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Old 04-10-16, 10:53 PM
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Default Captain E Rollo Mainguy, OBE, RCN.

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Captain E Rollo Mainguy, OBE, RCN, of Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Commanding Officer of the first Canadian cruiser, HMCS UGANDA.
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http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo1/.../85-92-eng.pdf
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First Canadian cruiser? Do you even read your cut and pastes?
HMCS Rainbow and HMCS Niobe were commissioned in 1910.
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....please take your complaint to the person who wrote the text at the Imperial War Museum...and have them correct it.
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Default The Mainguy Report

The original Mainguy Report on mutiny or "incidents" in the RCN post war.

http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.or...df/mainguy.pdf

Interesting read, especially his conclusions.
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Old 05-10-16, 11:29 PM
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....please take your complaint to the person who wrote the text at the Imperial War Museum...and have them correct it.
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Then post a link to the page. That way nobody will assume that you have done any actual research.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205159601

I don't need you to tell me what to do. I seem to recall that you needed some guidance to correct your ignorance as the following link clearly shows.
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ad.php?t=56087
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