HMCS Toronto (K538) was a River class frigate

River class frigate

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 that served in the Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

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 from 1944-1945 and as a Prestonian class frigate

Prestonian class frigate

The Prestonian-class ocean escort frigate was a class of 21 frigates that served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1953-1967.They were converted from mothballed s that had been placed in reserve following the end of World War II. The first vessel to be reactivated and undergo refit was which was...

 from 1953-1956.

Built by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.

Davie Shipbuilding

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, Lauzon

Lauzon, Quebec

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, she was commissioned into the RCN on 6 May 1944 with the pennant K538.

Following extensive work-up exercises in the vicinity of Bermuda

Bermuda

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, Toronto was transferred to Escort Group 16 which operated out of at Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney, Nova Scotia

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. 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

Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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, Toronto was decommissioned in November 1945 and placed in reserve.

She underwent conversion to a Prestonian class frigate

Prestonian class frigate

The Prestonian-class ocean escort frigate was a class of 21 frigates that served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1953-1967.They were converted from mothballed s that had been placed in reserve following the end of World War II. The first vessel to be reactivated and undergo refit was which was...

 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

Royal Norwegian Navy

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as , renamed in 1965. She was scrapped by the RNN in 1977.