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Friday 11 March 2016

England transferring warships to Canada for an own navy according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1920 no. 8

An item referred to the Naval and Military Record dated 22 September 1920 reporting that England transferred the light cruiser Aurora (1), destroyers Patriot (2) and Patrician (3) and the submarines H 14 (4) and 15 to Canada as a start for founding her own navy.

Notes
1. Launched at Devonport Dock Yard on 30 September 1913, in Canadian service since 1 November 1920 and sold to A.A. Lasseque, Sorel, Canada in August 1927.
2. Launched at Thornycroft&Company, Southampton, England  on 20 April 1916, in Canadian service since September 1920 and finally sold to Ward, Briton Ferry, England in 1929.
3. Launched at Thornycroft&Company, Southampton, England on 5 June 1916, in Canadian service in September 1920 and sold to be broken up at Esquimalt, Canada in 1929.
4. Launched at the Fore River Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 3 July 1915, transferred to Canada in 1919, commissioned in Canadian navy in June 1919 as the CH-14 and broken up in 1927.
5. Completed at the Fore River Yard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA in November 1915, transferred to Canada on 7 February 1919, commissioned in Canadian navy on 1 April 1921 as the CH-15 and broken up in 1927.