Seven unidentified Canadian sailors who survived the sinking of the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. JERVIS BAY by the German battleship ADMIRAL SCHEER while escorting Convoy HX-84 on 5 November 1940.
1944 Sixteen Canadian minesweepers, in four divisions of four ships, begin to leave St. John's for British waters to take part in the invasion of Normandy.
