| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 172 |
| Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | 20 Feb 1940 |
| Launched | 26 Jun 1940 |
| Commissioned | 31 Oct 1940 |
| End service | 27 Jun 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at the Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) completed on 10 June 1943. Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy on 25 June 1945. Commanding Officers: T/Lt. Henry Drummond Campsie, RCNR Skipper Lt. George Edward Gaudreau, RCNR T/Lt. Philip Cabell Evans, RCNR T/Lt. Ralph Marcus Wallace, RCNVR T/Lt. Philip Cabell Evans, RCNR T/Lt. Kenneth Elliot Meredith, RCNVR |
| Former name | HMS Trillium |
Commands listed for HMCS Trillium (K 172)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Ronald Fraser Harris, RCNR | 27 Aug 1940 | 14 Nov 1941 |
| 2 | Henry Drummond Campsie, RCNR | 15 Nov 1941 | 18 Dec 1941 |
| 3 | George Edward Gaudreau, RCNR | 19 Dec 1941 | 25 Feb 1942 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Philip Cabell Evans, RCNR | 26 Feb 1942 | 24 Mar 1943 |
| 5 | Ralph Marcus Wallace, RCNVR | 25 Mar 1943 | 17 Apr 1943 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Philip Cabell Evans, RCNR | 18 Apr 1943 | 21 May 1944 |
| 7 | Kenneth Elliot Meredith, RCNVR | 22 May 1944 | 25 Jun 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Trillium include:
21 Apr 1941
HMCS Trillium (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Harris, RCNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Empire Endurance that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-73 south-west of Rockall in position 53º05'N, 23º14'W. (see map)
22 Feb 1943
HMCS Trillium (Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) picks up 47 survivors from the British merchant Empire Redshank that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-606 in the North Atlantic in position 46º53'N, 34º32'W.
23 Feb 1943
HMCS Trillium (Lt. P.C. Evans, RCNR) picks up 58 survivors from the American merchant Chattanooga City that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-606 in the North Atlantic in position 46º53'N, 34º32'W.
HMCS Trillium also picks up 53 survivors from the American merchant Expositor that was torpedoed and heavily damaged the previous day by the German submarine U-606 in the North Atlantic in position 46º53'N, 34º32'W.