Remembrance Day 2016 Geocoin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Beschreibung/About the coin
- 1.1 Deutsch
- 1.2 English
2 Additional info for HMCS
3 Details
4 Editionen
5 Tags
6 Bilder

Beschreibung/About the coin

Deutsch

Am Ende des Atlantikschlacht stelle die RCN (Royal Canadian Navy) die Hauptflotte im Nordwesten vom Atlantischen Ozean und war somit verantwortlich für den sicheren Geleit von unzähligen Konvois und die Vernichtung von viel U-boote.

English

PHDCoins.ca quoted:

By the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, the RCN was the primary navy in the northwest sector of the Atlantic Ocean and was responsible for the safe escort of innumerable convoys and the destruction of many U-boats. The Northwest Atlantic Theatre was the only theatre not under command of either a Briton or American during the entire war.

At the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, Canadian ships (either alone or in conjunction with other ships and planes) sank a total of 29 U-boats and 3 Italian submarines, and either sank or captured 42 Axis surface ships. But the real victory was not so much in the statistics of battle, as in the successful completion of more than 25,000 merchant ship crossings, carrying 181 million tons of cargo and a significant proportion of the Canadian and US forces for the eventual victory in Europe. Canada lost 24 ships in five different theatres. Altogether the RCN lost 1,797 seamen, and 95 became prisoners of war.

Additional info for HMCS

HMCS Charlottetown
- Flower Class Corvette
- September 11th, 1942
- Torpedoed and sunk in the St. Lawrence, near Cap Chat Quebec, by U517. She had just delivered a convoy to Rimouski and was returning to Gaspe. Ten of her ship's company were lost.

HMCS Clayoquot
- Bangor Class Minesweeper
- December 24th, 1944
- Torpedoed and sunk while taking station on convoy XB.139, in the approaches to Halifax harbour. Sunk by U806. Eight of her crew were lost.

HMCS Ottawa
- River Class Destroyer
- September 13th , 1942
- Sunk by U91 in the North Atlantic, while escorting convoy ON.127. Lost at about 2330 on 13th September, 1942 due to enemy action being hit by two torpedoes. 113 of her Ship's Company lost, plus 6 RN seaman and 22 merchant seamen.

HMCS Shawinigan
- Flower Class Corvette
- November 24th, 1944
- While on independant anti-submarine patrol in the Cabot Strait, she was torpedoed and sunk by U1228. All hands were lost, 91 perished.

HMCS St. Croix
- Town Class Destroyer
- September 20th, 1943
- Torpedoed and sunk by U305, south of Iceland, while escorting convoy ON.202. Five officers and 76 men were rescued by HMS ITCHEN, but only one of these survived the loss of the ITCHEN two days later. In the end, 147 and one RN seaman perished, there was only one survivor.

Details

Größe/Size: Ø 45 mm (2 Inches)
Dicke/Thickness: 3 mm
Gewicht/Weight: g
Präfix/Prefix:
Form/Shape: rund/round
Prägung/Minting: 2D, PHDCoins.ca
Farbe/Filling: imitating Soft and Hard Enamel
Vorderseite/Front:
Rückseite/Back:
Idee/Idea: Chuck Turner
Registrierte Trackingcodes/Total tracking codes:
Groundspeak Icon-Nummer/Icon number: 9395
Trackbar/Trackable auf geocaching.com mit eigenem Icon/own unique icon und Mini-Icon/micro icon

Editionen

Edition/Auflage	Metall	Farben	Edition-Name	Design	Shop	Veröffentlicht
RE	Antique Silver	marin blau	HMCS Charlottetown	Chuck Turner	PHDCoins.ca	Okt. 2016
RE	Satin Silver	hellblau	HMCS Clayoquot	Chuck Turner	PHDCoins.ca	Okt. 2016
RE	Antique Copper	grün	HMCS St. Croix	Chuck Turner	PHDCoins.ca	Okt. 2016
RE	Antique Bronze		HMCS Ottawa	Chuck Turner	PHDCoins.ca	Okt. 2016
LE	two-tone Satin Gold/ Antique Silver		HMCS Shawinigan	Chuck Turner	PHDCoins.ca	Okt. 2016