page_title: HMCS Capilano (K409)
hierarchical_section_title: HMCS Capilano (K409)
caption_attribution_description: English: River class frigate HMCS Capilano
context_page_description: HMCS Capilano was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She is named for Lake Capilano in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The navy intended to name the ship after North Vancouver, however due to possible confusion with HMCS Vancouver, she was named after the lake.
  Capilano was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943-44 River-class building program. She was laid down on 18 November 1943 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 8 April 1944. Capilano was commissioned into the RCN on 25 August 1944 at Victoria, British Columbia.
context_section_description: HMCS Capilano was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She is named for Lake Capilano in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The navy intended to name the ship after North Vancouver, however due to possible confusion with HMCS Vancouver, she was named after the lake.
  Capilano was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943-44 River-class building program. She was laid down on 18 November 1943 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 8 April 1944. Capilano was commissioned into the RCN on 25 August 1944 at Victoria, British Columbia.
caption: HMCS Capilano
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