| abstract | - HMCS Stormont was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943-1945. Named after Stormont, Ontario, she was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal. She was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 27 November 1943 with the pennant K327. Stormont joined the RCN's Atlantic Fleet at Halifax, Nova Scotia under command of George Myra, an experienced pre-war merchant captain who had served as the alternate captain of the famous schooner Bluenose. After training at St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, she was assigned to convoy escort operations during the Battle of the Atlantic. She escorted convoys on the Murmansk run to the Kola Inlet and to Gibraltor. She also served as one of 57 RCN vessels to support Operation Neptune, the amphibious invasion of Normandy, France that were part of D-Day (Operation Overlord). Following the war, she was decommissioned by the RCN on 9 November 1945 and placed in reserve.
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