HMS Shearwater (1900)
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HMS Shearwater was a Condor-class sloop launched in 1900. She served on the Royal Navy's Pacific Station and in 1915 was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Shearwater, serving as a submari
HMS Shearwater at Esquimalt circa 1908.
HMCS Shearwater c.1918
HMS Niobe (1897)
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HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canad
HMS Shearwater (1900)
…taken ashore and used with a shore battery position to defend the Seymour Narrows, while the crew of Shearwater was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia to man HMCS Niobe, which was short of trained sailors. After discussions between the Royal Canadian Navy and the Admiralty Shearwater recommissioned on 8 September 1914…
HMS Niobe
Niobe in drydock at Halifax
The mascot of HMCS Niobe