Newfoundland Escort Force

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    The Cruellest Months: Navy, Part 35

    October 15, 2009 by Marc Milner
    The corvette symbolized the Royal Canadian Navy’s role in the Battle of the Atlantic. At work is HMCS Battleford. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES The fall of 1941 was perhaps the toughest period of the war for the Royal Canadian Navy. It is hard to think...
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    Caught Between Powers: Navy, Part 32

    April 18, 2009 by Marc Milner
    British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) visits HMCS Assiniboine, August 1941. PHOTO: KEN BELL, NATIONAL DEFENCE/LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA140559 The Newfoundland Escort Force’s baptism of fire in June 1941 marked the start of the Royal Canadian Navy’s formative experience. What became known as the North...
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    The Rise Of Leonard Murray: Navy, Part 30

    December 12, 2008 by Marc Milner
    Captain L.W. Murray in HMCS Assiniboine. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA104197 The establishment of the New­found­land Escort Force (NEF) in May 1941 marked the beginning of the modern Canadian navy. Previously, the Royal Canadian Navy had served either uniquely Canadian needs, or as part of...
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    The Newfoundland Escort Force: Navy, Part 29

    October 3, 2008 by Marc Milner
    The first corvettes of the NEF head to St. John’s, Nfld., May 1941. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA037447 Until the spring of 1941, the Royal Canadian Navy had no clear indication that it would find its calling in the broad reaches of the North Atlantic....