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0 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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2 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....





