Flying the Canadian Ensign on HMS Belfast

[Bill Cameron]

A Great Tribute to those Canuk matelots who served on HMS Belfast


Today, it sits gently bobbing on London’s River Thames as a floating museum. But more than 70 years ago, the HMS Belfast was at the forefront of the Allied effort to defeat Nazi Germany.
At the time, some 80 Canadians served aboard the British vessel. To honour their contribution to the war, a Canadian flag will be flying atop the 187 metre cruiser until the end of the year.
“Without the Canadian contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic, particularly, and the battles in the Arctic, we would not have had the ships or the manpower to have endured in those battles,” Tim Lewin, vice president of the HMS Belfast Association, told CTV News.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Find out more about the battle and the role HMS Belfast played in it:

HMS Belfast And The Battle Of North Cape | Imperial War Museums

CTV News item: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadi...ship-1.3735667

[Keith at Tregenna]

For general chat Bengy, PM me.

Best keep the threads on track as much as pos ?

Back to the Canadian tribute,

Part of my assistance last year.

K.

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