| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 104 |
| Built by | Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. (Victoria. British Columbia, Canada) |
| Ordered | 14 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 7 Sep 1940 |
| Launched | 8 Feb 1941 |
| Commissioned | 6 Oct 1941 |
| End service | 19 Jun 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) completed on 29 January 1944. Decommissioned 19 June 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Dawson (K 104)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Anthony Hubert Gleadow Storrs, RCNR | 22 Sep 1941 | 7 Jun 1943 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Philip Ryan, RCNR | 8 Jun 1943 | 31 Mar 1944 |
| 3 | T/Skr.Lt. Joseph Bernard Cooper, RCNR | 31 Mar 1944 | 31 May 1944 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Philip Ryan, RCNR | 31 May 1944 | 19 Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dawson include:
14 Feb 1944
HMCS Vancouver (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.W. Ford, RCNR) and HMCS Dawson (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.P. Ryan, OBE, RCNR) departed from Esquimalt for Halifax.
6 Apr 1945
HMS Unruffled (T/Lt. A.H. MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V)) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda together with HMCS New Westminster (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.O. McKenzie, RCNR) and HMCS Dawson (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.P. Ryan, RCNR). (1)
8 Apr 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS New Westminster (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.O. McKenzie, RCNR) and HMCS Dawson (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.P. Ryan, RCNR). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 173/20139
- ADM 173/20177
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.