#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

#OTD 3/9/2003 #RememberRCN -Sept 3rd declared Merchant Navy Veterans Day! Honouring Merchant Sailors who sailed in the convoys during the Battle Of Atlantic. Over 2200 Canadian/Newfoundland Merchant Sailors were lost during the War & not officially recognized until 58 yrs later.

#OTD 3/9/1944 #RememberRCN -SS Livingston (Bowater's Paper, Newfoundland) torpedoed & sunk by U-541 northeast of Louisburg, Cape Breton, killing 14 merchant sailors. HMCS BARRIE rescued 14 survivors. This Great Lakes ship was pressed into ocean convoy service.

#OTD 3/9/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Donald Stewart (Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal) torpedoed by U-517, S of the Strait of Belle Isle, NF, 3 killed. The Laker carried concrete, aviation fuel & lumber to build airfield at Goose Bay. HMCShips SHAWINIGAN & TRAIL rescue 17. @Canada Steamship Lines

#OTD 3/9/1939 #RememberRCN -England & France declare war on Germany. Within hours U30 torpedoes & sinks passenger liner SS ATHENA, killing 118. Fifty-four Canadians are amongst the dead including, crew member Hannah Baird & she is the 1st Canadian merchant sailor killed in WWII.