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HMCS Sackville

HMCS Sackville is a National Historic Site of Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia · 1655 Lower Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia · location approximate

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SACKVILLE HMCS Sackville is the last of the Flower Class corvettes. Patterned after a whale-catcher, the corvettes were designed for mass production in small shipyards. Originally intended for coastal work, they played a major role in the Battle of the Atlantic. The Sackville, built at Saint John, N. B. and commissioned in December 1941, served most of the war as a mid-ocean convoy escort in the North Atlantic. After the war she was used for oceanographic research for many years. Retired in 1982, she was restored to her 1944 configuration and now serves as Canada's naval memorial.

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Le NCSM «Sackville» est la dernière corvette de la classe Flower. Conçues sur le modèle des baleiniers, ces corvettes étaient produites en série dans de petits chantiers navals. D'abord destinées à la défense côtière, elles ont joué un rôle important dans la bataille de l'Atlantique. Construit à Saint John (N.-B.) et mis en service en décembre 1941, le «Sackville» escorta des convois dans l'Atlantique-Nord pendant la majeure partie de la guerre. Il fut ensuite affecté à la recherche océanographique. Retiré du service en 1982 et rendu à son état de 1944, il sert maintenant de monument commémoratif à la marine canadienne.

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This plaque text is recorded in the Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, published by Parks Canada for the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Plaque texts come from the Directory’s open dataset in the languages the Directory publishes them in; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the Directory’s street address or local area and marked approximate. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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