HMCS Athabaskan was the first of three destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy to bear this name. It was a destroyer of the Tribal class, that served in the Second World War. She was named for the First Nations peoples who make up the Athabaskan language group. She was torpedoed in the English Channel and sunk in 1944.

Nov 10, 2023 · HMCS Ottawa, a Second World War destroyer named for the river that defines Ottawa, was torpedoed by a submarine while protecting a merchant navy convoy in September 1942 during the Battle of...

HMCS Algonquin was a V-class destroyer, laid down for the Royal Navy as HMS Valentine (R17) and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on completion during the Second World War. She saw service in the Second World War escorting the aircraft carriers that bombed the Tirpitz in March 1944 and providing naval gunfire support to the Normandy landings .

HMS Uganda was a Second World War -era Fiji -class light cruiser launched in 1941. She served in the Royal Navy during 1943 and 1944, including operations in the Mediterranean, and was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Uganda in October 1944. She served in the Pacific theatre in 1945 and was put into reserve in 1947.

HMCS Algonquin history. When the Second World War broke out in Europe, Great Britain became heavily dependent on maritime supplies, which became the prey of German submarines. To ensure their safety, the British reinforced their navy forces and launched the production of several destroyers of class V. It is within this framework that the HMS ...

Sep 13, 2017 · Initially deployed on the Canadian Pacific Coast before World War II, the destroyer was transferred to the Atlantic three months after the outbreak of WWII as a convoy escort. The following are Nova Scotia crew members lost on September 13, 1942.

On Sunday 7 May 2006, at HMCS CHIPPAWA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, the annual service that commemorates the Battle of the Atlantic was held in honour of HMCS OTTAWA and the twelve Manitobans that perished on 13 September 1942. A BRIEF HISTORY OF HMCS OTTAWA

1 day ago · While on anti-submarine patrol in the approaches to Halifax Harbour, HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed and sunk just five miles off Chebucto Head, with the loss of 44 of the ship’s company. "It took four minutes for the warship to sink. Four minutes. It took six hours to rescue what remained of the ship's company from their grim vantage on or in ...

HMCS Assiniboine history The Cowes shipyard in Great Britain launched a Class C destroyer on 29 October 1931, which was named “HMS Kempenfelt” (I18) by the Royal Navy. Before the Second World War broke out in Europe, this warship was sold to Canada, but it was not de facto transferred until October 19, 1939, because of a collision that ...

Mar 4, 2025 · His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Morden was a Corvette built during World War II, launching around 1940. It was one of approximately 300 corvettes used as escort ships for merchant marine supply vessels transporting vital goods from Canada and the U.S. to Britain.