(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…
HMCS Saguenay, Montreal, P.Q., 1932. (LAC a056549-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History
(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.”
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(UK, nautical, military) ; prefix used in the names of naval bases of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
(initialism, nautical, military, UK, obsolete) His Majesty's Auxiliary Ship.
(initialism, nautical, military, Australia) His Majesty's Australian Ship.
(initialism, nautical, military, Australia) '''His/Her Majesty's Australian Ship'''; the designation of Australian ships and naval bases.
HMCS QUINTE (2nd), Bay class minesweeper, commissioned on 15 October 1954. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW
“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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(initialism, nautical, military, UK, historical) His/Her Majesty's Bark.