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For more than‘ five and one half, out the many assorted duties of years the little warships of the, supply and maintenance, A ser- Royal Navy have conducted an, vice oi 1.774 men in 1039 has de- unrelentlng battle for the safety veloped into a

the North Atlantic sea lanes and in this battle lies the maiori contribution: of tlie Navy- to ‘he; winning of the Battle of Euroiie. i _

Prom a tiny beiiinnlne of 17: Aithouch Canadas eastern shor- ships ready for active service ati e; did not actually come under the outbreak of war, the Cilllﬂdllilli attack. submarines penetrated into naval service has grown to . the St. Lawrence in the summer of 939 ships by March 31. land ziiitiiiiiii of 194?. Twenty-one 373 of which are Wi1l1=li1DS and the‘ merchant vessels and two warships reniainder auxiliary craft cariqriiig (the converted yacht, Raccoon.

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force numbering about 90.000 inen and (1.000 Wrens.

German Mines Foiled

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JOIN in the prayer for peace

The war isn't over yet! Victory over two of

our major enemies has been ziccomplished but

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we still have a long way t0 go before Peace is

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ours. That means that we at home must keep on fighting zilong with our buys in the Pacific to hasten the day of complete Victory. Make the remainder of the war your war and thus

take an active part in final Victor)".

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Albert Medal . .

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and the corvette, Charlottetowml ennui Empire Medal ...... ..

WGIG the U~boat campaign. Late in Mill-boats again returned to the Guii’ oi St. lawrence but succeed-

ln dun ing one merch- lnd e frigate, HM. 0.8. Mung. both shire remaining afloat and returning o harbor for repairs.

Here are the geographical areas in which Canadian warships or personnel served: North At antic, North Pacific. A tic convoy route to Russia, Carib bean Sea. Coast

‘of North Africa, Coast of Sicily.

Italian Coast. English Channel, Bay oi Biscay. Norwegian Coast. Aleutian islands, Coast of Norni- andy, Coast oi Southern Adriatic Sea, and Aegean Sea. Successes of the Royal Canadian Navy in these wide-ranging actions included the destruction or share in the destruction oi I3 enemy submarines; the probable destruc- tion oi eight submarines and- the damaging of seven others. - adian warships took part in the sinking of at least 60 enemy sur- face vessels; the severe damaging of 41 others. Two enemy ships have been ca tured. In other words damage nflicted by Cana- dian warships. alone or assisted, on enemy vessels amounts to more than 94 sunk, heavily damaged or captured. ‘

Canadian Losses Grow

With increased size, responsibil- it-y and activity oi the Royal Can- adian Navy. came increased losses. The sinking of six Canadian war-

ships during 1944. as many as were,

lost during the first two years of the war was reported. Further losses were reported during the openiniz months of 1945.

By April, 1945. the number of

"Canadian warshins lost by enemy

action or due to the hazards of avar or the sea totalled 23. Most of these were lost in battle, but collisions and storms also took their toll. 1

Casualties to the end of March. 1965. were: 1.544 killed on active service: 20B other deaths. 394

casualties oi this phase oil

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Mention in Despatches (rlti s) .,

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Commendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Naval General Service Medal with "Bar Palestine"

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l Foreign Awards ‘Legion of Merit (USA) I Bronze Star Medal (U.S.A.) Polish Cross of Valour Norwegian War Medal . . . . . . .. Wai- Cross Third Class Greek

Bronze Medal-Order oi Orange

Announced ivarahlp

Octo. 2B, l940-Margaree (destroyer)

Oct. 30. l0~i0-Bras d'Or (Minesweeper)

March 21, rut-otter (patrol ship) Sept. 20, iii-ii-Levis (corvette)

Dec- 10. 1941—Wlndflowei' , (corvette) Feb. 19. 1942-Spikenard (corvette) sept. 14, i9 2—Raccoori (patrol ship) Sept. 1B, 1942—-Char1ottetown (corvette) Sept. 21. l942—Ottawa (destroyer)

Feb. 16, 1943-Louisburg (corvette)

March 9, IMIi-Wcyburn (corvette)

Oct. i. INK-St, Croix (destroyer)

Feb. 7, 1944- Chedabucto (minesweeper)

wounded or injured: 87 prisoners of war and 60 missing. Most of. the prisoners were survivors of the- Tribal class destroyer. Aihabaslz-l an. which was sunk near the French coast during a ﬁerce battle. with German destroyers, in pre- invasion operations.

By the end of 1944 naval ner- sonnel had reached the maximum! total decided noon and rrrriiltinu; was almost entirely a question iifi replacements. Male personnel tot- alled 89.278 while 5.99.0 Canadian women were serving in the WRFZNS and RCN nursing service. Con- sideriniz the number of those who had died on active service or ivho had been discharged for medical or other reasons by December 31. 1944, a grand total of 101.401 oer-l sons had seen service in the Royall Canadian Navy during the waixl Men and women on active service. in the Navv at the close of 1944' (and the ﬁgure has altered nnlvl ‘fractionaily sincei. were as fol- o\\'s

P. E. Island . Nova Scotia New Brunswic Quebec . Ontario .. .. . . , . - Manitoba .. ' Saskatchewan

lberta . ... British Empire .. United States .. Other Countries

Unspeciﬁed .

