HMCS
(Canada, nautical, military) ; ship prefix of the Royal Canadian Navy.
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#OTD 6/5/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCS VALLEYFIELD torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U548, 50 miles SE of Cape Race, Newfoundland. There were 125 lives lost. HMCS GIFFARD rescues 38 survivors. VALLEYFIELD is the only River…
HMCS Saguenay, Montreal, P.Q., 1932. (LAC a056549-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History
HMCS QUINTE (2nd), Bay class minesweeper, commissioned on 15 October 1954. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW
HMCS Stadacona at Vancouver, circa 1915 to 1920. Photo: Fonds of Major James Skitt Matthews (1878-1970), Wikimedia Commons #RCN
Jackstay transfer from HMCS ONTARIO to HMCS MAGNIFICENT (1952) (LAC e010777707-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History
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(Canada, nautical, military) ; ship prefix of the Royal Canadian Navy.
“#OTD 6/5/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCS VALLEYFIELD torpedoed/sunk by German submarine U548, 50 miles SE of Cape Race, Newfoundland. There were 125 lives lost. HMCS GIFFARD rescues 38 survivors. VALLEYFIELD is the only River class frigate lost in #WWII.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“HMCS Saguenay, Montreal, P.Q., 1932. (LAC a056549-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History”
— Bluesky· May 2026“HMCS QUINTE (2nd), Bay class minesweeper, commissioned on 15 October 1954. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW”
— Bluesky· May 2026“HMCS Stadacona at Vancouver, circa 1915 to 1920. Photo: Fonds of Major James Skitt Matthews (1878-1970), Wikimedia Commons #RCN”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Jackstay transfer from HMCS ONTARIO to HMCS MAGNIFICENT (1952) (LAC e010777707-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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