
List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Second World War
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 STADACONA II / HMCS PEREGRINE - For Posterity's Sake
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.
Royal Canadian Navy photos by the men & women who were there.
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 ...
Pusser Post - CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
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.
Royal Canadian Navy : Historical Photographs.
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.
WWII Navy - From Boys to Men - Second World War
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.
Pusser Post - Wartime Canada
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.
'An East Coast Port': Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945
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 (RCN BARRACKS HALIFAX) - For Posterity's …
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 …
Cora Arbeau, L/Wren Ck(S), W3283, WRCNS - For Posterity's Sake
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.
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