Naval History by Country :
|
VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT ART SPECIAL OFFERS ON ONE PAGE HERE | |||
NAVAL ART | AVIATION ART | MILITARY ART | SPORT ART |
|
Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk Canadian Navy |
[UP] - Royal Navy - US Navy - German Navy - French Navy - Japanese Navy - Austro-Hungarian Navy - Italian Navy - Canadian Navy - Australian Navy - New Zealand Navy - Russian Navy - Turkish Navy - Portuguese Navy - Spanish Navy - Chilean Navy - Argentine Navy - Brazilian Navy - Greek Navy - Swedish Navy - Norwegian Navy - Danish Navy - Dutch Navy - Belgian Navy - Maltese Navy - Uruguayan Navy - Chinese Navy - Indian Navy - Polish Navy - South African Navy - Pakistan Navy - Libyan Navy - Kuwait Navy - Irish Navy - Israeli Navy - Other Navies - Unidentified Photos - Naval Battles and Events - Naval Losses - Merchant Navy - Ocean Liners - Ports and Dockyards - Naval Commanders - Naval Expeditions - Ship Name Histories - Fleet Reviews - Navy Lists |
History of the Canadian Navy from their participation in the Second World War to the present day. Histories of the Aircraft Carriers, cruisers, corvettes and other fighting ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. Please use side navigational bar to find class or ship of interest or use the table above. |
||||||||||||
ORIGINAL POSTCARD FOR SALE. DONATED TOWARDS THE UPKEEP OF THIS SITE. HMCS Labrador. Commissioned into the Canadian Navy as an Arctic Patrol vessel (pennant 500 on 8th July 1954. Paid off on 22nd November 1957 and transferred to the Coast Guard in 1958. First ship to circumnavigate North America in 1954, transiting the Northwest Passage and back to Halifax through the Panama Canal, commanded by Captain "Long Robbie" Robertson. - Many thanks to Carl Proctor Original Postcard. Publisher Details Unknown. Price ?8. Click here to order. Order Code PAN185 |
||||||||||||
The crew of HMCS Niobe |
||||||||||||
The two Canadian submarines, CH14 and in the background CH15. Both possibly built in Montreal from the Bethlehem design. Image Carl Proctor Peter Miller suggests. Originally built for the Chilean Navy, at Seattle Washington Dockyard, they were seen by The premier of British Columbia Mr Richard McBride who subsequently purchased the submarines for the Royal; Canadian navy. |
||||||||||||
RCN Saguenay D.79 Built By Thornycroft and launched 11th July 1930, in November 1942, she was badly damaged in a collision with the SS Azara off Newfoundland and was a total loss, used for training, before being sold for scrap in April 1946.
RCN Skeena D.59 Built by Thornycroft and launched 10th October 1930, she was grounded of the coast of Iceland 25th October 1944, salved and scrapped in 1946. |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
HMCS Trentonian, February 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2817 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Willowherb, 1943. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2818 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Stellarton, November 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2816 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Linaria, 1943. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2815 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Cobourg, August 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2814 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Drumheller, February 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2807 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Eyebright, October 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2808 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Sherbrooke, September 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2809 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Kitchener, February 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2811 |
||||||||||||
HMCS Sorel, April 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2810 |
||||||||||||
Flower Class Corvette Kenogami K-125, sent in by Bill Logan. |
||||||||||||
Castle Class Corvette Kincardine K-490, sent in by Bill Logan |
Castle Class Corvette Kincardine K-490, sent in by Bill Logan, whose father served on Kincardine in 1945. |
|||||||||||
The Crew of HMCS Chilliwack, 1944. Thanks to Scott McMurdo. |
||||||||||||
HMCS WETASKIWIN Information sent in by Elmer Shideler. My brother -- Ralph L. Shideler, of St. John, Nb, Canada -- served the entire World War 2 in the R.C.N. For the most time he was on the Barber Pole run on convoy duty. In the last days of the war, his ship was on the Murmansk Run. There were 6 ships in this special little group. They were as follows; HMCS Galt, HMCS Agassiz, HMCS Sackville, HMCS Saguenay, HMCS Skeena and HMCS Wetaskiwin, the latter being the only one my brother served on. Her nick-name was the Wet Ass Queen and she had a picture of the Queen of Hearts sitting in a pool of water, -- painted on the forward side of the bridge. Her number was K175. (The town of Wetaskiwin is in Alberta, Canada) |
||||||||||||
Canadian Naval Losses During World War II - information provided by Claude Raine. |
||||||||||||
Type of Ship | Name of Ship | Date of Loss | Reason for Loss | |||||||||
River Class Destroyer | HMCS FRASER | June 25th, 1940 | Lost in a collision with the British cruiser CALCUTTA, while participating in the evacuation of France. 47 men lost. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS LEVIS | September 19th, 1940 | Torpedoed by U74, 120 miles off Cape Farewell Greenland, resulting in 18 lives lost. | |||||||||
Auxiliary Trawler, Minesweeper | HMCS BRAS D'OR | October 19th, 1940 | While keeping the Romanian freighter "Ingener N. Vlassopol" under surveillance in the Gulf of St Lawrence, the minesweeper disappeared. Her last know position was 40 20N - 063 50W, near Anticosti Island. Her entire ship's company of 30 men were lost. | |||||||||
River Class Destroyer | HMCS MARGAREE | October 22nd, 1940 | Lost in the North Atlantic, after collision with the freighter PORT FAIRY, while escorting the five ship convoy OL.8. 142 of her ship's company were lost, many of which were survivor's of FRASER's tragic sinking. | |||||||||
