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HMC Dockyard Esquimalt

July 13, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMC Dockyard Esquimalt

Photo of HMC Dockyard Esquimalt taken from HMCS SASKATCHEWAN as the Destroyer returns home in May 1965 following a Far East Cruise. HMCS GRILSE is secured alongside in the centre of the photo. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR065)

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HMCS GRILSE

August 10, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GRILSE

Sailors from the Canadian submarine HMCS GRILSE are ready to dip the Canadian Naval Ensign in salute to HMCShips SASKATCHEWAN, MACKENZIE and BEACON HILL return to ESQUIMALT from their Far East Cruise in 1965. From 1965 to 1968 the RCN used the national flag as both ensign and jack in their ships. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Esquimalt, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS GRILSE, Maritime Forces Pacific, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, submarine

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