The RCN ended the war with the third-largest naval fleet in the world, and an operational reach extending into the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean and Mediterranean. [1][2] The List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Second World War lists over 1,140 surface warships, submarines and auxiliary vessels in service during the war.

HMCS PEREGRINE (formerly Stadacona II (Jan 1944 - 30 Sep 1944), formerly the Y-Depot of the RCAF) was a training base in Halifax during the Second World War. The base was renamed HMCS PEREGRINE on 01 Oct 1944.

After leaving HMCS Corn­wallis (Kootenay 3/60 Division) in March 1961, he served on HMCS Iroquois (April '61 to Sept. '62), HMCS Chaudiere (Sept. & Oct. '62), HMCS Columbia (Oct. '62 to Nov. '64), and HMCS Hochelaga (LaSalle) CFB Montreal (Nov. '64 to Nov. '68). Most of his time at sea was served as Captain's Steward and his time in Montreal ...

The “Pusser Post” was the provisional newspaper of HMCS Peregrine, (formerly Stadacona II, at one time the Y-Depot of the RCAF), a training base in Halifax during World War 2. At the end of the war it was used as a central processing unit for all those being demobilized.

HMCS Peregrine Hockey Team, 1945. Thanks to Ed Creechan for these two photos of the HMCS Peregrine hockey team. Ed's father, James Creechan, is the only player identified.

Six of us Able Seamen drafted off HMCS Annapolis were to be sent to HMCS Naden on Vancouver Island. However, someone made a big goof at the HMCS Peregrine office, and we were sent to HMCS Avalon in Newfie John, Newfoundland, by train in the middle of winter.

The "Pusser Post" was the provisional newspaper of HMCS Peregrine - "pusser" is navy slang for a ship's purser, or supply officer. The paper was compiled from contributions by the ship's personnel.

HMCS Peregrine, Dockyard, Halifax. next . previous. next . Date: 9 July 1946. Reference: H.B. Jefferson Nova Scotia Archives 1992-304 / 43.1.4 250. Request to buy this image from the Nova Scotia Archives Shop

HMCS Stadacona was originally built as the British Army's Wellington Barracks, later known as the Nelson Barracks, as part of the Halifax Defence Complex. After the departure of British military forces from Canada in 1906, the facilities were transferred to the Department of …

ARBEAU, Cora, L/Wren Ck (S), W3283, WRCNS, died 14 May 1945, HMCS PEREGRINE - L/Wren Arbeau died at the Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax, NS of an adeno carcinoma of the stomach. While she died after she was discharged from the WRCNS, her death on 14 May 1945 was deemed service related.