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Establishing The Naval Reserve: Navy, Part 12

PHOTO: DAVID KNUDSEN, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA–PA126720 His Majesty’s Canadian Ships Skeena, Saguenay and St. Laurent visit Bermuda in the 1930s. The Royal Canadian Navy’s

A Rump Of A Navy: Navy, Part 11

PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA29755 HMCS Shearwater (left) and HMCS Rainbow at Esquimalt, B.C., in 1910. When the enemy finally came to Canada’s shores in

Our First Fighting Submariners: Navy, Part 10

PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA–C032238 Submarine H-8 in drydock in Montreal, June 1917. One of the most remarkable, and best documented, Canadian naval stories of

The Birth Of The Submarine Service: Navy, Part 9

PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA-CO32270 H-class subs under construction at the Canadian Vickers Ltd. shipyard, Montreal, in 1916. In 1914, the modern submarine was completely

The U-boat Summer of 1918: Navy, Part 8

PHOTO: THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM, NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Although nearly destroyed in 1918, the Dornfontein was resurrected as the Netherton in 1919. On July 31, 1918,

Menace Below The Surface: Navy, Part 7

PHOTO: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA–PA171102 Workers add the finishing touches to two drifters being built for the navy at Lauzon, Que., in 1917. The attack

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