Maritime History

HMCS Long Branch

HMCS Long Branch (sometimes spelled as Longbranch) was a modified Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She was used primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was laid down as HMS Candytuft but was transferred to the RCN on 5 January 1944 before completion. She was named for Long Branch, Ontario, a village that was eventually amalgamated into Toronto, Ontario.

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See also

• ▸French brig Suffisante (1793)
• ▸Bonaparte, First Consul (Gros)
• ▸HMS Hyaena (1778)

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