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Caption: Captain (Navy) Kevin Whiteside, CFB Esquimalt Base Commander lays a wreath at Memorial Park in Esquimalt in honour of those who died during the HMCS Kootenay explosion, accompanied by CPO1 (ret'd) Al Darraugh, who was onboard that fateful day.

A Solemn Tribute to HMCS Kootenay and the Legacy of Remembrance

Paul Dagonese, Lookout Writer  —  Members of the Royal Canadian Navy gathered at Memorial Park in Esquimalt on Oct. 23 for a solemn ceremony honouring the nine sailors lost in the 1969 tragedy aboard HMCS Kootenay. The wreath-laying event, marking Canada’s largest peacetime naval loss, drew veterans, sailors, and officials in an act of remembrance. Leading […]

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