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spent the last months of the war in service on Canada's east coast, carrying out escort and patrol operations. In early 1919, as part of the reallocation of ships in Canada's greatly reduced postwar navy, she accompanied
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Shipwreck of National Historical Significance. In 2011, the
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s deck gun, which is now displayed in the fishing village of
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organized a survey of the wreck site following reports of
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707:The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002
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