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Halifax’s last war tragedy

Nautical lore has long held that it is ill-omened to begin a voyage on a Friday. Perhaps workers sealed HMCS Esquimalt’s fate when they laid down its keel at a Quebec shipyard on Friday, December 20, 1940. The ship’s short and troubled life ended in tragedy off Chebucto Head; it was the last Canadian warship […]

By Bob Gordon 24 October 2017 Share this story


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