HMCS Bittersweet
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hmcs-bittersweet-317-4700198
title:
HMCS Bittersweet
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HMCS Bittersweet was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Ordered by the Royal Navy at the beginning of the war, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy who had an excess of personnel and not enough ships. Laid down and Launched in 1940, the corvette fought as an ocean convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. The vessel was named for the flowering vine solanum dulcamara. Since the vessel was owned by the British, it kept it
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Flower-class corvette
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Bittersweet
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2024-01-20T15:39:16Z
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