#OTD 10/9/1941 #RememberRCN -Joining SC-42, HMCShips CHAMBLY & MOOSE JAW attack U 501 with DC's, forcing sub to surface. MOOSE JAW rams sub & U-Boat skipper steps onto corvette's foc's'le. One sailor from CHAMBLY killed after boarding sinking sub. 1st U-Boat sunk solely by RCN.

#OTD 10/9/1939 #RememberRCN -Canada Declares War on Germany. 1st time Canadian Parliament declares war independently from Britain. Naval Service HQ in Ottawa signals all RCN commands, “Grapnel Germany repetition Grapnel Germany,” authorizing offensive operations against Germany.

#OTD 9/9/1944 #RememberRCN -RCAF 423 Squadron Sunderland "D" spots & attacks U484 south of the Hebrides, Then contacts HMCShips DUNVER & HESPELER to finish the UBoat, sinking the sub with Depth Charges, Hedgehog & Squid Mortars.

#OTD 9/9/1941 #RememberRCN -Battle for Convoy SC-42 begins S of Iceland. HMCShips SKEENA, KENOGAMI, ALBERNI, ORILLIA, MOOSE JAW & CHAMBLY, escort 67 merchant ships -attacked by 19 U-boats over 2 days.
16 ships sunk/1 damaged
203 sailors killed/422 rescued
2 U-boats sunk/1 damaged

#OTD 9/9/1919 #RememberRCN -Alexander Graham Bell & Casey Baldwin, set world watercraft speed record of 61.5 knots in hydrofoil HD-4 on Bras d-Or Lake, CB. Their work will be the basis for RCN's hydrofoil HMCS BRAS D'OR commissioned 19 July 1968.

#OTD 8/9/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCS NORSYD attacks with guns U-541 on the surface off Anticosti Is, as sub was about to attack freighter SS Fort Remy. U-boat escaped massive search that followed. Surfacing a few days later the submariners found large holes in the conning tower.

#OTD 8/9/1943 #RememberRCN -HMCS MATAPEDIA rammed amidships in thick fog off Sambro Lightship by SS SCORTON & seriously damaged. Photo -For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 7/9/1956 #RememberRCN -RCNavy Aerobatic team the Grey Ghosts, flying 4 Banshee fighter jets make its 1st appearance, performing at the CNE Airshow in Toronto, ON. A 5th aircraft would be added in 1958 as a solo act, with a 6th aircraft added as a 2nd solo plane in its last season in 1959.

#OTD 7/9/1943 #RememberRCN -Escort Aircraft Carrier, HMS NABOB commissioned at Vancouver. The CVE is manned by RCN sailors & is considered Canada's 1st aircraft carrier. Under Lend-Lease, Aircraft Carriers could not be transferred from RN to another nation, NABOB remained as HMS.

#OTD 7/9/1942 #RememberRCN -U517 attacks Quebec-Sydney Convoy QS-33 off Cap Gaspé sinking SS Oakton (Gulf & Lake Navigation Company, Montreal), SS Mount Pindus (Greece) & SS Mount Taygetus (Greece). Seven merchant sailors killed, RCN Motor Launch Q083 rescues 78 survivors.

#OTD 7/9/1942 #RememberRCN -While hunting U-boat that attacked Convoy QS-33, HMCS RACCOON is torpedoed & sunk by U-165 near Grosses-Roches in the St. Lawrence River. Other convoy escorts not aware of her loss for 7 hours. There were no survivors from her ship’s company of 37.

#OTD 7/9/1939 #RememberRCN -RCN informed by British Admiralty that all western Atlantic merchant shipping travelling to the UK should be routed to Halifax & immediately formed into convoys. The Senior Naval Officer in Halifax is to organize convoys & provide warships as escorts.

#OTD 6/9/2005 #RememberRCN -HMCShips ATHABASKAN, TORONTO, VILLE DE QUEBEC & the CCGS Sir William Alexander leave Halifax for relief operations, following Hurricane Katrina's devastation in the US Gulf states. #OpUNISON

#OTD 6/9/1942 #RememberRCN -SS John A Holloway (Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation, Toronto) torpedoed and sunk by U 164 in the Caribbean, 1 killed. The Great Lakes merchant ship was pressed into ocean service during WWII.

#OTD 6/9/1942 #RememberRCN -U165 attacks Quebec-Sydney Convoy QS-33 east of Cap Chat in the St. Lawrence. The U-boat torpedoes & sinks SS Aeas, 2 merchant sailors are killed. HMCS ARROWHEAD picked up 29 survivors. -Colourized photo courtesy For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 6/9/1942 #RememberRCN -Battle for Quebec-Sydney Convoy QS-33 begins. HMCShips ARROWHEAD, TRURO, RACOON, Fairmiles ML083 & ML065 escort 8 merchant ships, attacked by 2 U-boats over two days. Four merchant ships & 1 escort sunk, 46 sailors are killed & 107 survivors rescued.

#OTD 6/9/1910 #RememberRCN -HMCS NIOBE commissioned into the RCN at Devonport, England. Second ship to be brought into Canada’s new navy. NIOBE is a Diadem Class cruiser built for the Royal Navy in 1898.

#OTD 5/9/1942 #RememberRCN -In a daring night attack German U-Boat U513 enters the harbour at Conception Bay, NF and torpedoes & sinks the merchant ships SS Lord Strathcona (Canadian) & SS Saganaga (British). 36 Sailors are killed, many homes are damaged from the explosions.

#OTD 5/9/1918 #RememberRCN -Responding to U-boat attacks on Canada's Eastern Seaboard, Canadian government approves creation of the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service, consisting 1000 officers & men flying seaplanes & airships from Naval Air Stations at Dartmouth & Sydney, NS. #WWI

#OTD 3/9/2015 #RememberRCN -HMCS CHICOUTIMI commissioned and is the last of four Victoria class submarines to enter service with the RCN and continues in service. RCN Photo