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	Royal Canadian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the end of the Second Battle of the Atlantic, the RCN was the primary navy in the northwest sector of the Atlantic Ocean and was responsible for the safe escort of innumerable convoys and the destruction of many U-boats—an anti-submarine capability that the RCN would build upon during the post-war.
		A planned transfer of two light aircraft carriers from the Royal Navy, HMCS Warrior and HMCS Magnificent was slowed, and when Warrior was found to be unsuitable for a North Atlantic winter, she was sent to the west coast and the next year was replaced by Magnificent, with Warrior being given back to the RN.
		On March 3, 1911, the RCN was authorized the use of the White Ensign, which remained the main identifying flag of the navy for the next 54 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy (2188 words)

	Canadian Forces Maritime Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		MARCOM is the descendant of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) which was Canada's naval service from the navy's foundation in 1910 until 1 February 1968.
		After 1968, the RCN was merged with the army and air force to form the Canadian Armed Forces.
		In 1998, the Canadian government made a deal with the United Kingdom to acquire four mothballed, but state-of-the-art Upholder-class diesel-electric submarines that were made surplus by the Royal Navy's decision to operate only nuclear-powered submarines such as the Trafalgar-class boats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Navy (1821 words)

	ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By the end of the Second_Battle_of_the_Atlantic, the RCN was the primary navy in the northwest sector of the Atlantic_Ocean and was responsible for the safe escort of innumerable convoys and the destruction of many U-boats—an anti-submarine capability that the RCN would build upon during the post-war.
		A planned transfer of two light aircraft carriers from the Royal Navy, HMCS ''Warrior'' and HMCS ''Magnificent'' was slowed, and when ''Warrior'' was found to be unsuitable for a North_Atlantic winter, she was sent to the west coast and the next year was replaced by ''Magnificent'', with ''Warrior'' being given back to the RN.
		On February_1, 1968, the Royal Canadian Navy was merged with the Royal_Canadian_Air_Force and the Canadian_Army to form the Canadian_Armed_Forces.
	www.bellabuds.com /Royal_Canadian_Navy (2114 words)

	Canadian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Canadian Navy is the navy of Canada.
		World War II The RCN expanded greatly during World War II, and by the end of the war, was the third-largest navy in the world, behind the United States and the United Kingdom.
		A planned transfer of two aircraft carriers from the Royal Navy, HMCS Warrior and HMCS Magnificent, was slowed, and when Warrior was found to be unsuitable for a North Atlantic winter, she was sent to the west coast and the next year was replaced by Magnificent, with Warrior being given back.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/canadian_navy.html (973 words)

	Royal Canadian Navy
		The Canadian Parliament was determined to achieve "...the speedy organization of a Naval Service in co-operation with and in close relation to the Imperial Navy".The RCN adopted the structure and organization of the British Royal Navy.
		The RCN was primarily employed for the protection of Canadian ports and shipping lanes, however a large number of Canadian Officers and Ratings served with the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Air Service.
		The RCNVR was nicknamed "The Wavy Navy" due to the wavy rank rings worn by officers and the three wavy stripes on the seaman's collars.
	www.mpmuseum.org /rcn.html (862 words)

	Royal Canadian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After third reading, the bill received royal assent on May 4 1910, and became the Naval Service Act, administered by the at the time.
		In May 1914 the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) was established and undertook a strength of 1200 men from three distinct geographic areas: (1) Atlantic, (2) Pacific, and (3) Lake (representing inland areas).
		On January 31, 1923, the RNCVR was replaced by the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (also RCNVR) and formed with companies of 100 or half-companies of 50 in over 15 cities across the country.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Royal_Canadian_Navy (2143 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - Military History - The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945
		At the same time, Canadian escort vessels still formed a major part of the mid-ocean force that took convoys between Newfoundland and British waters and, during the summer and autumn of 1942, these corvettes and destroyers faced a new German ‘wolfpack' offensive that was stronger still than the assault in 1941.
		The RCN needed to upgrade its escort fleet with new detection and weapons technology, something the British had already done with most of their escorts.
		By the last months of the war the RCN had grown to a strength of over 95,000 personnel, 6,000 of them members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, and the fleet committed to the Battle of the Atlantic included some 270 ocean escort warships.
	www.warmuseum.ca /cwm/disp/dis007_e.html (2353 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Canada's Submarines
		Canadian Forces announces it has purchased four Upholder-class Royal Navy submarines, which were decommissioned in 1993 when the U.K. decided to focus solely on nuclear subs.
		Canadian Forces reveals that Victoria has a dent in its hull the size of a pizza, as a result of a collision that occurred before the navy took over the sub.
		The Royal Navy agrees to co-operate in an investigation of the dent.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/cdnsubs (822 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - Democracy at War - Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) - Canada and the War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Canadian navy's main work, using small, versatile Canadian-built antisubmarine warships known as corvettes, was as an escort force for the merchant ships whose Atlantic Ocean cargoes were vital to Britain's survival.
		RCN contributed mightily to other major operations, such as the landing of Allied armies on the coast of German-occupied France on 6 June 1944.
		RCN lost 24 ships, mostly in the Atlantic, during the war.
	warmuseum.ca /cwm/newspapers/canadawar/royalnavy_e.html (297 words)

