#OTD 22/2/1945 #RCNRemembers -HMCS TRENTONIAN torpedoed by U-1004 off Falmouth, sinking in 10 minutes, 6 sailors killed, 95 survivors. TRENTONIAN is the last of all #WWII Corvettes to be lost in action. #BattleOfAtlantic. DETAILS ow.ly/haJx3094L4Q Painting by Marc Magee.

#OTD 11/11/1918 #RCNRemembers -The Armistice is signed ending the Great War. @RoyalCanNavy had 2 cruisers in 1914 & by war's end;
-134 Commissioned ships
-8,826 Canadians served in the RCNavy
-673 Canadians served in the Royal Navy & RN Reserve
-190 Canadian sailors were killed.