HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100)
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HMCS Cape Breton was a Royal Canadian Navy Cape-class maintenance ship. Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Flamborough Head in 1944, she was transferred in 1952. Upon her commissioning she was
HMS Flamborough Head underway in coastal waters.
HMCS Cape Breton pictured in January 1962's Crowsnest magazine
Burrard Dry Dock
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Burrard Dry Dock Ltd. was a Canadian shipbuilding company headquartered in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Together with neighbouring North Van Ship Repair and Yarrows Ltd. of Esquimalt, which were
HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100)
…with an eight-berth hospital, sick bay, X-ray room, medical lab, dental clinic and lab. Flamborough Head (pennant F88) was laid down on 5 July 1944 by Burrard Dry Dock in Vancouver, British Columbia and launched on 7 October 1944. She was completed on 2 May 1945. Flamborough Head finished the Second World War in service…
The remains of Burrard Dry Dock
Women shop stewards at the Burrard Dry Dock in 1942