20 September, 1943: The destroyer HMCS St. Croix (I81) is sunk by a German acoustic torpedo with only 81 survivors. Later, HMS Itchen, which rescued the St. Croix's survivors, will also be lost, taking all but one of the remaining St. Croix's crew with her.
20 September, 1949: HMCS Cabot was commissioned as a Naval Reserve Division in St. John's, Newfoundland.
20 September, 1954: After being converted into Prestonian Class escort, the frigate HMCS Jonquiere (318) was re-commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy. She will be paid off 23 September 1966. September 21, 1996 HMCS Kingston (700), first of class of the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels, was commissioned in Kingston, Ontario. She is stationed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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