The greatest of the great
As the War of 1812 was winding down, Britain launched HMS St. Lawrence, a battleship bigger than any other to have plied the Great Lakes before
Hugh A. Halliday
November 4, 2025
As the War of 1812 was winding down, Britain launched HMS St. Lawrence, a battleship bigger than any other to have plied the Great Lakes before
The Great War attack on a Canadian hospital ship that helped set war crimes’ precedent
Naval light signalling was an essential form of communications during the Second World War—and it may live on still
From hunter of Allied ships to PoW and Canadian entrepreneur, the incredible journey of Kurt Schönthier.
U-boats targeted East Coast shipping in the first half of 1942 In the early hours of Jan. 12, 1942, wireless stations around the North Atlantic picked
An overheated gearbox on HMCS Kootenay set off a fire that took nine lives The worst peacetime disaster in Canadian naval history occurred on Oct.
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.