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HMCS Sackville

2026-05-28 Sitting 124 Showing 1–1 of 1

A member stood up to talk about the 85th anniversary of the HMCS Sackville, a historic Canadian warship. The member gave a history lesson about the ship's construction and service during wartime.

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Shannon Miedema

Liberal 2:10 p.m.

“That ship is old and special. The government should spend money on it. It's in my riding.”

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Mr. Speaker, 85 years ago this month, on a rainy day in Saint John, New Brunswick, a bottle of champagne was broken over the bow of a new ship. This ship would become the HMCS Sackville and would go on to have a long and arduous career as a corvette in the Royal Canadian Navy. Most notably, this ship became the single surviving corvette of the Battle of the Atlantic, in which 294 small ships were the workhorses of the North Atlantic, dominating the longest battle of the Second World War. As the sole survivor, she was saved from the scrapyard and restored to her wartime configuration; she is now Canada's naval memorial, spending her summers in the Halifax harbour, open to residents and tourists who would like to learn more about our navy's history. Earlier this month, HMCS Sackville was officially recomissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy. Please join me in acknowledging this important symbol of Canada's naval history, a sign of our commitment to stand in defence of our ideals and our country.

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