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The ship was completed by North Vancouver Ship Repair on 29 July 1942. [2] On 6 March 1943, the ship departed Glasgow, Scotland, for Bone, Algeria, as part of the merchant convoy KMS-10. Later that day, the German submarine U-410 attacked the convoy while it was off the coast of Portugal, striking Fort Battle River and Fort Paskoyac with
The 102nd (North British Columbia) Heavy Battery, RCA, CASF, mobilized for active service on 1 January 1941. It was redesignated as the 102nd Coast Battery, RCA, CASF, on 1 May 1942. This unit served in Canada in a home defence role with the 17th (North British Columbia) Coast Regiment, RCA, CASF, as part of Pacific Command. The battery was ...
The Fort ships were a class of 198 cargo ships built in Canada during World War II for use by the United Kingdom. They all had names prefixed with "Fort" when built. The ships were in service between 1942 and 1985, with two still listed on shipping registers until 1992. A total of 53 were lost during the war due to accidents or enemy action.
HMS Blackpool, a Bangor-class minesweeper SS Brentwood Bay Park tanker ship in Victoria Canada in 1945. North Van Ship Repair, later known as Pacific Dry Dock, was a shipyard in the city of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which built many of the Bangor-class minesweeper, Fort ships and Victory ships for Britain and Canada during World War II.
Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit; Canadian Corps (World War II) 1st Canadian Division; 2nd Canadian Division; 3rd Canadian Division; 4th Canadian Division; 5th Canadian Division; 6th Canadian Infantry Division; 7th Canadian Infantry Division; Canadian Merchant Navy; Canadian Northwest Atlantic; Canadian Provost Corps; Canadian Rangers
Wait for Me, Daddy is a photo taken by Claude P. Dettloff on October 1, 1940, of the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles) marching down Eighth Street at the Columbia Street intersection, New Westminster, British Columbia. While Dettloff was taking the photo, Warren "Whitey" Bernard broke away from his mother to his father ...
Naval battles of World War II involving Canada (1 C, 85 P) Pages in category "Battles of World War II involving Canada" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
HMCS Prince Henry was an armed merchant cruiser and a landing ship infantry during World War II for the Royal Canadian Navy.The ship began service as the ocean liner SS Prince Henry for the Canadian National Steamship Company servicing ports along the Canadian British Columbia Coast and cities in the United States Northwest.