HMCS Timmins was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy that served during the battle of the Atlantic from 1942 to 1945.

Timmins was laid down by Yarrows Ltd. on 14 December 1940 and completed 6 months and 12 days later on 26 June 1941.

[4] Timmins was part of a second order of corvettes commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy.

She was powered by a pair of Scotch marine boilers and was driven by a single screw, triple expansion reciprocating engine of 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) which gave her a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h).

She had a capacity of 230 tons of fuel which gave her a maximum range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) cruising at a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h).

[7][8] Many Canadian naval ships of World War II adopted an unofficial coat of arms.

The badge that Timmins chose was displayed on the front of the bridge and was a stylized smug cat clutching a U-boat in its paw.

[9] Timmins was launched in February 1942 and was initially assigned to the Pacific Coast Command based in Esquimalt, BC.

Seaman Robert MacDonald who was travelling with the group on HMCS Dundas reported that wireless transmission picked up significantly which was a far cry from the relative quiet on the west coast and it took a while to become accustomed to the increased chatter.

[10] After arriving on the East Coast in November 1942, Timmins was assigned to the Western Local Escort Force (WLEF) where she escorted convoys between New York City and Halifax, Nova Scotia as far as St. John's, Newfoundland.