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September 20, 1940
- Briefly commissioned again during the first year of the Second World War, she arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 20, 1940, and 4 days later was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed HMCS Annapolis.
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Organized as four distinctly RCN flotillas, Canadian Combined Operations personnel then took part in Operations Torch (the landing in North Africa in November 1942), Husky (the Sicily landing in July 1943) and Baytown (the Italy landing that September).
- The Naval Service of Canada 1910-2010
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- The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945
Every year on the first Sunday in May, the Canadian Navy...
- The Naval Service of Canada 1910-2010
Canada’s navy in September 1939 included only 3500 personnel, both regular force and reserve, and six ocean-going warships, the ‘River’ class destroyers His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Fraser, Ottawa, Restigouche, Saguenay, St Laurent, and Skeena.
Every year on the first Sunday in May, the Canadian Navy family gathers to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic – to honour the struggle, sacrifice, and loss, but also to celebrate the heroism and courage in the face of daunting obstacles.
- Aircraft Carriers
- Cruisers
- Destroyers
- Frigates
- Motor Torpedo/Asw Vessels
- Submarines
- Mine Warfare Vessels
- Miscellaneous Ships
Technically the HMS Nabob and HMS Puncher of the Ruler class escort aircraft carriers of the Attacker class, based on the Type C3 design. Although they have been acquired and operated at first by the Royal Navy upon completion and transfer, the RCN asked the permission to train personal on board, which was granted, while the HMS Puncher was directl...
Uganda
First modern cruiser adopted by Canada since 1920, 23 years prior with the HMCS Aurora discarded. This was one of the Crown Colony class cruisers, modernized and simplified version of the 1936 “Town” class. This was the reduced 8000 ton design after the London conference, therefore more compact. But the main armament remained the same, a battery of twelve rapid-fire 6-in BL Mk XXIII guns, completed by eight (4×2) 102 mm/45 QF Mk XVI guns, while the AA armament comprised three quadruple 40/39...
Ontario
Built in Harland & Wolff and launched 29 July 1943, she was originally HMS Minotaur, first improved Fiji class cruiser, of the Minotaur class, of which three were completed in 1944 whereas nine were ordered. She was renamed and transferred before her completion as HMCS Ontario in 25/05/1945. The class was deprived of a triple 6-in turret for more AA. She has the same close-range outfit as Swiftsure, six 40 mm and six 20 mm guns at the end of the war in single mountings. She was decommissioned...
The fleet of Canadian destroyers was fairly large by 1945: Nine classes of destroyers, about 60 ships.
Canadian RIVER class
HMCS Cap de la Madeleine They were a mix of early River Type, built in UK and in Canada. The British built units were the HMCS Annan, Ettrick, Meon, Monnow, Nene, Ribble and Teme. The Canadian built were the Annan, Cape Breton, Dunver, Grou, Matane (ex-Stormont), Montreal, New Glasgow, New Waterford, Outremont, Port Colborne, Prince Rupert, St. Catherine, St. John, Stormont, Swansea, Valleyfield, Waskesiu and Wentworth. The British-built ships had a minesweeping equipment, however on the Cana...
Canadian LOCH class
Three ships were transferred to the RCN in 1944, Loch Achanalt (ex-Naver), Loch Alvie and Loch Morlich, completed in August 1944. The Loch class were simplified River class ships for mass-production. Modular pre-built sections made in inland plants were used for quick assembly. The longitudinal hull framing system and intensive welding were adopted. They only served for a few month and were transferred back to UK.
-This comprised a single CMTB1 motor torpedo boat(1941) built in Montreal, it was propelled by two Packard petrol engines, was capable of 40 knots and armed with two twin 12.7mm/62, 12 DC or 4 mines. Q121 Fairmile D BPB serie: A serie of British Power Boats made at Hythe: 10 boats, MTB459-467, 485, 486, 491. There were seven losses in action. They ...
The only ones in service (after four WW-1 era boats decommissioned in the 1920s), the HMCS U-190 and U-889, which surrendered and were recommissioned for study and exercizes. Older WW-1 era ones served for a time in the interwar, of British and US origin.
Melville class minesweepers
HMCS Esquimalt in happier times. Torpedoed and sunk by U-190 on 16 April 1945. Credit: Department of National Defence. Ten Bangor-classvessels built in Canada, HMCS Brockville, Sorel, Digby, Esquimalt, Granby, Lachine, Melville, Noranda, Transcona, Trois Rivieres, and Truro. They were from Marine Industries, Sorel and Davie SB, Lauzon, completed in 1942. Standard armament was one 76mm/40 (3-in) 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 4 DCT, and 2 DCR. They were given a type 286PU radar and a type 128 sonar...
COWICHAN class minesweepers
44 ships of the same type (Bangor) built later with some modifications: Their armament varied widly: One 76mm/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV or a single 76mm/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, a single 40mm/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or four 12.7mm/6. The usual ASW provision was 4 DCT, 2 DCR (and 40 DC in ASW role). Their electronics suite comprised the type 128 sonar and from mid-1942, the type 286PU radar (for some), and type 128 sonar. Their machinery comprised a compact high-speed VTE unit. The 67 ships we...
LLEWELLYN class Admiralty-type motor minesweepers
MINESWEEPERS. 18 MARCH 1942, GRAVESEND. (A 9736) Motor Minesweeper J514. IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205143529 Ten ships built in Canada, called Coquitlam, Cranbrook, Daerwood, Kalamalka, Lavallee, Llewellyn, Lloyd George, Revelstoke, Rossland, St. Joseph. These admiralty coastal minesweepers were highy successful, often called the “102 ft type”. Thet were armed with one 20mm/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, a twin 12.7mm/62 and in alternative two twin cal.50 or t...
LSI(L) large infantry landing craft:
32 ships, from Bethlehem (Hingham), Federal (Newark) and New Jersey SB (Barber). They were transferred to the RN in 1943-44 and later passed on to the RCN. They were armed with one 40mm/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, three 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV. Returned to UK in 1944.
- 1939. Submarines: a manageable problem? Convoys and airpower had reduced the effectiveness of the submarine in 1917–18, but the optimism of naval officers about the submarine problem was fired by the perfection of “asdic” (now called sonar).
- 1940. There was little in the first year of the war to suggest that submarines were a major issue. When the Canadian Navy ordered its initial wartime shipbuilding program in early 1940, its main vessel — the corvette — was completed as a jack-of-all-trades, but would prove to be master of none.
- 1941. Packs move westward, RCN fills the gap. What ultimately drew the whole RCN into the war against the U-boats was the extension of pack attacks westward.
- 1942. America enters the war, U-boats stalk the U.S. East Coast. The entry of the United States into the war opened-up a vast new theatre for enemy operations, and by the end of January 1942, U-boats were probing the U.S. coast.
Feb 16, 2022 · HMCS Sackville began her life in the Saint John Shipyard and Dry Dock Co. Ltd in New Brunswick in 1940, and was commissioned into the Canadian Navy in 1941. She saw active service throughout the war, escorting convoys both to and from UK ports.
Apr 20, 2018 · 10 September 1939 -Canada Declares War on Germany. First time Canadian Parliament declares war independently from Britain. 16 September 1939 -First Convoy of WWII leaves Halifax for UK waters, consisting of 15 merchant ships and designated HX-1, under escort of HMCShips SAGUENAY and ST. LAURENT.
