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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY,
HMCS SWANSEA
News clipping submitted by Gordon P. Rhymes.

HMCS Swansea, probably 1949,
Cruise to Labrador.

HMCS Swansea

The caption reads: " LIKE MUSIC, CIGARETS -- Canadian sailors who were on board the RCN frigate Swansea during her cruise to Northern waters found that several Eskimos at Hebron, Labrador, are musically inclined. TOP, the organ in the Moravian Mission at Hebron, Labrador, affords an opportunity for the natives to express their talent in the line of music. Shown are Able Seamen Ronald Knapman (left), Saint John and Reginald H. Rhymes of Dartmouth being entertained by the Mission organist at Hebron. BOTTOM -- Petty Officer Eldon C. Mill(..) Dartmouth, passes out cigarets to Eskimos at River C(..) "


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