#OTD 15/10/1958 #RememberRCN -HMCS ONTARIO (ex-HMS MINOTAUR) paid-off and is the last cruiser to serve in the #RCNavy. Photo LAC PA-136814 Ship's Company 1945.

#OTD 15/10/1941 #RememberRCN -Racing to join Convoy SC-48, HMCS COLUMBIA (ex-USS Haraden) spots U-553 as sub dives. COLUMBIA evades torpedo fired by U-553 & drops depth charges, damaging U-boat & forcing it to break off its attack on convoy. Photo courtesy -For Posterity's Sake.

#OTD 15/10/1941 #RememberRCN -Battle for Convoy SC-48 begins, 9 U-boats attack 53 merchant ships escorted by HMCShips BADDECK, SHEDIAC joined by COLUMBIA, WETASKIWIN, ROSTHERN, PICTOU, HMS GLADIOLUS & FFS MINOSA. Nine merchant ships/2 escorts sunk. 5 U-boats attacked/3 damaged.

#OTD 15/10/1918 #RememberRCN -SS Messina (British) damaged by gunfire from U-152, 100 miles ESE of Halifax. Sixty rounds were fired by the submarine, the freighter made her escape after transmitting, "Help, For God's Sake, Help!"

#OTD 14/10/1944 #RememberRCN -Landing Craft from the 529th Canadian Landing Craft Flotilla are the first allies to arrive in Athens thru the Greek seaport of Piraeus. The seven landing craft are swarmed with local citizens and swamped with flowers and palm leaves. #OpManna

#OTD 10/14/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCS MAGOG is torpedoed by U1223, losing 60 ft of her stern, near Pointe des Monts, St. Lawrence River. Three RCN sailors are killed & three wounded. Effective damage control saves the frigate, she was towed to Quebec City and declared a total loss.

#OTD 14/10/1942 #RememberRCN -SLt Margaret Brooke, RCN Nursing Sister appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire "For Gallantry & Courage," for her actions to save SLt Wilkie during sinking of SS Caribou. HMCS MARGARET BROOKE named in her honour. zurl.co/JE5cF

#OTD 14/10/1942 #RememberRCN -SLt Agnes Wilkie & SLt Margaret Brook, survive torpedoing of SS Caribou. Brooke clings onto a wrecked lifeboat while holding unconscious Wilkie. Eventually Wilkie is swept away by a wave and becomes the 1st RCN Nursing Sister to be killed in WWII.

#OTD 14/10/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Caribou (Newfoundland Government) torpedoed by U-69 in the Cabot Strait. The Newfoundland ferry was travelling from Sydney, Cape Breton to Port Aux Basques. HMCS GRANDMÈRE rescues 101 survivors, sadly 137 passengers and crew are killed.

#OTD 14/10/1940 #RememberRCN -HMCS SKEENA rescues 220 survivors from HMS CHESHIRE, Armed Merchant Cruiser torpedoed in the North Atlantic. SKEENA then puts a steaming party aboard who keep the crippled ex-passenger liner underway & escorts her to Belfast.

#OTD 14/10/1918 #RememberRCN -Sailing Vessel Stifinder (Norwegian) sunk by U152, 540 miles ESE of Sable Island, no casualties.

#OTD 14/10/1917 #RememberRCN -HMCSubmarines CC1, CC2 & HMCS SHEARWATER arrive Halifax after transiting from Esquimalt, BC. Fighting severe weather and multiple breakdowns the 11,200 km journey took four months. Marc Magee painting

#OTD 13/10/1910 #RememberRCN -Established in 1759, the Royal Navy Dockyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is officially transferred to Canadian control. Taken over by the RCN and becomes the east coast base of Naval Operations. Painting -LAC Halifax 1796. Photo -HMCDockyard 2017.

#OTD 12/10/1956 #RememberRCN -First of 100 Grumman CS2F Trackers accepted by Royal Canadian Navy from DeHavilland Aircraft, Canada.

#OTD 12/10/1940 #RememberRCN -SS St. Malo ( ex-French freighter transferred to Canadian Government), torpedoed by U-101 in the mid-Atlantic, south of Iceland while in convoy HX-77, 29 killed. She was one of six merchant ships lost in the convoy.

#OTD 11/10/1963 #RememberRCN -HMCS HAIDA paid-off, to become floating Memorial in Toronto, ON. The last remaining Tribal Class Destroyer was moved to Hamilton, ON in 2004. Parks Canada

#OTD 11/10/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Waterton (Bowater, NF) sunk by U-106 in the Cabot Strait. A 117 Sqn RCAF Canso was directly overhead when 2nd torp struck, dousing aircraft in water & debris. HMCS VISON made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boat, then rescued all 27 crew.

#OTD 10/10/2004 #RememberRCN -HMCS ST JOHNS arrived Faslane from Halifax to support the sailors in HMCS CHICOUTIMI after deadly fire in the submarine. Travelling at best possible speed, ST JOHNS made the crossing in roughly 3.5 days.

#OTD 10/10/1950 #RememberRCN -HMCS ATHABASKAN takes part in the invasion of the Korean east coast port of Wonsan. OpWONSAN. Photo ATHABASKAN underway off Korea, courtesy For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 9/10/1943 #RememberRCN -U220 lays a minefield of 66 magnetic mines off St. John’s, NF. Mines were moored in clusters between 5 and 13 miles from the harbour entrance. The minefield will claim two ships on 19 October.