HMCS Lynx was an armed yacht in service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during World War II.

Renamed Elena and then Samana Queen the ship was used in the banana boat trade, taking on its final name Rican Star in 1952.

[1] With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) sought to augment the local sea defences of East Coast ports.

On the way to Sydney, Lynx broke a crankshaft and was forced to return to Halifax on one engine due to the lack of spare parts at end of 1940.

The armed yacht was laid up for repairs and returned to service after the river had closed due to ice in the winter months.

On 18 January 1942, Lynx rescued the entire crew of Empire Kingfisher which had sunk off Cape Sable after striking an object.

That same month, Lynx was hunting a German submarine off Cape Sable when one of its depth charges, which had been set too shallow, damaged the ship.

[7] The vessel was acquired in July 1943 by Cia Central de Nav SA, renamed Elena and registered in Puerto Cortés, Honduras for use in the banana boat trade in the Caribbean Sea, Mexico and Toronto.

In 1958, Northland Navigation Company of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada acquired the vessel and intended to use it for coastal trading.

[8] In 1959, Rican Star was acquired by Pacific Sg Co Pty Ltd, converted to a fishing trawler in the shrimp trade and registered in Brisbane, Australia.