April 13, 2015
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Jason Kenney today announced that an Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) will be named after Margaret Brooke, a Royal Canadian Navy Nursing Sister decorated for gallantry (courage in combat) during the Second World War. The actions followed the torpedoing and subsequent sinking of the Newfoundland Ferry SS Caribou on October 14, 1942, in the Cabot Strait off Newfoundland.
This is the first time a vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy has been named after a living Canadian woman, as Margaret Brooke turned 100 years old last Friday.
AOPS naming biographies – HMCS Margaret Brooke
Harper Government Awards Shipbuilding Contract that Supports Jobs Across Canada
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=924929
PM announces the name of the first of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/09/18/pm-announces-name-first-royal-canadian-navys-arcticoffshore-patrol-ships
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