| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Armed Yacht |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 2 May 1931 |
| Commissioned | 22 Jun 1940 |
| Lost | 7 Sep 1942 |
| Loss position | 49.01N, 67.17W (See a map) |
| History | HMS Raccoon (Lt.Cdr. John Norman Smith, RCNR) was torpedoed and sunk in position 49º01'N, 67º17'W by the German submarine U-165 while QS-33 in the St. Lawrence river. 37 of the crew went down with the ship, there were no survivors. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMCS Raccoon |
| Former name | Halonia |
Commands listed for HMCS Raccoon
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Lewis Diver, RCNR | 22 Jun 1940 | 17 Oct 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Frank Roberts, RCNR | 18 Oct 1940 | 16 Apr 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Norman G. Bennett, RCNR | 17 Apr 1941 | 22 Jul 1941 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Douglas Wharrie Main, RCNR | 23 Jul 1941 | 16 Nov 1941 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Antoine Herbert Cassivi, RCNR | 17 Nov 1941 | 4 Dec 1941 |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. John Norman Smith, RCNR | 5 Dec 1941 | 7 Sep 1942 (+) |
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