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Originally Posted by Uboat-48
Here's the HMCS Sackville "Flower Class" Canadian corvette using the red ensign:
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That isn't the red ensign, and the photo of
HMCS Sackville is of how she looks today, not during the war (the tug behind her and the barber pole markings on the funnel are a dead giveaway...they were removed before her 1944 refit).
The flag at the bow is the
Blue Ensign of the Royal Canadian Navy which is flown as a Jack for special occasions, such as the Battle of the Atlantic Commemoration that is held here in Halifax each year on the first Sunday in May. On those occasions the Sackville is towed to a location off Point Pleasant Park that is overlooked by a memorial, where wreaths are dropped from the ship and the ashes of veterans of the Battle are dispersed.
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