For RCN.....
© IWM (FL 10052)HMCS CRUSADER.
HMCS Crusader was a C-class destroyer originally ordered by the Royal Navy in 1942 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946. During the Korean War she was the leading ship in the legendary Trainbuster's Club, destroying five North Korean trains in total. She was sold for scrap in 1964.
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© IWM (FL 17797)HMS UGANDA,renamed HMCS Québec,1952.
HMCS UGANDA, a cruiser transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 and the only RCN ship to take an active part against the Japanese while serving with the British Pacific Fleet.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs
HMCS Bonaventure....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFD5bijrok
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