RapidFireWeb HMCS Shelburne (Base)/ CFS Shelburne Badge of HMCS Shelburne. There has been only one establishment named HMCS Shelburne in the Royal Canadian Navy. (Naval Museum of Halifax Photo) HMCS Shelburne, Nova Scotia, winter 1962. During the Second World War, a naval repair base was established at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, where many allied ships were refitted and … Read more
Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945, Introduction. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5671742) During the Second World War, from dawn till sunset every day shipping convoys bringing food and raw material to Britain were escorted by Short Sunderland aircraft of the RCAF and RAF, April 1941. (IWM Photo, A 5667) … Read more
The Mariner Miracle, 1953. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3223880) Hawker ‘Sea Fury’ FB. 11 aircraft of the RCN and a Douglas AD-4B Skyraider aircraft of the USN on the flightdeck of HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) during Exercise Mariner, 1953. In September 1953 the carriers USS Wasp (CVA-18), USS Bennington (CV-20) and HMCS Magnificent … Read more
RCN Hydrofoil HMCS Bras d’Or (FHE 400) (RCN/DND Photo) HMCS Bras d’Or (FHE 400) Hydrofoils protruding from the hull allowed HMCS Bras d’Or (FHE 400) to soar above the water in tests in the 1970s, reaching speeds of 63 knots (116 kilometres per hour). HMCS Bras d’Or (FHE 400) was a hydrofoil that served in the … Read more
Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) 1939–1945, Landing Craft (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205055) LCT(4) 1006 off ‘Nan White’ Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3554628) Landing Ship Tank Mk. 3, 3505, Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal), launched 23 November 1944, commissioned 20 June 1945. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, … Read more
RCN Algerine class Minesweepers: HMCS Border Cities (J344), HMCS Fort Frances (J396), HMCS Kapuskasing (J326) HMCS Border Cities (J344) (Harold Moore Photo) HMCS Border Cities (J344) (Algerine-class). Built at Port Arthur, Ontario, she was commissioned there on 18 May 1944. HMCS Border Cities arrived at Halifax in mid-Jun 1944, and on 8 Jul 1944 proceeded … Read more
RCN Algerine class Minesweepers: HMCS Middlesex (J328), HMCS New Liskeard (J397), HMCS Oshawa (J330) HMCS Middlesex (J328) (DND Photo) HMCS Middlesex (J328) (Algerine-class). She was commissioned at Port Arthur on 8 Jun 1944, arrived at Halifax in mid-July and sailed for Bermuda in Aug 1944 to work up. Assigned to EG W-3 of Western Force, … Read more
RCN Minesweepers (Algerine class): HMCS Portage (J331), HMCS Rockcliffe (J355), HMCS Sault Ste. Marie (J334), HMCS St. Boniface (J332), HMCS Wallaceburg (J336), HMCS Winnipeg (J337) HMCS Portage (J331) (Rick Hamilton Photo) HMCS Portage (J331) Algerine class Minesweeper. Built by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Port Arthur, Ontario, she was named for Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. … Read more
Royal Canadian Navy Minesweepers (Bangor Class) HMCS Bayfield (J08); HMCS Bellechasse (J170); HMCS Blairmore (J314); HMCS Brockville (J270); HMCS Burlington (J250); HMCS Canso (J21); HMCS Caraquet (J38); HMCS Chedabucto (J168); HMCS Chignecto (J160); HMCS Clayoquot (J174); HMCS Courtenay (J262); HMCS Cowichan (J146); HMCS Digby (J267); HMCS Drummondville (J253); HMCS Esquimalt (J272); HMCS Fort William (J311); … Read more
RCN Minesweepers (Bangor Class): HMCS Chignecto (J160), HMCS Clayoquot (J174), HMCS Courtenay (J262) HMCS Chignecto (J160) HMCS Chignecto (J160) (Bangor-class). Commissioned at Vancouver on 31 Oct 1941, HMCS Chignecto spent her whole career on the west coast, alternating between Esquimalt Force and Prince Rupert Force. She was paid off on 3 Nov 1945, at Esquimalt … Read more