Armed Yacht | HMCS OTTER | March
26th, 1941 |
Destroyed by an accidental explosion and fire, off Halifax. Two Officers and 17 men were lost. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS WINDFLOWER | December 7th, 1941 | While escorting convoy SC.58, she was rammed by Dutch freighter Zypenberg in dense fog off the Grand Banks. She was sunk, and 23 of her ship's company were lost. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS SPIKENARD | February 10th, 1942 | Torpedoed and sunk by U136, south of Iceland, while escorting convoy SC.67. There were only eight survivors. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN | September 11th, 1942 | Torpedoed and sunk in the St. Lawrence, near Cap Chat Quebec, by U517. She had just delivered a convoy to Rimouski and was returning to Gaspe. Nine of her ship's company were lost. | |||||||||
Armed Yacht | HMCS RACCOON | September 7th, 1942 | Torpedoed and sunk by U 165, while escorting convoy QS.33 in the St. Lawrence River. There were no survivors. | |||||||||
River Class Destroyer | HMCS OTTAWA | September 13th , 1942 | Sunk by U91 in the North Atlantic, while escorting convoy ON.127. Lost at about 2330 on 13th September, 1942 due to enemy action being hit by two torpedoes. 114 of her Ship's Company lost. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS LOUISBURG | February 6th, 1943 | Attacked and sunk by Italian aircraft east of Oran, while escorting a convoy from Gibraltar to Bone, Algeria. 38 of her ship's company were lost. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS WEYBURN | February 22nd, 1943 | Lost to a mine off Gibraltar. Seven of her ship's company were lost. | |||||||||
Town Class Destroyer | HMCS ST. CROIX | September 20th, 1943 | Torpedoed and sunk by U305, south of Iceland, while escorting convoy ON.202. Five officers and 76 men were rescued by HMS ITCHEN, but only one of these survived the loss of the ITCHEN two days later. | |||||||||
Bangor Class Minesweeper | HMCS CHEDABUCTO | October 21st, 1943 | Sunk after night collision with the cable vessel LORD KELVIN, 30 miles from Rimouski, Quebec. One officer was lost. | |||||||||
Tribal Class Destroyer | HMCS ATHABASKAN | April 29th, 1944 | Sunk by a torpedo from German torpedo boat T24, while operating in the English Channel. Her captain and 128 men were lost, 83 taken prisoner and 44 men rescued by HMCS HAIDA. | |||||||||
River Class Frigate | HMCS VALLEYFIELD | May 7th, 1944 | Torpedoed and sunk by U548, 50 miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland. 125 of her ship's company lost. | |||||||||
Motor Torpedo Boat | MTB 460 | July 1st, 1944 | Lost to a mine in the English Channel. The commanding officer and 9 men were lost. | |||||||||
Motor Torpedo Boat | MTB 463 | July 7th, 1944 | Lost to a mine in the English Channel. No crew was lost, although 5 men were wounded. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS REGINA | August 8th, 1944 | Torpedoed and sunk by U667, off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England. Thirty of her ship's company were lost. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS ALBERNI | August 21st, 1944 | Torpedoed
and sunk by U480, southeast of the Isle of Wight. 59 of her ship's company
were lost. |
|||||||||
River Class Destroyer | HMCS SKEENA | October 25th, 1944 | Wrecked in a storm, and grounded near Reykjavik, Iceland. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS SHAWINIGAN | November 25th, 1944 | While on independent anti-submarine patrol in the Cabot Strait, she was torpedoed and sunk by U1228. All hands were lost. | |||||||||
BANGOR Class Minesweeper | HMCS CLAYOQUOT | December 24th, 1944 | Torpedoed and sunk while taking station on convoy XB.139, in the approaches to Halifax harbour. Sunk by U806. Eight of her crew were lost. | |||||||||
Motor Torpedo Boat | MTB459 | February 14th, 1945 | Five MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium. Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. | |||||||||
Motor Torpedo Boat | MTB461 | February
14th, 1945 |
Five MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium. Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. | |||||||||
Motor Torpedo Boat | MTB462 | February 14th, 1945 | Five MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium. Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. | |||||||||
Motor Torpedo Boat | MTB465 | February 14th, 1945 | Five MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium. Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. | |||||||||
Motor Torpedo Boat | MTB466 | February 14th, 1945 | Five MTBs were lost to a tragic fire while alongside at Ostend, Belgium. Twenty-eight Canadian sailors were lost. | |||||||||
Flower Class Corvette | HMCS TRENTONIAN | February 22nd, 1945 | Torpedoed and sunk by U1004 near Falmouth, England. Six of her ship's company were lost. | |||||||||
BANGOR Class Minesweeper | HMCS GUYSBOROUGH | March 17th, 1945 | Torpedoed and sunk by U878 in the English Channel off Ushant. Fifty-one of her ship's company were lost. | |||||||||
BANGOR Class Minesweeper | HMCS ESQUIMALT | April 16th, 1945 | Torpedoed and sunk by U190, five miles off Chebucto Head, near Halifax. Forty-four of her ship's company were lost. |
Aircraft Carriers - Cruisers - Destroyers - Frigates - Minesweepers - Veteran Memoirs - HMCS Nanaimo - HMCS Chicoutimi |
Everything we obtain for this site is shown on the site, we do not have any more photos, crew lists or further information on any of the ships. COPYRIGHT NOTICE. ALL IMAGES DISPLAYED ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW, AND ARE OWNED BY CRANSTON FINE ARTS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. NO REPRODUCTION OR COPYING ALLOWED ON OTHER WEBSITES, BOOKS OR ARTICLES WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENT. |
Contact Details |
Sign Up To Our Newsletter!
This website is owned by Cranston Fine Arts. Torwood House, Torwoodhill Road, Rhu, Helensburgh, Scotland, G848LE Contact: Tel: (+44) (0) 1436 820269. Email: |