| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 24 |
| Built by | Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 17 Aug 1918 |
| Launched | 21 Dec 1918 |
| Commissioned | 6 Jul 1941 |
| End service | 8 Jun 1945 |
| History | Transferred by the U.S.N. to the Royal Navy on 23 September 1940. Decommissioned on 8 June 1945. |
| Former name | HMS Hamilton |
Commands listed for HMCS Hamilton (I 24)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Norman Vincent Clark, RCNR | 25 Jun 1941 | 19 Jul 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt.Cdr. Douglas George Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR | 20 Jul 1943 | 18 Jan 1944 |
| 3 | T/Cdr. Francis Poole, RCNR | 19 Jan 1944 | 22 Apr 1945 |
| 4 | Skr.Lt. Joseph David Burnham, RCNR | 23 Apr 1945 | 8 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hamilton include:
3 Aug 1942
The British merchant Lochkatrine is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-552 east of Cape Race in position 45°52'N, 46°44'W. The Canadian destroyer HMCS Hamilton (Lt.Cdr. N.V. Clark, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Agassiz (A/Lt.Cdr. B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) together pick up 81 survivors.
8 Oct 1943
HMS L 23 (Lt. H.R. Murray, RN) departed New London, Connecticut, USA for Digby, Nova Scotia. She was escorted by HMCS Hamilton (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Jeffrey, DSO, RCNR).
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