| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 174 |
| Built by | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Ordered | 14 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 20 Jul 1940 |
| Launched | 16 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 30 Apr 1941 |
| End service | 17 Jul 1945 |
| History | Fo'c's'le extention at Liverpool (Nova Scotia, Canada) completed on 23 October 1944. Decommissioned 17 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Trail (K 174)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. George Stanley Hall, RCNR | 30 Apr 1941 | 8 Oct 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. George Mitchell Hope, RCNVR | 9 Oct 1943 | 20 Aug 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. David George Bruce Hueston, RCNVR | 21 Aug 1944 | 9 Oct 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Donald James Lawson, RCNVR | 10 Oct 1944 | 17 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Trail include:
27 Aug 1942
HMCS Trail (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.S. Hall, RCNR) picks up survivors from the American passenger ship Chatham that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-517 in the Belle Isle Strait in position 51°53'N, 55°48'W.
3 Sep 1942
HMCS Shawinigan (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.P. Balfry, RCNR) and HMCS Trail (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.S. Hall, RCNR) together pick up 17 survivors from the Canadian merchant Donald Stewart that was torpedoed and sunk north-east of Cape Whittle in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in position 50°32'N, 58°46'W by German U-boat U-517.
20 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Trail (T/Lt. D.J. Lawson, RCNVR) and HMCS Camrose (T/Lt. J.B. Lamb, RCNVR). (1)
24 Dec 1944
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Trail (T/Lt. D.J. Lawson, RCNVR) and HMCS Camrose (T/Lt. J.B. Lamb, RCNVR). (1)
1 Jan 1945
HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Brandon (T/Lt. E.F. Evans, RCNVR) and HMCS Trail (T/Lt. D.J. Lawson, RCNVR). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19287
- ADM 173/20174
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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