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Royal Navy Merchant Aircraft Carriers (MAC-ships): HMS Atheling, HMS Begum, HMS Emperor, HMS Empress, HMS Khedive, HMS Nabob, HMS Premier, HMS Queen, HMS Rajah, HMS Ranee, HMS Ruler, HMS Shah, HMS Thane

Merchant Aircraft Carriers (MAC-Ships) HMS Atheling (D51), HMS Begum (D38), HMS Emperor (D98), HMS Empress (D42), HMS Khedive (D62), HMS Nabob (D77), HMS Premier (D23), HMS Queen (D19), HMS Rajah (D10), HMS Ranee (D03), HMS Ruler (D72), HMS Shah (D21), HMS Thane (D48) ‍Oil or grain bulk cargo carriers with superstructures removed and flight decks … Read more

Soviet Women Parachutists Nina Pronushkina and Elvira Fomicheva

Russian Women Parachutists In late October 1977, two Soviet women, Nina Pronushkina and Elvira Fomicheva, set absolute stratospheric records that remain unsurpassed decades later. Pronushkina, applying a layer of goose fat to her face to protect against the brutal cold of near-space altitudes, executed a night solo jump on 28 October from a staggering 14,974 … Read more

RCN Armed Trawlers (Isles class): HMCS Anticosti (T274), HMCS Baffin (T275), HMCS Cailiff (T276), HMCS Ironbound (T284), HMCS Liscomb (T285), HMCS Magdalen (T279), HMCS Manitoulin (T280), HMCS Miscou (T277)

RCN Armed Trawlers (Isles class): HMCS Anticosti (T274), HMCS Baffin (T275), HMCS Cailiff (T276), HMCS Ironbound (T284), HMCS Liscomb (T285), HMCS Magdalen (T279), HMCS Manitoulin (T280), HMCS Miscou (T277) HMCS Anticosti (T274) (DND Photo) HMCS Anticosti (T274) (Isles class).  Built at Collingwood, Ontario for the RN, she was commissioned on 10 Aug 1942 as HMS … Read more

Royal Navy warships in Canadian waters in the War of 1812

‍The War of 1812, Battles on the Water. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2836438) HMS Shannon carrying by boarding the American Frigate Chesapeake, after a cannonade of five minutes on 1 June 1813. In the War of 1812, the United States fought Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on … Read more

Royal Navy warships in Canadian waters

Royal Navy warships in Canadian waters (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950943) HMS King George V (41) shown here in the North Atlantic, c1940-1941, was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy.  She was laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940.  King George V operated in all three major … Read more

Royal Navy warships in Canadian ports at the turn of the century

Royal Navy (RN), His Majesty’s Ships (HMS) in Canadian ports at the turn of the century (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3192245) HMS Canada, North America and West Indies Squadron in drydock, Halifax, NS, 20 Sep 1889. Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Canada: HMS Canada (1765), a 74-gun … Read more

Royal Navy Minelaying Cruisers: HMS Adventure (M23), HMS Abdiel (M39), HMS Latona (M76), HMS Manxman (M70), HMS Welshman (M84), HMS Ariadne (M65), HMS Apollo (M01)

Royal Navy Minelaying Cruisers HMS Adventure (M23), HMS Abdiel (M39), HMS Latona (M76), HMS Manxman (M70), HMS Welshman (M84), HMS Ariadne (M65), HMS Apollo (M01) Adventure class 6,740 tons, 4 × 4.7 in. HMS Adventure (M23) (IWM Photo, FL 200) HMS Adventure (M23), 1943. HMS Adventure, pennant number M23, was an Adventure-class minelaying cruiser of the … Read more

Royal Navy Escort carriers (adapted from merchant ship hulls): HMS Activity (D94), HMS Campania (D48), HMS Nairana (D05), HMS Vindex (D15), HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)

British-built escort carriers adapted from merchant ship hulls: HMS Activity (D94), HMS Campania (D48), HMS Nairana (D05), HMS Vindex (D15), HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) HMS Activity (D94) (IWM Photo, FL 137) HMS Activity (D94) underway in the Firth of Forth, October 1942. HMS Activity was an escort carrier that served with the Royal Navy of the … Read more