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- The Coastal Forces of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was a specialized naval force of well-armed, small and fast motor launch (ML) and motor torpedo boat (MTB) flotillas, primarily manned by members of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR). Tasked with escort, coastal defence, anti-submarine, minesweeping and search and rescue duties, the Coastal Forces of the RCN contributed to securing Allied sea lines of communication off the coasts of Canada and Britain during the Second World War. (en)
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- *Search and rescue
- *Anti-submarine operations
- *Coastal defence
- *Escort
- *Minesweeping
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- Lt Cdr Anthony Law, RCNVR (en)
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- *Battle of the Atlantic
*Battle of the St. Lawrence
* D Day (en)
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- * Commander-in-Chief, Canadian Northwest Atlantic
* Commanding Officer Pacific Coast (en)
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- *Canadian Fairmile B motor launch
*Scott-Paine G-class motor torpedo boats
*Fairmile D motor torpedo boat (en)
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- The Fairmile Flotillas (en)
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- *Escort
*Coastal defence
*Anti-submarine operations
*Minesweeping
*Search and rescue (en)
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- “The officers and men were beginning to show the strain caused by months of these nerve wracking operations, and this combined with irregular meals was responsible for many of us losing weight. The 29th was battle-weary, and we were beginning to feel that we could not last much longer under the severe conditions: mines going off, shore batteries pounding on us; and dive bombers, like vicious bats, roaring out of the night and putting the fear of God into us…the personnel of the 29th were falling victim to horrible, haunting fears, and the boats, whose arduous task of defending the anchorage had almost burned them out, were badly in need of repair.” (en)
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- Coastal Forces of the RCN (en)
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- MTB 486, Campaign to save Motor Torpedo Boat 486, Canada's last MTB, and the last surviving ship of the Canadian Navy to be at D-Day via YouTube (en)
- The Broad Fourteens, Royal Navy torpedo boats in WW2 via YouTube (en)
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- The Coastal Forces of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was a specialized naval force of well-armed, small and fast motor launch (ML) and motor torpedo boat (MTB) flotillas, primarily manned by members of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR). Tasked with escort, coastal defence, anti-submarine, minesweeping and search and rescue duties, the Coastal Forces of the RCN contributed to securing Allied sea lines of communication off the coasts of Canada and Britain during the Second World War. (en)
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- Coastal Forces of the Royal Canadian Navy (en)
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- The Fairmile Flotillas (en)
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