First U-Boat sunk by Canadian Navy
10th September 1941: HMCS Moose Jaw and Chambly in joint action
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The corvette HMCS Moose Jaw was one of two Canadian ships involved in the sinking U -501 on the 10th September 1941. Moose Jaw was newly commissioned and still working up when she was ordered to sea urgently. Ultra intercepts had indica…
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