#OTD 1/10/2007 #RememberRCN -HMCS TORONTO operating as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 in the Red Sea rescues 1 of 8 Yemini soldiers, forced into the water by an erupting volcano from the island of Jazirt Atta-Ir.

#OTD 1/10/2007 #RememberRCN -HMCS TORONTO operating as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 in the Red Sea rescues 1 of 8 Yemini soldiers, forced into the water by an erupting volcano from the island of Jazirt Atta-Ir.
#OTD 1/10/1941 #RememberRCN -Appropriately named, Sail Training schooner HMCS ATTABOY is commissioned into the RCN. The owner, Lt. Thomas Fuller, RCNVR (AKA -The Pirate of the Adriatic for his exploits commanding MGB's) of Ottawa loaned the 38 ft schooner to train RCNVR sailors.
#OTD 30/9/1953 #RememberRCN -The second of five Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Squadrons is formed at Kingston ON. VC 921 Squadron is tendered to HMCS CATARAQUI flying Harvard trainers and an Expeditor.
#OTD 29/9/1952 #RememberRCN -Cdr Landymore, RCN as SO Task Unit 95.22 orders 4 USN destroyers to bombard a North Korean gun emplaced in a cave on a cliff, without success. He then moves HMCS IROQUOIS close inshore & with a single broadside, destroys the deeply embedded gun.
#OTD 28/9/1996 #RememberRCN -HMCS Ottawa (4th) commissioned at Cornwall, ON. and is the last of 12 Halifax class Canadian Patrol frigates to enter RCN service.
#OTD 28/9/1963 #RememberRCN -HMCS PROVIDER (2nd), Provider class operational support ship commissioned & is the only ship in the class.
#OTD 28/9/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCS BOWMANVILLE commissioned and is the last of 12 Castle Class corvettes to enter service with the RCN. Built as Royal Navy NUNNEY CASTLE, transferred to Canada before completed.
#OTD 27/9/1954 #RememberRCN -HMCS LABRADOR arrives in Esquimalt & is the 1st RCN ship & 1st warship to transit the Canadian Northwest Passage from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans. Photo -LABRADOR with the RCMP Vessel St. Roch at Esquimalt. St. Roch was the 1st ship to transit Northwest Passage.
#OTD 25/9/1950 #RememberRCN -HMCS ATHABASKAN sends 30 heavily armed sailors in two boats to Korean island of Piun-to. On landing, they found the North Korean soldiers had retreated the day before. The sailors made arrangements for rice and flour for the embattled islanders.
#OTD 25/9/1940 #RememberRCN -HMCS Prince Robert intercepts and captures German passenger freighter Weser off Mexico. Taken as a prize by @RoyalCanNavy & is renamed MS Vancouver Island, entering service with the Canadian Government Merchant Marine.
#OTD 24/9/1997 #RememberRCN -Vice-Admiral Gregory R. Maddison became the 28th person to command Canada`s Navy as Commander Maritime Command and Chief of the Maritime Staff (CMS), replacing VAdm Gary Garnett who had been appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
#OTD 24/9/1955 #RememberRCN -HMCS SIOUX returns to Esquimalt, the last #RCNavy ship to leave Korea. Ending RCN's participation in the Korean War. DND Photo
#OTD 24/9/1943 #RememberRCN -U536 enters Baie des Chaleurs waiting off Pointe de Maisonette for UBoat POW’s from Camp 30 in Bowmanville. RCMP foiled escape & RCN laid a trap to capture/sink sub. U536 escaped by hugging the coast on 28 Sept after getting caught in a fishing net.
#OTD 24/9/1940 #RememberRCN -Under the British/American Destroyers for Bases agreement, six USN destroyers are transferred to Canada as Town class destroyers. HMCShips ANNAPOLIS, COLUMBIA, NIAGARA, ST CLAIR, ST CROIX & ST FRANCIS are commissioned into the RCN at Halifax.
#OTD 23/9/1965 #RememberRCN -HMCSubmarine OJIBWA, “O” class submarine, commissions into the RCN at Chatham, UK. She is the first of three “O” class subs built for the RCN. A forth would be acquired as a dockside training vessel. OJIBWA is now a museum ship at Port Burwell, ON.
#OTD 23/9/1944 #RememberRCN -With a variety of personalized funnel marking on RCN ships, Royal Canadian Navy officially adopts a single green Maple Leaf on the funnels of all ships. The Red Maple Leaf would be adopted in 1949. Discover more! zurl.co/LoScU
#OTD 22/9/1952 #RememberRCN –The Royal Canadian Navy receives 1st TBM-3W2 AEW Avenger (Guppy), greatly improving anti-submarine and airborne early warning capabilities. Photo courtesy Shearwater Aviation Museum
#OTD 22/9/1950 #RememberRCN -HMCShips CAYUGA and ATHABASKAN shell a heavy shore battery and retreating North Korean soldiers in Beijaa Bay. Photo -CAYUGA's gun crew, courtesy For Posterity's Sake.
#OTD 21/9/1996 #RememberRCN -HMCS KINGSTON, Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel commissioned into RCN and is the first of 12 Kingston class MCDV's. KINGSTON was paid-off 3 October 2025.
#OTD 21/9/1942 #RememberRCN -HMCS GEORGIAN while escorting Sydney-Quebec Convoy SQ-38, spots periscope/partial conning tower near Cap des Rosiers & attempts to ram U-boat as it dived. GEORGIAN dropped DC's. Damaged, U-517 broke surface, rolled on its side & was able to escape.