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HMCS Regina was a Royal Canadian Navy revised Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Regina, Saskatchewan.

  HMCS Regina (K234) War service After commissioning and workups, Regina was assigned to the Western Local Escort Force (WLEF) in mid-March. She remained with them until September 1942. On 3 July 1942 Regina rescued 25 survivors of the American merchant SS Alexander Macomb which was sunk east of Cape Cod.[9] In September she wasContinue reading “HMCS Regina was a Royal Canadian Navy revised Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Regina, Saskatchewan.”

HMCS Louisburg was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought mainly as an ocean escort during the Battle of the Atlantic. She was sunk in 1943. She was named for Louisburg, Nova Scotia.

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Britain’s Cold War-Era Monster Destroyer Has Finally Been Retired After 47 years of Royal Navy service, the flag has finally been lowered aboard the destroyer HMS Bristol. BYTHOMAS NEWDICKOCTOBER 28, 2020

  HMS Bristol (D23), Royal Navy destroyer HMS Bristol (D23), Royal Navy destroyer Cold War military history is full of “might-have-beens,” with canceled projects ranging from nuclear-reactor-juggling tracked mecha-robots, to electron guns that would generate invisible radar-absorbing fields around spyplanes, to name just two. When it comes to the U.K. Royal Navy, this includes its lone TypeContinue reading “Britain’s Cold War-Era Monster Destroyer Has Finally Been Retired After 47 years of Royal Navy service, the flag has finally been lowered aboard the destroyer HMS Bristol. BYTHOMAS NEWDICKOCTOBER 28, 2020”

Another littoral combat ship breaks down on deployment

WASHINGTON – The littoral combat ship Detroit is limping back to Mayport, Florida from a deployment to South America in a move that marks the latest setback for the Freedom variant’s complicated propulsion system.By: David B. Larter    23 hours ago 120   The Freedom-class littoral combat ship Detroit sails through the Caribbean Sea. Detroit suffered a casualty to itsContinue reading “Another littoral combat ship breaks down on deployment”