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Definitions of nautical terms

Definitions of nautical terms

This photo shows sailors boarding a wooden lifeboat on the side of a large Royal Navy warship in World War II. Nautical terms: Amidships – halfway along the […]
H.M.C.S. “Grandmere”

H.M.C.S. “Grandmere”

His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Grandmere was a Bangor-class minesweeper built by Canadian Vickers in Montreal in 1941 for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was armed with a 3-inch […]
Depth charges explode astern of Canadian warship

Depth charges explode astern of Canadian warship

Photo entitled Depth charges explode astern of a frigate during trials in 1944. Depth charges were cylinders packed with explosives. They could be dropped into the water from […]
Firing a depth charge from Canadian warship

Firing a depth charge from Canadian warship

Photo entitled Firing of a depth charge from the corvette H.M.C.S. PICTOU at sea, March 1942. Depth charges were cylinders packed with explosives. They could be dropped into […]
Inspection of U-69 and her crew

Inspection of U-69 and her crew

U-69 commander Ulrich Gräf salutes a German Navy Kommodore on the deck of his U-boat before an inspection of his crew. The Kommodore was inspecting the U-boat crew […]
Lieutenant James Cuthbert

Lieutenant James Cuthbert

Lieutenant James Cuthbert was the commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper H.M.C.S. Grandmere. Grandmere was the Navy escort for S.S. Caribou on October 14, 1942, when […]
H.M.C.S. “Margaret Brooke”

H.M.C.S. “Margaret Brooke”

The Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic and offshore patrol vessel H.M.C.S. Margaret Brooke is named in honour of Lieutenant-Commander Margaret M. Brooke. The ship was launched in 2019 in […]