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The
Royal Canadian Navy’s ‘small-ship’
fleet of destroyers, corvettes, frigates,
and minesweepers (supported by maritime
patrol bombers of the Royal Canadian
Air Force) escorted Allied shipping across
the Atlantic and along the northeastern
seaboard of North America. Despite early
growing pains, the R.C.N. grew into a
formidable anti-submarine force. The
navy also made major contributions to
Allied operations in the Caribbean, the
Mediterranean, the Arctic, and in European
waters.
By
war’s end, the Royal Canadian Navy,
the world’s third-largest fleet,
had enlisted some 100,000 men and 6500
women and operated 471 warships and smaller
fighting vessels, most Canadian-built.
The R.C.N. sank 28 enemy submarines and
numerous surface vessels but lost 24
of its own warships. Approximately 2000
Canadian sailors were killed. Another
12,000 Canadians served in the Merchant
Navy, of whom more than 1600 died.
See also :
Canadian
Newspapers and the Second World War : The Royal Canadian Navy
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