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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
HMCS ONTARIO
Photos submitted by Gord Josephson.

Royal Canadian Navy : Ships in Equimalt, 1947-1950's.

Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario in drydock

HMCS Ontario in drydock.
(Info per the photo on the website For Posterity's Sake, then search for "Yarrows").


Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario in drydock

HMCS Ontario in Yarrows drydock, Esquimalt, 1950.
(Info per the photo on the website For Posterity's Sake, then search for "Yarrows").


Royal Canadian Navy : HMCS Ontario

Formerly identified as HMCS Ontario, this is the British light cruiser, HMS Kenya, which visited Esquimalt in 1947. The ship's crest, visible on the bulkhead of the bridge, is almost certainly that of HMS Kenya.


Royal Canadian Navy : USS Queenfish

This is the American submarine, USS Queenfish, tied up alongside a Canadian ship.


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