Canadian Navy came to the rescue, cadet officer says at Battle of the Atlantic ceremony
Local Navy cadets, joined by Army and Air Force cadets, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 officials and members of the public, gathered for the annual Battle of the Atlantic memorial ceremony held at the Legion branch’s temporary home at the Marconi Cultural Event Centre on Sunday morning.
“Where would the British get their support but from Canada, so we sent the wheat, the ammunition, the steel,” Pihlaja said. “Because of the importance of the Battle of the Atlantic the Royal Canadian Navy grew from 30 ships at the start of the Second World War to over 300, so that was a big thing. When an attack took place the Canadian Navy would come to the rescue and if it wasn’t for that, the number of merchant navy vessels that were lost would have been greater. It was that great sacrifice that ensured that Britain was able to sustain itself,” Pihlaja said.
24 of the 175 Allied warships sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic were Canadian. 62 vessels out of the 2,600 merchant ships lost during the campaign were from Canada.More than 2,700 members Royal Canadian Navy and 1,600 Canadian Merchant Navy sailors died during the Battle.
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