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HMCS QUINTE Refloated

July 30, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS QUINTE Refloated

HMCS QUINTE has been patched and refloated after striking Horse Head Rock in Cape Breton, ten days earlier on 30 November 1942. She will be towed to the wall of St. Peter’s Canal to stabilize the ship. QUINTE’s stretch of bad luck is not quite over as she will roll onto her beam ends and […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, Damage Control, Grounding, HMCS, HMCS QUINTE, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, WWII

Salvaging HMCS QUINTE

January 5, 2016 by Roger Litwiller

Salvaging HMCS QUINTE

HMCS QUINTE, Bangor class minesweeper, had grounded on Horse Head Shoal on 30 Novemeber 1942.  She quickly began to take on water and was beached near St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. Salvage operations on QUINTE were begun by the Foundation Maritime Ltd’s ship Foundation Aranmore. She was re-floated ten days later and moved to the wall […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Cape Breton, Grounding, History, HMCS, HMCS QUINTE, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, Nova Scotia, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Salvage, ships, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, WWII

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