Post by Administrator on Sept 10, 2013 15:21:49 GMT
Today is Tuesday September 10, 2013. 74 years ago today Canada declared war against Germany. The Royal Canadian Navy had only thirteen vessels in commission. During the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy expanded significantly, ultimately gaining responsibility for the entire Northwest Atlantic theatre of war. By the end of the war, the Royal Canadian Navy found itself as the world's third-largest navy with 95,000 personnel and 471 ships. In addition to building most of the 471 naval ships, the Canadian industries also built over 400 merchant ships between 1939 and 1945; these merchant ships completed more than 25,000 trips across the Atlantic.