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Originally Posted by Letum
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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet
It's to bad considering what our Navy was in WW2, our Navy was a big part of the Battle of the Atlantic.
I actually had a chance recently to speak a Great Uncle of my Wife's, he is retired from the Canadian Navy, served on the Haida during the whole Cold War period. Interesting to know that the Haida also played a big role in WW2 as well.
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At the start of ww2 your navy was just as bad.
14 Atlantic destroyers?
By 1945 ~50% of destroyers in the north Atlantic where Canadian.  |
as far as it goes we started with a Six reasonably fairly modern destroyers and five small brand new mine sweepers which themselves represented our naval construction efforts ( the ms not the dd ) also two training ships
two relevant naval bases Halifax and Esquimalt. 145 officers and 1674 men.
and as you aluded too at the end there moreso than any other navy US British Japanese italian or Russian the Canadian navy grew during the war
to finish it as the worlds third largest navy at the end. about an hour later
we were back to where we started. but lets not get me started on our
Canadian Support for and understanding the purpose of the military.
albeit theyve been coming along abit since 911 in our forces, but the navy
has special issues, our guys are alot undersupported by the civilian population. MM
