Cruisers hmcs rainbow the rcns first ship, apollo class. She served in the boer war and was then given to canada as the second ship of. These 575 names of the crew of hmcs niobe were transcribed from the 1911 canadian census by the volunteers at sandra ashton, lawrence canty, ruth miller, and dave tanner. The history of the royal canadian navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the naval service of canada and renamed a year later by king george v. The aurora is a huge battle cruiser, that served in the russojapanese war and in the first world war also. Niobe and her husband, amphion, had a total of fourteen children. Hmcs niobe 1900, 1911 history section ww1 william d. Royal canadian navy photographs by the men and women who were there.
Hmcs niobe anchor damaged in halifax explosion found. Hmcs niobe, scotland and london for posteritys sake. Today it is a free museum, open every day apart from mondays and fridays. Hmcs dominion hmcs niobe 2nd by late 1940 nearly all rcn destroyers were based in britain on loan to the royal navy, and the rcn corvettes were expected in britain a few months later. The first warships of the rcn were the cruisers hmcs niobe and hmcs rainbow, acquired from britain. The photos and information were sent to me already formatted into a scrap book, so ive tried to preserve the look of the original as much as possible. The royal canadian navy is one of the three environmental commands of the canadian forces. One of hmcs niobes gun crews fires a 6inch gun during training.
She served in the boer war and was then given to canada as the second ship of the newly created naval service of canada as hmcs niobe. Toys and models hmcs niobe canada and the first world war. The 1911 census officially started on june 1, 1911, so this list provides a snapshot of the crew at that time. Niobe was a beautiful women that had a life everybody else was jealous of. This photograph depicts hmcs niobe soon after its arrival in halifax from england in october 1910.
But there was no rcn manning depot in britain, so relief personnel for rcn ships had to come from the rn. Royal canadian navy photographs by the men and women who. Although relatively young, she had been deemed obsolete by the british because of her lack of side or deck armour. Though expensive to operate, niobe was useful for training the nucleus of a new navy, having been modified to accommodate cadets. By continuing to use pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookies policy. Over the course of its history, the rcn has played a role in the first world war, contributed significantly to the battle of the atlantic during the second world war, and was a part of natos force buildup during the cold war.
Following the torpedoing of their ship, the survivors of hmcs trentonian were transferred to niobe to wait for travel orders for survivors leave in canada. Niobe, an 11,000 ton diademclass protectedcruiser, had been launched in 1897. Hms niobe was a ship of the diadem class of protected cruisers in the royal navy. The royal canadian navys manning depot, hmcs niobe, located in an old castle in scotland in february 1945. Hmcs niobe anchor damaged in halifax explosion found cbc. Hmcs niobes stacks are visible behind the damaged rncc building and annex after the 6 december 1917 explosion. Canada and the first world war francais hmcs niobe this is a detailed model of hmcs niobe, an outdated british cruiser acquired by the canadian navy at the time of its creation in 1910. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. Niobes effectiveness as a warship depended heavily on rapid and. An anchor and chain believed to be from a canadian naval ship damaged in the halifax explosion were recently discovered in halifax. The naval service of canada became the royal canadian navy in august 1911.