Royal Canadian Navy : Crew of HMCS Prince Robert.
Morning inspection near Bermuda. Ken Bowie is probably in this photo as well.
Photo is DND negative #HN586.
Gun crew on HMCS Prince Robert.
Photo is DND negative #HN617.
Convoy duty on HMCS Prince Robert in the Mediterranean.
Photo is DND negative #HN835.
" HMCS Prince Robert was available for KMF-MKF escort duty for 329 days: 20 October 1943 to 13 September 1944. Days at sea in anti-aircraft screen 119, or 36% of time allocated. In addition to this, 31 days (9.5%) were spent at sea in the Atlantic not in company. Convoys escorted were 19 in number, 10 homeward, and 9 outward. Merchantmen casualties during this period in these convoys totalled two, one sunk and one damaged. Approximate total number of ships escorted was 314. " -- The Prince Ships.
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