Allied Warships
HMCS Prince Robert (F 56)
Armed Merchant Cruiser of the Prince class
HMCS Prince Robert as seen during the war.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | Prince |
| Pennant | F 56 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Apr, 1930 |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 31 Jul, 1940 |
| End service | 10 Dec, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Conversion to armed merchant cruiser completed on 3 August 1940. Paid off to be refitted as Anti-Aircraft "cruiser" on 2 Janaury 1943 and recommissioned as such on 7 June 1943. Decommissioned 10 December 1945. Sold into mercantile service in 1948 and renamed Charlton Sovereign. Resold in 1953 when she became the Italian Lucania. Scrapped. See also this website (offsite link). |
| Noteable events involving Prince Robert include: 25 Sep, 1940 |