	First Canadian Women in the RCN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canadian nurses volunteered their services during a period of great change and innovation in the field of military medical services.
		Canadian military nurses, or nursing sisters, as they were sometimes called, often worked right near the front in wartime.
		While officially in the navy for less than 30 days, the vessel was in fact hired out to the RCN for a total of 47 days.
	www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org /resource_pages/unsung_women/rcn_first_women.html (1115 words)

	Corvette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Flower class were usually Royal Navy vessels although a number were provided by the United Kingdom but manned by sailors from countries under Nazi occupation.
		The Royal Canadian Navy also operated both Castle and Flower Class corvettes which were named after Canadian cities and towns.
		The Royal Australian Navy built 60 corvettes, including 20 for the Royal Navy (but crewed by Australians) and 4 for the Royal Indian Navy.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Corvette.htm (372 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Ships
		The Canadian Navy played an important role in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1939-1940.
		Until the US entered the war in late 1941 the RCN gave the Royal Navy the vital help it so badly needed.
		Canada had no navy to speak of in 1939 but ended the war in 1945 with the third largest navy in the world with over 90,000 men and over 400 ships.
	uboat.net /allies/ships/rcn.htm (245 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - Men and Women of the Royal Canadian Navy
		In 1939 the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) does not have the strength that the upcoming war demands.
		Rituals and traditions of the Royal Navy have grown deep roots in the RCN and its men are proud of their service on British ships.
		Following the Royal Navy's example, the RCN soon realized that women could be skilled communication and intelligence operators.
	www.junobeach.org /e/4/can-tac-per-e.htm (808 words)

	Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve)LS&GC Awards
		A tremendous expansion was undertaken and the ‘Navy’ grew a hundred fold.
		This growth was largely in the area of reserves and most notably the Wavy Navy or R.C.N.V.R. Consequently the Navy numbered some 100,000 at the end of the War.
		Plans were announced in November of 1945 for a post-war reserve to be known as the Royal Canadian Naval (Reserve).
	members.shaw.ca /jollytar/rcnr1/rcnr1.htm (373 words)

	Information about the CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum
		Towards the middle of the 19th century, the infant colony of British Columbia depended heavily on the Royal Navy for its defence.
		The Royal Navy kept Esquimalt as a base until 1905 when the Pacific Squadron was abolished and Canada took on responsibility for defending its own coastline.
		The Navy was the last branch of the Canadian armed forces to accept women as recruits.
	www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org /info_pages/About_Index.html (1146 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue (Studies in Canadian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada's recently established navy was at the epicentre of the crisis.
		Armstrong reveals the navy's compelling, and little-known, story by carefully retracing the events preceding the disaster and the role of the military in its aftermath.
		I purchased The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy thinking it was a depiction of the navy's efforts to assist victims of this disaster.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0774808918?v=glance (1158 words)

	Royal Canadian Navy Badges CPO and Below
		As previously stated the Canadian Navy was subject to tremendous growth during World War II largely in the ranks of the RCNVR but in the regular force (RCN) as well.
		Prior to 1950 enlisted personnel in the RCN wore badges identical to those used in the Royal Navy.
		The chart below depicting the new Canadian badges was first published in a 1950 issue of the Crowsnest the RCN's monthly magazine from 1948-1965.
	members.shaw.ca /jollytar/Ratings/Badges.htm (556 words)

