Damaged Canadian HMCS Assiniboine in Newfoundland

Damaged Canadian HMCS Assiniboine in Newfoundland

Apr 27, 2020 #canadians
HMCS Assiniboine

 

The damaged Canadian Assiniboine destroyer (HMCS Assiniboine) goes to the marina in Newfoundland (Canada) on August 9, 1942.
Damage to the HMCS Assiniboine was received during the battle of the destroyer with the German U-210 submarine on August 6, 1942 – the nose is bent as a result of a submarine ram; Assiniboine destroyer also fired from a 20-mm anti-aircraft gun of U-210, after which a fire broke out on the destroyer.



Source of HMCS Assiniboine: Canadian Department of Defense.




Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Photo Time: August 9, 1942

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