is one of the world's longest private motor yachts at 325 feet 3 inches . She was originally a Canadian called HMCS Stormont and was launched in 1943. She served as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic and was present at the D-Day landings...

, named after his daughter Christina Onassis

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. After the elder Onassis died in 1975, Christina inherited the yacht, and gave her to the Greek government as a presidential yacht in 1978.

She was renamed the Argo for a number of years, but was eventually allowed to deteriorate. In 1998, she was purchased by another Greek shipowner, John Paul Papanicolaou

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, who restored her and renamed her Christina O. She continues to sail to this day.