HMCS Antigonish (K661)

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HMCS Antigonish as DDE 219 © Canada, Department of National Defence
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Commissioned:	July 1943, she wore pennant K661.
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Fate:	Paid off on December 1966
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Motto:	Be worthy
Battle Honours:	Atlantic, 1944-1945.
Badge:	Blazon Argent, a bear rampant sable, langued gules, grasping and breaking with its forepaws a beech bough proper.
Colours	Gold and black

Antigonish was a member of the 1943-1944 programme of 27 River class frigates. Commissioned in July 1943, she wore pennant K661. Paid off into reserve in 1946, she was reactivated in 1947, and served as a training ship until 1954. Between 1956 and 1957 she underwent an extensive conversion which greatly improved her fighting capabilities. As a member of the Prestonian class of ocean escort she wore pennant 301. Antigonish was paid off in December 1966.

[edit] See also

• List of ships of the Canadian Navy

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