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Imperial Adventure: HMCS Thiepval

In 1924, one of the few ships in the post-First World War Royal Canadian Navy, the Battle-class trawler HMCS Thiepval, became the first Canadian warship to visit the Soviet Union and Japan when it provided support for a British attempt to fly around the world.

Loading a Propeller, HMCS Thiepval
Loading a Propeller, HMCS Thiepval

HMCS Thiepval's crew members oversee the loading of a carefully packed spare aircraft propeller.

This propeller formed part of Thiepval's cargo of aviation fuel, supplies, and spare parts to resupply and, if necessary, repair Major A. Stuart McLaren's Vickers Vulture flying boat so that it could continue its journey around the world.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19710050-001_89





HMCS Thiepval in Nazan Bay, Atka Island, in the Aleutians
12-Pounder Cannon, HMCS Thiepval
Coastal Schooner Everett Hays, Alaska
Red Army Guards aboard HMCS Thiepval
HMCS Thiepval Officers with Japanese Naval Lieutenant, Hakodate, Japan
Loading a Propeller, HMCS Thiepval
HMCS Thiepval Crew Members
Bruno the Brown Bear, HMCS Thiepval
Vickers Vulture Flying Boat in Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union
Soviet Soldiers and HMCS Thiepval Lieutenant
HMCS Thiepval's Lieutenants and the British Flight Crew, Petropavlovsk
The End of the Voyage