Total 89.278 Naval Awards

British Columbia 11.234 698 Member of the British Empire 46 Distinguished Service Order .. Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service Medal

Royal Red Cross ,, . . . . .. Associate Roylal Rcd Cross ..

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4 . . George Med 9 i

Companion of the Bath 4- Commander of British Empire 10' Order of the British Empire .. 50 Continuing in statistical vein,| the awards made to naval person- nel by March 31. 1945. are: Conspicuous Galiantry Medal 2

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Apr. 29. 1944--Athabaskan (destroyer)

May 15, 1944—Valleyfieid

‘ (frigate) Aug. 18, ion-Regina (corvette) Sept. 1, 1944—Albemi (corvette)

Dec, B. 1944--Shawinigan (corvette) Jan. 31. 1945-Cloyoquot (miiiesweeper) March 26, 1945—Trentonian (corvette) Apr. 25. 1945—~Guysborough (minesweeper)

ANNOUNCED SUBMARINE SINK INGS BY CANADIAN WARSIIIPS

Datc Announced Nov. 24. 1941 Sept. 19. 1942 Nov, 10, 1942 .. Jan. 25. 1943

' Washkesiu (frigate)

June 6. 1944 June 13, 1944 July 6, 1944 Sept. 6. 1944

on. 1a. 1944 Nov. (l. 1944 .. Feb. is} 1945 ,.

or JAPANESE ORIGIN Jiu-jitsu. uihich means. "to con-

quer by yielding" has been prac- ticed in Japan for 2,600 years

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R.C.N. sci.» LOSSES

June 29, 1940-Fraser (destroyer)

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‘ After nearlv six years of horror and bloodshed in Europe. “Cease Fire" has sounded. The peoples of tho United Nations throughout the world join in heartfelt Prayer and Thanksgiving to God for the Vlctﬂfy H!" hi! Our glorious fighting men have completely conquered the Nazi hordes and their ruthless leaders.

May it be uppermost in the minds of ‘Freedom-loving people to remember with grateful hearts those wiho have paid the Supreme Sacrifice, that we may still enjoy the liberty which they bought for us, and wh ch we pr zl

Nassau (Netherlands) . . Order of Patri tic clllg "(R 1 i Total . . ..l..214 U-loat Insane An Certain

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In U-boats are actually at oi’ the sea. The rul ish Admiralty are so strict in as- sessing claims for submarine de- uctlon that more than one’

‘three or iour claims before "receiv- ‘ingtcredit for even damaging a U- boa . .

Circumstance

Collision near Bordeaux, France Collision in

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enemy action in Gulf of 8t. Lawrence Torpedoed in Gull

St. Lawrence 9 To edoed in N0 h Atlantic 113 Dive bombed and torpedoed. Med- iterranean Sunk by explosion believed mine. in Mediterranean Torpedoed in North Atlantic, (B0 survivors lzslt vihen Jesgue H‘ s p orpe oe ) Collision in at. Lawrence 1 Tomedoed and shell- ed in Channel (85 i prisoners taken 1% Gemiansi 128

r-pedoed in

North Atlantic 120 Undersea explosion in UK. waters U -‘ explosion in UK. waters Sunk in North Atlantic Torpedoed in North Atlantic ‘I3 Toroendoed in UK. waters 95 Torpendoed in North Atlantic 87

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Ships Concerned

Chambly and Moose Jaw (corvettes) Assinlboine (destroyer)

Oakville (corvette)

Ville de Quebec (corvette)

Port Arthur (corvette)

Regina (corvette)

St. Croix (destroyer)

Snowberry s: Calgary (oorvettesi

Chiliiwack (corvette) with assist- ance oi other ships and R.N. des- troyer. - I

St. Laurent (destroyer) assisted by Swansea (frigate)

Prince Rupert (frigate) assisted by two U5. shi s and a plane Swansea (fr ate) assistedlby R.N.

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l-loi a (Tribal class destroyer) and R.N. destr . after U- at. at- tacked by plane. Ottawa (destroyer) Kootenay (destroyer) Saint John (frigate) Swansea (frigate)

St. Thomas (corvette) Annan (frigate)

assisted b assisted by

LONDON — (C?) - Polish illi- ots of a Spitfire wing which has been harassing the Germans across the Rhine have dropped morc than 1,000 tons of bombs on enemy targets since ISL-Day.

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DEYFERMINNPION AND COURAGE in the poll live and a half years have been two of the main reasons why today the flags of the United Nations are flying over the amok- ing ruins of Germany and Nazism lies beaten and killed in the dust of the oflward rushing armies of the Allies.

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The way has been hard, the task difficult with a. high toll taken in human lives, lives that were given will- ingly so thagpeace might once again reign ‘over tho world. _ 5 '

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just achieved over Germany. Pray for a 99095)’ "Id 1° u“ w“ n

f i‘ Pray that the terms of the Pence will be just. and lasting and 0 Divine Guidance to lead us safely out of than troublous day!

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