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==Service history==

The first two vessels of the class were constructed at [[IleÎle d'OrleansOrléans]], [[Quebec]]. ''Llewellyn'' and ''Lloyd George'' were both [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 24 August 1942 at [[Quebec City]] and escorted a [[convoy]] from Quebec City to [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] before arriving at [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|pp=201–202}} Both vessels' names begin with a double "l", a reflection of their minesweeping gear. They would be the only two vessels that began their names as such, as the eight minesweepers constructed in [[British Columbia]] did not follow this pattern.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=201}}

During the Second World War, ''Llewellyn'' and ''Lloyd George'' operated out of Halifax performing sweeps of the approaches to [[Halifax Harbour]].{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=201}} Following the war, ''Llewellyn'' became the [[guard ship]] for the Royal Canadian Navy [[reserve fleet]] at Halifax. Taken out of service on 14 June 1946. ''Llewellyn'' was recommissioned on 25 July 1949 as [[Ship's tender|tender]] at [[Saint John, New Brunswick]] associated with the [[Canadian Forces Naval Reserve|naval reserve]] division {{HMCS|Scotian}}, primarily used for [[Training ship|training]]. That summer, the ship made a tour of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], after it became the 10th province of Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Course in Geography |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=King's Printer |___location=Ottawa, Ontario |volume=1 |number=12 |date=October 1949 |pages=5}}</ref> ''Llewellyn'' was tender to {{HMCS|Brunswicker}} in 1951.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=HMCS Llewellyn |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=King's Printer |date=September 1951 |___location=Ottawa, Ontario |volume=3 |number=11 |pages=23}}</ref>. The ship was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] again on 31 October 1951. Sold 1957 for commercial use. Renamed ''Llewellyn II'', the fishing vessel foundered off [[Cape Breton Island]] on 28 October 1960.{{sfn|Macpherson|1997|p=104}} Following war, ''Lloyd George'' was used as a bathythermograph [[survey vessel]] until 16 July 1948 when the ship was decommissioned. ''Lloyd George'' was sold on 14 May 1951 to become a floating restaurant at [[Bridgewater, Nova Scotia]]. The hulk was abandoned ten years later.{{sfn|Macpherson|1997|p=104}}