Conducting the review during their summer visit to Canada would be Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.Īlthough the royal review would be completed in an afternoon, the navy had turned the event into a weeklong celebration, June 25 to July 2.
The vessels had gathered for the June 29th International Fleet Review, the centrepiece of year-long Canadian navy centennial celebrations. “Some of these allies were our bitterest enemies at a different time,” said Maddison, referring to the presence of two German navy ships, the FGS Karlsruhe and the FGS Spessart. There, after all, was Halifax’s Bedford Basin, filled with warships ready for whatever task may fall to them.īehind him were 28 ships from Canada and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, all lined up as if ready to go off to war.
Rear-Admiral Paul Maddison could not help noticing it as an echo from the darkest days of the Second World War.
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