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Roger Litwiller -Canadian Naval Author/Historian
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Ex-HMCS OJIBWA being towed along the St. Lawrence waterway near Iroquois Lock, 4 June 2012. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/S2Mwb
#OTD 11/6/2001 #RememberRCN -former-HMCS RESTIGOUCHE (2nd) with 36 years of service in the RCN, "RustyGuts" sunk as artificial reef off Acapulco, Mexico.
Two RCN sailors in HMCS MAYFLOWER's aft searchlight platform while at sea. Unknown date/location. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/sGczB
Roger Litwiller -Canadian Naval Author/Historian
#OTD 11/6/1944 #BattleOfAtlantic -U980 Sunk by Canso “B” flown by F/O L. Sherman & aircrew from 162 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force NW of Bergen, Norway. Dropping 4 DC's, U-Boat emerged from the plumes of water & began to settle, sinking in 10 minutes. Photo from a/c after attack. @YAWMuseum
#OTD 10/6/1960 #RememberRCN -The last flight of a Royal Canadian Navy Grumman Avenger, the aircraft was later struck off strength on 5 July 1960. Photo courtesy of @YAWMuseum
#OTD 11/6/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCS SIOUX -V class destroyer, sinks German E-Boat S136 off Barfleur, France, while operating with HMS DUFF and Polish destroyer KRAKOWIAK in defence of the invasion routes to Normandy.
#OTD 11/6/1944 #RememberRCN -SS Fort McPherson (Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd, Canada) is damaged by bombs from German aircraft in the English Channel.
#OTD 11/6/1940 #RememberRCN -HMCShps ST. LAURENT & RESTIGOUCHE, become the 1st Canadians to fire on the enemy in the Second World War. The destroyers engaged with guns, German artillery while working close to shore evacuating personnel from Le Havre, France. DND/LAC Photos.
#OTD 10/6/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCS TEME -River class frigate, almost cut in half abaft the bridge in collision with the escort aircraft carrier, HMS TRACKER, in the Bay of Biscay, killing 4 RCN sailors. Towed 200 miles to Cardiff by HMCS OUTREMONT for six months repairs.
#OTD 10/6/1940 #RememberRCN -Italy enters the war, on the side of Germany. HMCS BRAS D’OR (1st) intercepts & seizes Italian freighter Capo Noli in the Gulf of St Lawrence. The ship was attempting to escape Canadian waters & taken into Canadian Merchant Service as Bic Island.
