Kirk Wipper

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Fought largely by reservists in small ships built in Canada and operating from Canadian bases, the defence of North Atlantic trade against the submarine menace defined a naval role for Canada within a much larger alliance. After 1945, the RCN became the best anti-submarine warfare (A/S or ASW as it is now known) navy in the world as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). But it was not an easy or direct path. In 1939, the RCN expected submarines to be a manage...able problem. As Chief of the Naval Staff, Commodore Percy Nelles observed in 1937, If international law is complied with, Submarine attack should not prove serious. However, should submariners again resort to unrestricted attacks, Nelles felt that the means of combating the Submarines are considered to have so advanced that by employing a system of convoy and utilizing Air Forces, losses to Submarines would be very great and might compel the enemy to give up this form of attack. https://www.canada.ca//nav/battle-atlantic-1939-1945.html

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle of #WW2. It was fought on the freezing cold seas of the North Atlantic and Arctic, and Allied victory in the w...ar simply could not have happened without victory in the Atlantic. #WeTheNavy By the end of the war, Canada had one of the largest fleets in the world, with nearly 400 warships. During the war, Canadian ships destroyed: 42 enemy surface ships 32 enemy subs While escorting more than 25000 merchant ships that delivered over 180 million tons of supplies. #BOA75 #ThrowbackThursday #CanadaRemembers Canadian Armed Forces Canada Remembers Royal Canadian Air Force Veterans Affairs Canada

Kirk Wipper served aboard the HMCS Runnymede-Runnymede was assigned to Mid-Ocean Escort Force escort group C-5. She was used as a trans-Atlantic convoy escort u...ntil May 1945 and as Senior Officer's Ship for the group. The group was known as the "Barber Pole Squadron" for the markings on their funnels. http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_RUNNYMEDE_K678.htm See more