Covettes Of The Navy

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    A Sad State Of Affairs: Navy, Part 34

    August 20, 2009 by Marc Milner
      HMCS Lévis, shortly after being torpedoed in September 1941. PHOTOS: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA136257 The convoy battles of late 1941 were a defining moment for the Royal Canadian Navy, and the outcome was not good. The confusion over Allied priorities, the navy’s push to...
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    The Fate Of Slow Convoy 42: Navy, Part 33

    June 18, 2009 by Marc Milner
    Personnel man a gun on board HMCS St. Croix in March 1941. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA105295 The division of Allied labour worked out in August 1941 for operations on the North Atlantic made perfect sense. Fifty destroyers of the United States Atlantic Fleet’s Support...