By Kathy Johnson
THE COAST GUARD
NovaNewsNow.com
The 327 Unicorn Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps in Barrington Passage remembered the Battle of the Atlantic during a ceremony on May 6.
World War II veteran Clifford Newell, Centreville, who crewed on the Allied corvettes during what is described as the longest running Military campaign of the Second World War, was on hand to share with the cadets some of his stories.
The corvettes were tasked with protecting convoys of soldiers and supplies aboard merchant ships sailing to the European theatre from German u-boats and warships for the duration of the war.
The Battle of the Atlantic lasted 2,075 days, with 125 merchant vessels sailing in convoy across the North Atlantic on any given day. The Royal Canadian Navy escorted 25,343 merchant vessels across the Atlantic, carrying 181,643,180 tones of cargo, suffering 2,210 fatalities, including six women.
Each year on the first Sunday in May, Canada's naval community commemorates those lost at sea during the Second World War.
Battle of the Atlantic commemorated by Sea Cadets
Battle of the Atlantic commemorated by Sea Cadets
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May 21, 2009
- Published on January 29, 2010
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