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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. 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 was assigned to Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. Regina arrived in the United Kingdom in November and by January 1943 was actively escorting convoys to and from Gibraltar.[10] On 8 February 1943, Regina attacked and sank the Italian submarine Avorio off Philippeville, Algeria.[9] She returned to Canada in late March 1943 and briefly rejoined WLEF before departing for a refit in June.[10] After returning to service in February 1944 following her refit, Regina was assigned to the Mid-Ocean Escort Force escort group C-1 as a trans-Atlantic convoy escort. While escorting convoy SC 154, she was detached from escort duty to escort a Royal Navy tug that was towing the convoy rescue ship Dundas to Horta in the Azores. She left Horta 14 March 1944 to escort HMCS Mulgrave, which was under tow for the Clyde. At the end of March, Regina was assigned to Western Approaches Command for invasion duties associated with Operation Neptune, the naval component of the invasion of Normandy. After the invasion she was used as a coastal convoy escort in the English Channel. Sinking On 8 August 1944, Regina was torpedoed and sunk by U-667 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Trevose Head on the coast of Cornwall at 50°42′N 5°3′WCoordinates: 50°42′N 5°3′W while rescuing survivors of the American merchant Liberty ship Ezra Weston. The warship sank in 28 seconds. Thirty of the ship’s crew were killed. The wrecks of Regina and Ezra Weston rest in 60 metres (200 ft) of water. The exploration of these wrecks by a crew of researchers was the subject of an episode of the television documentary series “Deep Sea Mysteries”

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HMCS Louisburg was sunk by an italian aircraft torpedo in the Med 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. While escorting a convoy, KMF 8, from Gibraltar to Bone, Algeria, the Louisburg was among those hit by bombs and torpedoes from two formations of enemy aircraft. The first formation was made up of seven Ju 88 bombers and the second seven He 111 armed with torpedoes operating out of Italy. 38 crew were lost when she sank near Oran.

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Auckland / Bean Rock Lighthouse K3748

File information Album name: mitko / New Zealand Current status (active, not active, museum etc): Active Height of the tower, m: 15 Focal plane elevation above sea level, m: 15 Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc): Group flashing, period 8s, 3 flashes, flash 1s, eclipse 1s, 50-70 red, 70-86 white, 86-156Continue reading “Auckland / Bean Rock Lighthouse K3748”

Aberdeen Round House

Album name: mitko / Scotland Rating (5 votes): (Show details) Current status (active, not active, museum etc): Disused Displayed: 274 times Date added: Oct 20, 2012 DateTime Original: 2012:08:25 17:27:42 Keywords: Aberdeen ; Scotland ; United Kingdom ; North Sea ; Vessel Traffic Service from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3cZBNEN via IFTTT