Friday, 3 January 2014

Halifax, Warden of the North and the battle of the Atlantic

My grandfather would have found Halifax a very wartime city. Halifax was THE east coast port for Atlantic convoys to Europe.

The Royal Canadian Navy was hard pressed to protect these convoys against the Kriegsmarine. Das Underseaboot.

Pieces of a German torpedo run aground on the beach at St Yvon near GaspĂ© in 1942 pieces of German torpedo washed up on Canadian beaches (www.cmhg.gc.ca)

Officer, Royal Canadian Navy, 1940-1945Officer, Royal Canadian Navy RCN (www.cmhg.gc.ca)
Ordinary Rating, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, 1942-1946RCN Wren 1943 (www.cmhg.gc.ca)

HMCS Sackville, Flower-class corvette, Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Sackville, the Last Flower class Corvette which still calls Halifax home. (www.cmhg.gc.ca)
HMCS Minotaur, Colony-class cruiser, Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Minotaur (www.cmhg.gc.ca)

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