| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 182 |
| Built by | Marine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 22 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | 17 Apr 1940 |
| Launched | 12 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 23 Jan 1941 |
| End service | 22 Jun 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.) completed on 9 November 1943. Decommissioned on and returned to the Royal Navy on 22 June 1945. |
| Former name | HMS Bittersweet |
Commands listed for HMCS Bittersweet (K 182)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Woods, RCNR | 23 Jan 1941 | 30 Nov 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Frederick Bancroft Brooks-Hill, RCNVR | 1 Dec 1942 | 9 Jul 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Frederick Wilson Bogardus, RCNVR | 10 Jul 1944 | 7 Dec 1944 |
| 4 | Skr.Lt. Frank Chalmers Smith, RCNR | 17 Dec 1944 | 22 Jun 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Bittersweet include:
2 Nov 1941
The British merchant Larpool is torpedoed and sunk about 250 nautical miles east-south-east of Cape Race by the German submarine U-208. The Canadian corvette corvette HMCS Bittersweet (A/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Woods, RCNR) later picks up 11 survivors.
10 Feb 1945
HMCS Bittersweet (Skr./Lt. F.C. Smith, RCNR) completed a refit at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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