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Spotted today in Halifax: HMCS Sackville, the last survivor of nearly 300 Flower-class corvettes (the workhorses of the North Atlantic convoy escorts in WW2).
As many as 20,000 Canadians and 45,000 Brits served on these slow, poorly-armed ships through the Atlantic gales and U-boat attacks.
They weren't designed for the open ocean, and would roll almost 70° side to side in a heavy sea, but … somehow … they helped escort the convoys of food and other essential supplies across to the UK.