	F2H-4 for Royal Canadian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal Canadian Navy had considered acquiring the Banshee as a replacement for its Hawker Sea Fury F.B.11 piston-engined fighter-bombers.
		Consequently, the RCN was forced to settle for 39 F2H-3s transferred from US Navy stocks.
		RCN pilots collected their F2H-3s at NAS Quonset Point in Rhode Island and flew them to Shearwater in Nova Scotia.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/f2_5.html (302 words)

	H-Net Review: Chris O'Shea on The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue
		Armstrong's key argument is that the inquiry functioned to deflect criticism away from both the Canadian navy and the federal government.
		On the local level this was evident in the tension between the naval administration and the civilian pilots, and in the lack of cooperation between civilian and military administration of the port that indirectly contributed to the eventual collision.
		As his analysis demonstrates, while the inquiry's initial target was the local pilotage system, the ultimate function of the inquiry was to deflect criticism from the Canadian federal government and the navy through the sacrifice of Frederick Wyatt who was the Acting Commander in Halifax at the time of the explosion.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=17841066521838 (1292 words)

	Canadian Gallantry Decorations, D-Day 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		is a record of the courage shown by men of the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force on the 6th of June, 1944.
		The Canadian sector was code-named "Juno Beach." While the valour displayed by the infantrymen of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in the leading wave is the focus of this book, all other major Canadian units who received awards are also included, such as the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and the 29th Canadian Motor Torpedo Flotilla.
		This book is not a military history of the landing on 6 June 1944, but is a record of what happened to a number of Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen, as told through the citations for gallantry decorations.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~em575/contents_j.htm (305 words)

	Royal Canadian Navy Recollections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The vessel was handed back to the Royal Navy in 1882 and ended Canadian desires for a home force until the Naval Act of 4 May 1910 when the Royal Canadian Navy came officially into being.
		Prior to this Act of Parliament the naval protection was from the Royal Navy located principally at Halifax, NS and Esquimalt, BC.
		The only help for her was a Canadian 'breaker in the region that rushed to her aid and was successful in extricating her.
	www.warships1.com /index_history/Canadian_history.htm (2690 words)

	Royal Canadian Navy
		When viewing photographs of Royal Canadian Navy aircraft from this period, it is easy to mistake the large, 3 digit code displayed by many aircraft for a serial number, or, in RCAF fashion, at least the "last three" of the serial number.
		The Canadian modifications included an angled flight deck, the latest in steam catapults, and a mirror landing sight, to permit high performance jet aircraft to be operated.
		The first squadrons destined for the RCN were designated from existing RN squadrons in 1945, and began training for their intended Pacific mission in the summer of that year.
	www.ody.ca /~bwalker/rcn.html (2610 words)

	The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines. by Peter T. Haydon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines.
		Unable, and perhaps even a little unwilling, to provide the rcn with necessary tools to do the job, the naval staff and the politicians unrealistically expected the navy to do more with less, and were angry when they could not.
		Milner initially leaves one with a gloomy picture of a navy manned largely by undertrained volunteers using ships that had the wrong equipment in which the politicians and, worse, the Royal Navy had lost faith.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/772/uboat13.html (966 words)

	MMBC - Royal Canadian Navy
		Well, a hint is 1910 and another is the HMCS Rainbow, but that's only the beginning of your exploration of Canada's rich naval history.
		The Royal Canadian Navy has a proud past and present, with ships and crews bravely serving through world wars and into the age of modern global conflict.
		There are many highlights in this gallery, but perhaps the most significant are the exhibits telling the poignant and heroic stories of Canadians who served in the navy during the brutal war years.
	mmbc.bc.ca /exhibits/2-royalcanadiannavy.html (105 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Last of the Upholders prepared for Royal Canadian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The last of Britain’s conventional submarines is being converted for use by the Canadians.
		HMS Upholder, the first of the final class of diesel submarines operated by the Navy, is being prepared for the Royal Canadian Navy, transforming into the Victoria class boat Chicoutimi.
		Upholder will be officially renamed and handed over to the RCN at Clyde Naval Base – Faslane – next spring.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2003/0310/0003101602.asp (462 words)

	Information about Canada FDC: 34¢ Royal Canadian Navy's 75th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary in 1985, the Royal Canadian Navy was established by an act of the British Parliament on May 4, 1910.
		The fleet increased beginning in 1923 with the formation of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve.
		Again, the Canadian Navy was charged with opening the sea lanes in the Atlantic; their fighting spirit provided safe passage for troop and cargo ship convoys against the dreaded German U-boats.
	www.unicover.com /EA4NB5QC.htm (380 words)

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