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New Assiniboine Recalls NofableSingle-shipAclion "”""'

in that area by the war. She took lan Ship Assinboine by Mrs. Llo-

part In th capture of the German

inerchanteship ilannovei'. which I Canadian destroyer. H.M.C.S. land other actions during the war nei Chevrier. wife of the Presid- Assinboine. fought and sank agwill be passed on to another war- ent of the St. Lawrence Seaway

was set aiire by its crew when intercepted. The fire was put out after a long struggle. by the Como uazi U-boat in one of the most ship at Sorel, P.Q.. on August 16.3 Authority. notable single-ship actions of the when Destroyer Escort 234 is? The new Assiniboine, the second 8 Second world war. I.iiai8i2.lIBd Her Majesty's Canad-lship to bear the name, will he

Fourteen years ago this August, . The tame and honor won in that

panies of the Assiniboine and the . British cruiser Dunedin, and the Hanover was saved from destruc- tion to become the first of a long line oi R.N. auxiliary aircraft car- riers. Following this episode. the As- llniboine began a lengthy period All service on the North Atlantic convoy routes. in August. 1941, the was one of the destroyers as- Ilsned for escort duties at the historic Churchill-Roosevelt Atlan- tic Charter meeting. and had the honor oi em.arking the British Prime Minister for several hours in Icelandic waters during his re-. turn voyage. I A year later, the Assiniboine was involved in the U-boat sink- ing which won ta ie for herself and her commanding officer. the late Lt.-Cdr. John H. Stubbs. D.S.O.. D.S.C.. R.C.N. The late Dr. Gilbert Tucker, oHicial naval historian of that day. was taking passage in the Assim- haine at the time. A veteran of thetiilirst World War who had faced German fire before. Dr. Tucker marveiled at the battle. He described the contest of weap- ua and the manoeuvring in the Milt-shrouded seas as the destroy- C hounded the evasive submarine. "Ihe U-boat marine her guns, but the range was so short that the

hined efforts of the ships' com- tri

heavy armament on both sides, was able to play only a relatively

at . u g V, - uh;-Hgi . .h .. aw) g I . i 3"" r i' ITREAMLINED SUCCESSOR - in appearance. and vastly more The ultra-modern destroyer es- Sorel. P. Q. The second HMCS Assiniboiiie dii- so in equipment. weapons and cart commission: August 16 at Photo). lers greatly, from her predecessor living and working arrangements

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us from a German U-boat which

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and

the bridge was deluged with chine-gun bullett. man were probably aimed be "ever "303 111! eye on the U-boat and gave his order: though he were talking In a at a garden party."

Lt.-Cdr. stubba la 1 life in the sinking at the tint nu, C.S Athabaskan, in an English Channel action.

Thespriniz o! 1944 found the AI- sinlboiiie still serving on the At- lantic convoy routes. Later in an

in support of the land campaign in Europe. Other tanks included interception patrols and further convoy duties which took her to eVeI'y Part of the 'British Isles. to the North Sea, Iceland and Gib- raitar.

On one at her batrola off the French coast, thajulnlpolng wu bit during an enaazeuientf t Canadian destroyers and enemy trawlers. Fortunately, there were no casualties. ,

Following repairs and a brief Patrol. she returned to Plymouth In time to sail. Anzust. as as close

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V cincsoo (AP):-Harry s. Tru- man arrived with iloui-ishee Thun- dly on the scene of next we&'I

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Truman's timing for abandon-t ”Inz the neutrality he has Ineli- tained for 1-nontlis left no doubt that he hopes to have a decisive

r'r'-rmr-'r'"m'-,i ahip).gwhich had been ordered to wrnbard the enemy-held naval port at Brest. This was the ianie day that Paris was liberated.

At the end at the war she was at sea on patrol. On her return to Canada. she began a ferry service from Newfoundland to help relieve the pressure on com nini trans- portation systems.

Finally sold as surplus. she was taken in tow from Sorel. P. Q., to Baltimore for breaking up .By a trick of fate, she was not to leave Canada.

On November 7, 1945. atrong winds parted her from the tow. ing vessel and she went aground,

She still lies, bows to the west, directly south of the eastern end or South Lake. two and one-half mlla west of East Point. Prince Edward Island.

To her successor. the old As. llnlboine left a heritage of re- nown and the battle honors: "Atlantic, 1939-45" . .

neat to H.M.S. Warsplte (battle-

Carlbbean. in the North had been chased. rammed and 50 British corvette Dainthua. (National Defence Photo courtesy Ml-IE1-it Ind in Eurulieaii waters. link by the first HMCS Asslni- (mm which this photo was taken Planet News Ltd., London).

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In I murky day in-August. 1942.

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