Happy 80th Anniversary - HMCS Sackville

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Today is HMCS Sackville's 80th anniversary!

Rcscc 23 Kent received a tour of the WWII corvette in 2015. Check out some of the photos of the tour below, and read a little bit of her history.

Group photo time!

The tour guide explains some history.

Cadets coming up from below deck.

Mannequins are used to portray what life was once like aboard the ship.

Cadet Courtney stands infront of Donald Duck!

Cadet O'Hanley poses for a photo inside the ship's wheelhouse.


HMCS Sackville was commissioned on 30 December 1941, 80 years ago today in Saint John NB. She was named after the New Brunswick border town, Sackville. The 205-foot (62.5 metre) ship is the last remaining Second World War Allied corvettes, and continues to serve as Canada’s Naval Memorial and a National Historic Site. HMCS Sackville was one of 123 corvettes built in the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia shipyards that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the war. She escorted merchant ship convoys from St. John’s (Newfoundland) to Londonderry (Northern Ireland), making her an original member of the famous "Barber Pole Group."


(Information provided with permission from HMCS Sackville)

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