Feb 14

Flotillas

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in ---06-Flotillas

Composition of M.L. flotillas. as of February 24, 1944.

To the above list, add to the 82nd flotilla:

M.L.116 commissioned July 12, 1944.

M.L. 121 commissioned April 17, 1944.

Also M.Ls. 52, 62 & 63 transferred to Free French Navy.

Total 66

Halifax, N.S., 6 MLs of the 72th flotilla standing by as a striking force that could be dispatched at a few minutes notice. Mike Heenan collection.

Halifax, Nova-Scotia, 6 MLs of the 72nd flotilla standing by as a striking force that could be dispatched at a few minutes notice. Mike Heenan collection

May 1945, Bermuda. 70th flotilla. Jay Fisher collection

8 may 1945, VE day, 70 th flotilla at Bermuda. Mike Heenan collection.

May 8, 1945, VE day, 70th flotilla at Bermuda. Mike Heenan collection

1944-45. 70th flotilla entering St-Georges Channel, Bermuda. Mike Heenan collection

24 november 1943, the 70th flotilla (Q104 to109) leaving Halifax for Bermuda. Lieut. J.J. McLaughlin R.C.N.V.R. senior officer of flotilla, flotilla escorted by HMCS Lathbridge. Mike Heenan / Royal canadian Navy collection (L-411S).

November 24, 1943, the 70th flotilla (Q104 to109) leaving Halifax for Bermuda. Lieut. J.J. McLaughlin R.C.N.V.R. senior officer of flotilla, flotilla escorted by HMCS Lathbridge. Mike Heenan / Royal Canadian Navy collection (L-411S)

June 1943, 78th flotilla during exercises in Gulf. Library and Archives Canada / PA-173355

2 juky 1942, fairmiles at sea on the West Coast, Esquimalt, B.C., R0y Denny / Library and Archives Canada / PA-173328.

July 2, 1942, Fairmiles at sea on the West Coast, Esquimalt, B.C. Roy Denny / Library and Archives Canada / PA-173328

May 1943, 73th flotilla leaving an eastern port for patrol duties. Library and Archives Canada/ PA-190570

1942, Gaspé, Québec. Royal Canadian Navy collection (GM-0097)

Flotilla off Gaspé, Québec. Origin unknown

Halifax?. James D. Frost collection

St-John, N.B. patrol. Origin unknown (252-12).

St-John, New-Brunswick patrol. Origin unknown (252-12)

Surplus decommissionned MLs for disposal by War Assets Corporation. Sorel, Québec 1945. Paul Carpentier/ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, E6,S7.P26892.

Surplus decommissioned MLs for disposal by War Assets Corporation at Sorel, Quebec, 1945. Paul Carpentier/ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, E6,S7, SS1, P26888

Surplus decommissionned MLs for disposal by War Assets Corporation at Sorel, Québec, 1945. Paul Carpentier/ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, E6,S7,P26892

Surplus decommissioned MLs for disposal by War Assets Corporation at Sorel, Québec, 1945. Paul Carpentier/ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, E6,S7, SS1, P26892