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The Road to Hong Kong in 1941

November 7, 2022 by Robert Mackay Leave a Comment

The ships that carried the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada to Hong Kong

Here is Awatea, the New Zealand steamship pressed into service as an RN troopship for the Second War. She delivered Canadian troops to Hong Kong in November, 1941. She was sunk in 1942, performing a similar task for the invasion of Vichy French North Africa.

 

Canadian National Steamship Prince Robert, pictured in Vancouver before her conversion to armed merchant cruiser.

 

 

 

HMCS PRINCE ROBERT, at one time Canada’s largest warship, about the size of a cruiser.

Filed Under: Battle of Hong Kong, Uncategorized Tagged With: Awatea, Battle of Hong Kong, HMCS Prince Robert, RCN, Royal Rifles of Canada, Winnipeg Grenadiers, Writing

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