HMCS Louisburg was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.

[3][4][5] The "corvette" designation was created by the French as a class of small warships; the Royal Navy borrowed the term for a period but discontinued its use in 1877.

The second took place on the Humber in the United Kingdom where she had extra AA fittings added in preparation for her escort duties related to Operation Torch.

[11] After arriving at Halifax for deployment on 15 October 1941, Louisburg was initially assigned to Sydney Force.

[11] In September 1942 Louisburg was sent to the United Kingdom as part of the Canadian contribution to Operation Torch.

[11] While escorting a convoy, KMF 8, from Gibraltar to Bone, Algeria, the Louisburg was among those hit by bombs and torpedoes from two formations of enemy aircraft.