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WWI covered live — SM U-38 sinks a Belgian and Norwegian ship in the…
SM U-38 sinks a Belgian and Norwegian ship in the Mediterranean #OnThisDay Aug 24 1916 https://t.co/sNohb2eatd https://t.co/gTLmqSZyda http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/768202864204271616

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PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2016) The French navy Floreal-class frigate FS Prairial (F 731) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016

John Currin (JC) posted PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2016) The French navy Floreal-class frigate FS Prairial (F 731) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m0te2_Ib1ns/V7ppT4Fi5HI/AAAAAAAATQE/q_QaWrtjY2cLXR1Gni7eW7hhzhYynkYtwCJoC/AA%2BOO%2BFS%2BPrairial.JPG?imgmax=1024 PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2016) The French navy Floreal-class frigate FS Prairial (F 731) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

HMCS NEW WESMINSTER 1942

John Currin (JC) posted HMCS NEW WESMINSTER 1942 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HQetXRhUSww/V7ptAsmDVBI/AAAAAAAATSQ/Vrie0rXr_pwhSsvPqLa64UNBKQbGFqoZACJoC/AA%2Boo%2BHMCS%2BNEW%2BWESMINSTER%2B1942.jpg?imgmax=1024 HMCS New Westminster was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for New Westminster, British Columbia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_New_Westminster_(K228)

 

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HMCS Camrose 1943

John Currin (JC) posted HMCS Camrose 1943 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pA097DkwlXU/V7ptfN09fWI/AAAAAAAATTA/y_HcQ47St1A_ca_OXK9GAdBvq3fY5OplwCJoC/AA%2Boo%2BHMCS%2BCamrose%2B1943.jpg?imgmax=1024 HMCS Camrose was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She was named for Camrose, Alberta.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Camrose_(K154)

 

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HMCS (later HMAS)[1] Protector was a large flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884, for the purpose of defending the local coastline against possible attacks in the aftermath of the ‘Russian scare', of the 1870s.[2] She arrived in Adelaide in September 1884 and subsequently served in the Boxer Rebellion, World War I and World War II

John Currin (JC) posted HMCS (later HMAS)[1] Protector was a large flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884, for the purpose of defending the local coastline against possible attacks in the aftermath of the ‘Russian scare', of the 1870s.[2] She arrived in Adelaide in September 1884 and subsequently served in the Boxer Rebellion, World War I and World War II https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W69JqeMSVcQ/V7puKh-XK0I/AAAAAAAATTk/sIOEHnv5FMcKbrPD5hXCWltuextMS1uRACJoC/AA%2Boo%2BHMC%2BSPROTECTORprotector_in_port_adelaide.jpg?imgmax=1024 During July 1943, Protector was requisitioned for war service by the US Army. On the way to New Guinea and off Gladstone, she was damaged in a collision with a tug and abandoned. The hull was subsequently taken to Heron Island off the Queensland coast and later sunk for use as a breakwater. Her… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907