It’s a big week! Fresh off being named to the Commandant’s Reading List, Sea Control welcomes Canadian writer and naval officer James Brun to the program to discuss the legendary duel between HMCS Assiniboine and U-210. http://cimsec.org/sea-control-208-at-close-range-with-james-brun/46360
Sea Control Podcast Episode 208 – At Close Range: HMCS Assiniboine vs. U-210 w/James Brun — Shawn Eng’s Stream of Wonk
“MON., FEB., 22/2021@19:45-H.M.C.S. ASSINIBOINE D/I-18, OUR ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY RIVER CLASS DESTROYER; IS more than precisely FEATURED THIS MONDAY, AND AS A DESTROYER THAT SURVIVED W.W.II/1939-1945, SHE-ASSINIBOINE, SAW CONSIDERABLE NAVAL WARFARE ACTION!!!”
“NOTE: THERE ARE OTHER BLOGS CONCERNING W.W.II, ALSO POSTED, SO RESEARCH IS THE REWARD. “LT. CDR., John Hamilton STUBBS, D.S.O., D.S.C., M.I.D., R.C.N., WAS H.M.C.S. ASSINIBOINE’S D/I 18 COMMANDING OFFICER, WHEN U-210, WAS SUNK , AND AFTER BEING DRAFTED ON BOARD THE NEWLY COMMISSIONED TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER, H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN G 07, DURING AT SEA DUTY IN APRIL, 29, 1944, SADLY AND REMORSEFULLY LT. CDR., John Hamilton STUBBS, WAS ACASUALTY/K.I.A., OF H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN’S G 07 SINKING!!!”
“Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, a humble and a contrite heart; Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET.” Poem by Rudyard Kipling.
“AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.”
“YOU ARE REMORSE CONCERNING YOUR DUTY-HONOUR AND VALOUR, UNDER OUR King George VI, Canada, AS YOU WERE SERVING WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, IN H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN G 07, John Hamilton STUBBS, D.S.O., D.S.C., M.I.D., R.C.N., -SIR; YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN Lt., Cdr., STUBBS.”
“YOURS AYE, AND LOVE: Brian MURZA/Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher=Published Author, Present Day Military / Naval Analyst, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.”
“Credit: James Brun and Military History Now.”
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