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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
HMCS ONTARIO
Photos Submitted by Ken Johnson

HMCS Ontario, Misc. Photos at Sea, 1945.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0009-1: 17 June, 1945 : Letting go starboard anchor in River Mersey.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0011: 26 June, 1945 : At Scappa Flow. A British T-class submarine HMS Truncheon is alongside. An enlargement of the crew and sub is below.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

26 June, 1945 : HMS Truncheon and crew members. The two round vents in the foreground are aft-facing torpedo tubes.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0013: 5 July, 1945 : Gibraltar.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0013-1: 5 July, 1945 : Gibraltar on the horizon.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0050: 11 Sept., 1945 : At sea in the Bay of Bengal. Evidently the cruiser behind HMCS Ontario is HMS Belfast.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0051-3: 11 Sept., 1945 : Hong Kong -- watching a British submarine in the distance.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0130: Leaving an unknown harbour.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0211-1: Entering an unknown harbour.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0248: Nov. 25, 1945 : Port Whaler stove-in by heavy weather.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0252: Nov. 24, 1945 : Port roll. The photo below is an enlargement of the crew members.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Nov. 24, 1945 : Enlargement of the crew members in the photo above.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0251: Nov. 24, 1945 : Starboard roll. See enlargements of the crew members below.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Nov. 24, 1945 : Crew members in the photo above.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

No Negative # : Foc'sle scene with an unknown harbour in the distance.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0249: Nov. 24, 1945 : The ship takes a wave . . .

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #ON-0250: Nov. 24, 1945 : . . . and another.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #6-5: Sunken ship. Manila? Pearl Harbour?

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #2-4: Foc'sle of HMCS Ontario.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #2-3: Aircraft flying low.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario, 1945.

Negative #2-2: Same aircraft exercise.

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