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River class frigate HMCS La Hulloise (K 668): Launched at Canadian Vickers Ltd. Montreal, Quebec 29.10.43.
Gladstone Dock, Liverpool.
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River class frigate HMCS Longueuil (K 672): Launched at Canadian Vickers Ltd. Montreal, Quebec 30.10.43.
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River class frigate HMCS Thetford Mines (K 459): Launched at Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. Quebec City, Quebec 30.10.43.
Original Kodachrome film.
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Bangor (VTE reciprocating engined) class minesweeper HMCS Drummondville (J 253) T/Lt. James Phillip Fraser, RCNR: Commissioned 30.10.41.
Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd. Montreal, Quebec.
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Bangor (VTE reciprocating engined) class minesweeper HMCS Westmount (J 318): Laid down at Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. Lauzon, Quebec 28.10.41.
A little chilly!
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Fairmile B class Motor Launch HMCML 057 (Q 057) T/Lt. R.A. Jarvis, RCNVR: Commissioned 28.09.41.
Built by Minett-Shields Ltd., Bracebridge, Ontario.
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🚨New Hamburg, Ontario: Legion Branch 532 veteran banners vandalized with black spray paint.
One is for Pte. Tyler W. Todd, killed by an IED in Afghanistan in 2010 with the PPCLI.
These banners honour our fallen. This is pure disrespect.
#cdnpoli #CAF #LestWeForget 🇨🇦
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Algerine (Reciprocating engined) class minesweeper HMCS Fort Frances (J 396) T/Lt. Donald Egerton Ryerson, RCNVR: Commissioned 28.10.44.
Built by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Port Arthur, Ontario.
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River class frigate HMCS Jonquiere (K 318): Launched at Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. Lauzon, Quebec 28.10.43.
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Flower class corvette HMCS Nanaimo (K 101): Launched at Yarrows Ltd. Esquimalt, British Columbia 27.10.40.
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On this day in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis reaches its climax as the U.S. warns its allies that war with the Soviet Union "may be necessary."
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🇨🇦 For 80 years, the @Commissionaires have provided second careers to Canadian veterans.
Now, Ottawa plans to end their Right of First Refusal for federal security contracts in March 2027.
As Remembrance Day approaches, veterans deserve more than words
espritdecorps.ca/commentary/…
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Algerine (Reciprocating engined) class minesweeper HMS Providence (J 325): Launched at Redfern Construction Ltd. Toronto, Ontario 27.10.43.
Ex HMCS Forrest Hill.
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River class frigate HMCS Fort Erie (K 670) T/A/Lt.Cdr. Aubrey Winston Ford, RCNR: Commissioned 27.10.44.
Built by George T. Davie & Sons Ltd. Lauzon, Quebec.
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Listen to Canadian legend Don Cherry, who on his final Hockey Night in Canada Coach's Corner broadcast, Nov. 9, 2019, asked all Canadians to wear a poppy and honour our veterans.
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Beachy Head class repair ship HMS Mull of Galloway (F 26): Launched at North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. Vancouver, British Columbia 26.10.44
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Bangor (Diesel engined) class minesweeper HMCS Esquimalt (J 272) T/Lt. Francis John Louis Davies, RCNR: Commissioned 26.10.42.
Built by Marine Industries Ltd. Sorel, Quebec.
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Fairmile B class Motor Launch HMCML 086 (Q 086) T/Lt. T.G. Sewell, RCNVR: Commissioned 26.10.42.
Built by Taylor and Sons, J.J., Toronto, Ontario.
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Flower (rev.) class corvette HMCS Frontenac (K 335) T/Lt. Manlius Cornell Bull, RCNVR: Commissioned 26.10.43.
Built by Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Kingston, Ontario.
