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- April 26
HMC ships Athabaskan, Haida and Huron, with HMS Black Prince and
Ashanti, engage three German destroyers and assist in the
destruction of the German torpedo boat T29 in the English Channel
off Ushant, France. Three days later, Athabaskan is sunk by a
torpedo from T24 off the Ile de Bas.
Picture: Lieutenant-Commander John Stubbs is said to have sung to
his men while they waited for rescue in the freezing water after
their vessel, HMCS Athabaskan, was sunk by a torpedo.
Credit: DND
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- April 29
29 April 1944
The Tribal Class destroyer HMCS Athabaskan is sunk in the English
Channel after engaging with the German Elbing Class Destroyers T-24
and T-27. Two explosions occur, sinking the ship. The first bang is
attributed to a German torpedo, the second to an internal explosion
triggered by the initial hit.
Credit: DND
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- May 1
1 May 1932
(From the log of HMCS Vancouver) This destroyer embarked 52
officers and men of the PPCLI at Esquimalt during the morning of 1
May 1932, sailed at 11am at a ‘special service’ speed of 20
knots to Vancouver. She arrived there at 2:55pm but did to
land the soldiers. At 6:45pm she sailed back to Esquimalt.
Prime Minister Bennett mustered the Navy for possible use against a
May Day parade in Vancouver.
Credit: DND
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- May 4
May 4, 1945
The cruiser HMCS Uganda sails for bombardment of Miyoka Jima,
Okinawa, with U.S. Task Force.
Credit: DND
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- May 5
5 May 1870
A Royal Navy Flying Squadron, under RAdm GTP Hornby, Flagship
Liverpool, arrives at Esquimalt from Australia to ‘show the
flag.’
Credit: DND
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