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Canadienne - Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel AOPV 431 HMCS Margaret Brooke |
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class: Harry DeWolf class Arctic and Offshore Patrol
Vessel / AOPV Builder: Irving Shipbuilding Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada STATUS: Ordered: October 19, 2011 Laid down: May 29, 2017 Launched: November 10, 2019 Commissioned: October 28, 2022 IN SERVICE Homeport: Halifax, Nova Scotia Namesake: LCdr Dr. Margaret Brooke, MBE (1915-2016) Ship's Motto: MAGNANIMI SUNT FORTES (Merciful are the brave) Technical Data: see INFO > Harry DeWolf class AOPV |
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               commissioning - Halifax, Nova Scotia - October 28, 2022  naming ceremony - Halifax - May 2022      BAE Mk.38 Mod.2 (modified) 25mm machine gun system (MGS) - (stabilized, remote controlled with electro-optic fire control system)  BAE Mk.38 Mod.2 (modified) 25mm machine gun system (MGS) - (stabilized, remote controlled with electro-optic fire control system)    |
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HMCS Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431): The order for the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships was placed on 19 October 2011 with Irving Shipyards of Halifax, Nova Scotia as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. The ship was to be constructed in 62 blocks, which were then pieced together into three larger blocks. These three "mega blocks" would be fitted together to form the hull of the ship. On 13 April 2015 the government announced a second ship would be named Margaret Brooke in honour of Margaret Brooke. During World War II, Brooke, a navy nursing sister, was decorated for her actions during the sinking of the passenger ferry SS Caribou. The vessel's keel was laid down on 29 May 2017 and the vessel was launched on 10 November 2019. The ship was scheduled to begin contractor sea trials in May 2021. The vessel was delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy for post-acceptance sea trials on 15 July 2021. source: wikipedia |
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Margaret Brooke, MBE (April 10, 1915 - January 9, 2016) ... served as a nursing sister during the Second World War rising to the rank of lieutenant commander in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Following the war, she earned a bachelor's degree and then a PhD in paleontology, serving as an instructor and researcher at the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Geological Sciences. Early life and naval service: Margaret Brooke was born in Ardath, Saskatchewan, and at the age of 18 enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan where she earned a BHSC degree in household science in 1935. She enlisted in the RCN in March 1942 as a nursing sister dietician and given the rank of sub-lieutenant. Nursing sisters were trained civilian nurses who fulfilled the Canadian military's need for nurses. They were given enlisted ranks, with the RCN creating their own nursing force in 1941. Brooke was enrolled at HMCS Unicorn in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and served in several naval hospitals across the country. Brooke was stationed in St. John's, Newfoundland, and was taking the ferry SS Caribou "that regularly crossed Cabot Strait from Sydney, Nova Scotia, to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland" on October 14, 1942. While off the coast of Newfoundland, the ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-69 and sank in minutes. While fighting for her own survival, she attempted to save the life of her friend, Nursing Sister Sub-Lieutenant Agnes Wilkie, both of them clinging to ropes attached to a capsized lifeboat. Despite Brooke's efforts, Wilkie succumbed to the elements. Brooke and the other survivors of the Caribou were in the water for two hours before an RCN ship returned to pick them up. Wilkie was the only nursing sister to die from enemy action during the war. For her actions during the sinking of Caribou she was named as a Member of the Order of the British Empire on January 1, 1943. Following the war, she continued to serve in the RCN rising to the rank of lieutenant commander prior to her retirement in 1962. Post naval career: After her service in the RCN, she earned a bachelor's degree and PhD in biostratigraphy and micro-paleontology. She served as an instructor and research associate in the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Geological Sciences until retiring in 1986. Brooke moved to Victoria, British Columbia following her retirement. During her time at the university, she co-authored several influential geological papers. In April 2015, the Minister of National Defence Jason Kenney announced that one of the RCN's new Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships would be named for Dr. Brooke. She responded that she was "amazed that my actions as a survivor of the sinking of the SS Caribou led the Royal Canadian Navy to my door." Brooke died on January 9, 2016 in Victoria, British Columbia at the age of 100. source: wikipedia - - - - - another biography: Margaret Martha Brooke enrolled as a Nursing Sister Dietician on March 9, 1942 at the rank of Sub-Lieutenant (SLt). She was promoted to the rank of Acting Lieutenant on July 1, 1946, then to Lieutenant (Navy) on January 1, 1948 and finally to Lieutenant-Commander on April 1, 1957. She served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1942 to 1962. Born in 1915 in Ardath, Sask., Lieutenant-Commander (LCdr) Brooke studied as a dietician before the start of the Second World War and chose it as her occupation upon her enrollment. On October 14, 1942 during a crossing of the Cabot Strait off the coast of Newfoundland, the ferry SS Caribou was torpedoed by the German submarine U-69. The ferry sank in five minutes. Fighting for her own survival, LCdr Brooke (who was a SLt at the time) did everything humanly possible to save the life of her colleague and friend, Nursing Sister SLt Agnes Wilkie, while both women clung to ropes on a capsized lifeboat. In spite of LCdr Brooke’s heroic efforts to hang on to her with one arm, her friend succumbed to the frigid water. For this selfless act, LCdr Brooke was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Following her return to civilian life, Margaret Brooke completed her university studies in paleontology at the University of Saskatchewan, where she achieved her doctorate. She was the author of numerous research studies on the subject. Margaret Brooke passed away in Victoria on January 9, 2016 at the age of 100. Her brother Hewitt and his wife, Marian, also both served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Hewitt was a surgeon and Marian a nurse. source: DND-MDN Canada
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