HMCS Raccoon was an armed yacht that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy in 1940, the ship was originally known as the yacht Halonia. Used as a patrol vessel and convoy escort, the ship was sunk by the German submarine U-165 in the St. Lawrence River on 7 September 1942. Raccoon was escorting Convoy QS-33 at the time. The entire ship's crew was lost.
^"Royal Canadian Warships that Participated in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence". Veterans Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
HMCSRaccoon was an armed yacht that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Purchased by the Royal Canadian Navy in 1940, the ship was...
(HMCS Protector) later and was replaced by HMCS Venning. Together with the armed yachts HMCS Reindeer, HMCSRaccoon and HMCS Lynx, these vessels formed the extent...
crew of HMCSRaccoon when the armed yacht attempted to chase down the German submarine U-165 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and contact with Raccoon was lost...
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HMS Racoon (1910) was a Beagle-class destroyer launched in 1910 and wrecked in 1918. HMCSRaccoon was the former civilian yacht Halonia before being commissioned into...
S14, a star orbiting Sagittarius A* Brazilian submarine Ceará (S14) HMCSRaccoon (S14), an armed yacht of the Royal Canadian Navy HMS Onslaught (S14)...
remaining 85 crew members survived and were picked up by the Canadian corvette, HMCS Arvida and landed at St. John's, Newfoundland. Thus ending the ship's career...
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