Several Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 naval units have been named HMCS Vancouver after the city

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

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(I) was an Thorneycroft S class destroyer

S class destroyer (1916)

The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....

 that served in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 as from 1919 until her transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...

 in 1928. The ship was decommissioned and scrapped in 1937.

• HMCS Vancouver (K225) (II) was a Flower class corvette
  Flower class corvette
  The Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...
  
   that was renamed before her launch in November 1941.

(III) was a Flower class corvette that served in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. The Vancouver served from its commission in March 1942 to the end of the war, when it was taken out of service in June 1945.

• HMCS Vancouver (IV) was a survey ship launched in June 1965 and sold in 1982.

(V) is a Halifax-class frigate

Halifax class frigate

The Halifax-class frigate is a class of multi-role patrol frigates that have served the Royal Canadian Navy since 1992...

 serving in the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

 since 1993.

Battle honours

• Aleutians, 1942-43.
• Atlantic, 1944–45