#OTD 3/4/1917 #RememberRCN -VAdm Charles Kingsmill promoted to Admiral, first person to hold the rank in the Royal Canadian Navy Knighted and Invested into the Order of St. Michael & St. George in 1918, his official title becomes Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill.

#OTD 1/4/1979 #RememberRCN -HMCS MARGAREE (2nd) sinks bow of tanker Kurdistan with gunfire, 200 nautical miles south of Halifax. Merchant ship had broken in half in the Cabot Strait on 15 March.

#OTD 1/4/1943 #RememberRCN -HMCS NOOTKA (1st), Fundy class minesweeper is renamed to HMCS NANOOSE, to give name to new Tribal Class Destroyer, HMCS NOOTKA (2nd) under construction in Halifax.

#OTD 1/4/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Robert W. Pomeroy, (Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co, Toronto) struck a mine and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, UK, one sailor killed.

#OTD 1/4/1941 #RememberRCN -HMCS PRINCE HENRY intercepted German freighters München & Hermonthis off the coast of Peru. To avoid having their ships captured by PRINCE HENRY the German crews set their ships afire before abandoning them.

#OTD 1/4/1921 #RememberRCN -HMCSubmarines CH14 and CH 15, “H” Class submarines, commissioned. They are the only two "H class submarines to serve in the Royal Canadian Navy. Image -For Posterity`s Sake

#OTD 31/3/2003 #RememberRCN -HMCS HURON (2nd) paid-off, due to budget restrictions and is the first of the four Iroquois class destroyers to be paid-off. RCN Photo

#OTD 31/3/1964 #RememberRCN -The RCN terminates the last two Naval Reserve Air Squadrons, VS 920 (tendered to HMCS YORK) in Toronto & VS 922 (tendered to HMCS MALAHAT) in Victoria.

#OTD 31/3/1945 #RememberRCN -HMCS CONESTOGA, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRNS) Training Establishment, paid-off and closed. Located in Galt, ON.

#OTD 31/3/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCShips SIOUX & ALGONQUIN escort task force deployed to destroy TIRPITZ in Norwegian Fjord #OpTUNGSTEN. Canadian's command two squadrons of carrier-based fighter aircraft in the raid. Fourteen hits are scored on the German battleship.

#OTD 31/3/1923 #RememberRCN -Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Half Company, is formed in Calgary, AB. Later renamed HMCS TECUMSEH and is still in service.

#OTD 30/3/1972 #RememberRCN -Black Tot Day. Last day of Rum Issue to #RCNavy sailors (& sneaky mascots).

#OTD 29/3/1945 #RememberRCN -HMCS TEME torpedoed by U-246 in the English Channel while escorting convoy BTC-111. Losing 60 ft of it's stern & killing 4 sailors. TEME's ship's company are able to save their ship. Later declared a total constructive loss and not repaired. LAC Photo

#OTD 29/3/1943 #RememberRCN -HMCS ATHABASKAN (1st) while patrolling Iceland-Faroes Passage in severe weather, receives severe damage to her hull, flooding two compartments. Repairs take five weeks.

#OTD 29/3/1909 #RememberRCN -Conservative MP George Foster introduces a resolution to establish a Canadian Naval Service, it was passed unanimously by the House of Commons in Ottawa.

#OTD 28/3/1951 #RememberRCN -HMCS ATHABASKAN (2nd) wins title of Refueling Championship Challenge for all UN Forces in Korea. In final duel, HMCShips NOOTKA & ATHABASKAN RAS with RFA WAVE KNIGHT, from 1st signal to fuel pumping, ATHABASKAN set an astounding time of 1 min/40 sec.

#OTD 27/3/1923 #RememberRCN -Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Half Company, is formed in Edmonton, AB. Later renamed HMCS NONSUCH, the unit is still in service.

#OTD 26/3/41 #RememberRCN -HMCS OTTER, armed yacht, destroyed by accidental fire & explosion off Halifax. Of her ship's company of 41, nineteen RCN sailors are killed. SEE zurl.co/1ATr7

#OTD 25/3/1941 #RememberRCN -MV Canadolite (Imperial Oil Ltd, Toronto) captured by German raider Kormoran, Atlantic, SE of Freetown, 44 Merchant Sailors taken POW. She was renamed Sudetenland and entered service for Germany and was later sunk by RAF bombs on 14/8/44.

#OTD 23/3/1948 #RememberRCN -HMCS WARRIOR paid-off and was the first aircraft carrier to see service in the RCN.

#OTD 22/3/1944 #RememberRCN -SS Watuka (Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company, New Glasgow, NS) while in Sydney, Cape Breton to Halifax Convoy SH-125 was torpedoed by U-802, sinking in 5 minutes, 15 miles southeast of Halifax, 1 killed, 25 rescued.

#OTD 22/3/1943 #RememberRCN -HMCS MORDEN rescues 102 survivors from SS City of Christchurch while escorting OpTORCH Convoy KMS-11. This and previous rescues (SS Winnipeg II -192 survivors) made MORDEN, “Champion survivor-carrier of her class in the United Nations Navies.”

#OTD 21/3/2000 #RememberRCN -HMCShips IROQUOIS, HALIFAX, CHARLOTTETOWN, TORONTO & PRESERVER dispatched to assist the bulk carrier Leader L sinking northwest of Bermuda. Deploying helicopters & boats, the group rescued 13 survivors & 6 bodies of the 31 crewmembers.

#OTD 20/3/1945 #RememberRCN -HMCS NEW GLASGOW sinks U-1003 by "Other Means," when the frigate collides with the submerged U-boat, sinking the German submarine off Lough Foyle. U-1003 is the last U-Boat destroyed by RCN in #WWII #BattleOfAtlantic.

#OTD 19/3/1923 #RememberRCN -Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Half Company, is formed in Winnipeg, MB. Later renamed HMCS CHIPPAWA and is still in active service.

#OTD 18/3/1964 #RememberRCN -HMCS BONAVENTURE with 5 days to prepare, sails on supply mission to Cyprus. Carrying 56 vehicles, 70 tons supplies & 95 soldiers from the "Vandoos," Royal Canadian Dragoons & Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. #OpSNOWGOOSE Photo -For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 17/3/1945 #RememberRCN -HMCS GUYSBOROUGH torpedoed by U-878 off Ushant, France. Of her ship's company of 92, fifty-one RCN sailors are killed. GUYSBOROUGH is the last RCN ship to be lost in action overseas during #WWII. Tragic DETAILS ow.ly/X52T30iG351

#OTD 16/3/1952 #RememberRCN -Surgeon Lieutenant Dr Joseph Cyr is sworn into the RCN & later served in HMCS CAYUGA in Korea. Cyr was in fact Ferdinand Demara of Massachusetts, having stolen the credentials of the real Dr Cyr of Grand Falls, NB & became known as the Great Impostor.

#OTD 15/3/1973 #RememberRCN -Eight RCN sailors are hospitalized and a ninth, Ned Nemnook dies when influenza strikes HMCS TERRA NOVA. Operating in the South China Sea on WESTPLOY 1/73

#OTD 15/3/1923 #RememberRCN -Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Half Company, is formed in Hamilton, ON. Later renamed HMCS STAR and is still in Service. @HMCS_NCSM_STAR