One of the first duties the Queen had while visiting Halifax to celebrate the centennial of Canada’s navy was to unveil a new $1 circulating
Crew from HMCS Fredericton zip out over the Gulf of Oman in the ship’s Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat during RHIB-sticking drill. PHOTO: CANADIAN FORCES Freddy And
On Nov. 9, 2008, when Nathan Lehr attended the charter presentation for Newfoundland and Labrador Command’s newest branch, Pasadena No. 68, he was carrying on
Rear-Admiral Paul Maddison could not help noticing it as an echo from the darkest days of the Second World War. There, after all, was Halifax’s Bedford Basin, filled with warships ready for whatever task may fall to them.
Behind him were 28 ships from Canada and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, all lined up as if ready to go off to war. “Some of these allies were our bitterest enemies at a different time,” said Maddison, referring to the presence of two German navy ships, the FGS Karlsruhe and the FGS Spessart.
Here are the answers to our Readers’ Quiz in the November/December 2010 issue. The last aircraft carrier in the Royal Canadian Navy was Her Majesty’s
A ceremonial route honouring Canada’s fallen has been inaugurated in Toronto after a determined three-year campaign by The Royal Canadian Legion.
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