HMCS Stormont (K327)
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HMCS Stormont (K327) was a River class frigate which served the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943-1945.
Stormont was constructed at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal and commissioned into the RCN on 27 November 1943.
Stormont served as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic and in support of the D-Day landings.
She was decommissioned by the RCN on 9 November 1945.
[edit] Civilian use
In 1954, she was sold to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. She underwent an extensive refit as the luxury yacht, the Christina O, named after his daughter. 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, who restored her and renamed her Christina O. She continues to sail to this day.
[edit] References
- Page with HMCS Stormont specs
- U-boat.net page on HMCS Stormont
- Listing of Canadian participants on D-Day
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