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Originally called a "twin-screw corvette", its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the Royal Vsncouver at the time, including the Flower-class corvette.

The first orders were placed by the Royal Navy in and the vessels were named for rivers in the United Kingdomgiving name to the class. In Canada they were named for towns and cities though they kept the same deation.

This allowed the ship to maintain contact with targets even while firing unless a target was struck. Improved radar and direction-finding equipment improved the RCN's ability to find and track enemy submarines over the classes. Lawrence River.

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In she reappeared as the Panamanian-registered Irving Francis M.