April 2025 Newsletter
HMCS Esquimault The RCN’s Last Canadian Warship to Be SunkIn the Second World War HMCS Esquimalt, a Bangor-Class Minesweeper, was the last Canadian warship lost to enemy action in the Second World War. HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by the German submarine U-190 on April 16, 1945, off the approaches of Halifax Harbour. The Bangor-class minesweepers were a class of warships operated by the Royal Navy (RN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and Royal…
